1 developers-reference (3.4.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring.
5 -- Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Sun, 02 Mar 2008 11:24:38 +0100
7 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
11 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
12 - fix debian/copyright
13 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
14 - add pdf for French version.
15 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
16 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
17 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
18 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
19 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
20 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
21 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
22 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
23 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
25 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
26 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
28 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
30 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
31 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
32 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
33 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
34 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
35 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
37 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
40 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
41 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
42 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
43 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
44 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
45 * Update information concerning Alioth.
46 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
47 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
49 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
50 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
52 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
55 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
57 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
59 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
61 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
62 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
64 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
65 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
66 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
68 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
69 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
70 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
72 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
73 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
74 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
75 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
76 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
77 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
78 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
79 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
80 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
81 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
82 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
83 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
85 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
86 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
87 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
88 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
89 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
90 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
91 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
92 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
93 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
94 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
98 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
100 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
102 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
105 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
106 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
107 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
108 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
109 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
110 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
112 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
114 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
116 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
118 - non-us discontinued.
119 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
121 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
122 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
123 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
124 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
125 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
126 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
127 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
128 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
129 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
130 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
131 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
132 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
133 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
134 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
135 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
136 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
137 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
138 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
140 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
141 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
143 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
146 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
148 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
150 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
153 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
154 - madison is on merkel.
155 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
156 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
157 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
158 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
159 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
160 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
162 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
163 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
164 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
165 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
166 - sync NM rules with reality.
168 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
170 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
172 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
175 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
176 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
177 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
178 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
179 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
180 - spelling, grammer fixes.
181 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
182 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
183 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
184 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
185 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
186 - add myself to uploaders.
187 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
188 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
189 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
190 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
191 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
192 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
193 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
194 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
195 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
196 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
197 - rewrote the NMU section, and
198 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
199 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
200 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
201 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
202 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
203 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
204 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
205 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
207 - Security uploads get urgency=high
208 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
210 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
212 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
214 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
217 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
218 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
219 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
220 - documented Alioth, somewhat
222 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
223 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
225 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
226 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
227 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
228 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
232 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
234 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
235 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
236 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
237 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
240 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
242 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
245 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
247 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
248 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
249 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
251 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
252 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
253 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
254 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
257 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
259 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
260 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
261 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
262 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
263 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
265 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
266 it clear these are special cases
267 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
269 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
271 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
273 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
276 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
277 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
279 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
281 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
283 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
286 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
288 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
289 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
290 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
292 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
293 - the synopsis formula changed to either
294 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
296 <package-name> is <synopsis>
298 <package-name> are <synopsis>
300 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
301 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
302 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
303 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
304 package; closes: #187143
306 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
308 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
311 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
312 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
314 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
316 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
317 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
318 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
319 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
320 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
321 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
322 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
323 right places in the document, closes: #172897
324 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
328 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
330 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
331 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
332 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
333 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
334 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
335 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
336 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
338 - editorial changes on material added in this version
339 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
340 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
341 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
342 closes: #139957, #108416
343 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
344 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
346 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
348 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
351 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
353 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
354 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
355 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
356 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
358 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
359 for best practices for documentation
360 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
361 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
362 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
363 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
365 - spell-checking pass
367 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
369 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
372 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
373 descriptions" moved under there
374 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
375 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
376 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
377 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
378 the document where these tools are discussed
379 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
380 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
381 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
382 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
383 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
384 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
386 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
387 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
388 that can be fixed by DDP folks
389 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
390 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
391 - simply PS and PDF building rules
393 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
395 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
398 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
399 section and adjusted links
400 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
402 - ChangeLog attribution updates
403 - fix typos, closes: #171781
404 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
405 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
406 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
407 for debian/rules", and write an intro
408 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
409 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
410 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
411 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
412 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
413 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
414 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
415 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
416 "Internationalization"
417 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
418 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
419 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
420 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
421 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
422 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
423 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
424 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
425 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
427 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
428 rather useless and broken
429 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
430 names and the first word
431 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
432 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
433 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
435 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
436 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
437 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
439 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
441 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
444 - DDP publishing update
446 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
447 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
448 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
449 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
451 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
453 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
456 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
457 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
458 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
460 - added myself as co-author
461 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
463 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
464 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
466 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
467 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
469 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
471 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
474 - Corrected several errors with —
475 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
476 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
477 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
478 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
479 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
480 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
481 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
483 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
484 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
485 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
486 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
487 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
488 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
489 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
490 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
491 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
493 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
494 descriptions". closes: #158609
495 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
496 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
497 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
498 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
499 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
501 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
502 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
503 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
504 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
505 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
506 - updated the mailing lists section
508 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
509 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
512 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
514 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
517 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
518 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
520 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
522 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
523 Ch "The Debian Archive"
525 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
527 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
528 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
529 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
530 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
531 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
533 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
534 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
535 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
536 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
537 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
538 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
539 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
541 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
542 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
545 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
546 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
547 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
548 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
549 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
550 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
551 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
552 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
553 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
554 work-around with <...>
555 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
556 - update copyright date
557 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
558 - spell check and grammar corrections
562 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
564 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
565 recompile"; closes: #102626
566 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
567 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
568 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
569 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
570 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
572 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
573 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
574 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
576 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
578 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
579 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
580 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
581 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
582 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
583 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
584 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
585 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
586 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
588 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
590 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
592 - updated the list of available architectures.
593 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
594 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
595 of the package and nothing more.
596 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
597 any pain to the ftpmasters.
598 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
599 the use of the delayed queue.
600 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
601 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
603 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
604 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
605 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
606 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
607 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
608 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
609 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
611 - new Sec "Documentation"
612 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
613 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
614 "Being kind to porter" too
615 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
616 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
617 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
618 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
619 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
621 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
622 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
625 - update French translation
627 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
629 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
632 - some grammar corrections
633 - update French translation
635 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
636 anymore; closes: #135559
637 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
639 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
641 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
642 that would be welcome)
643 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
644 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
645 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
646 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
647 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
648 - other minor wording changes
649 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
650 - Ch "Package uploads":
651 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
652 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
653 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
654 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
655 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
656 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
657 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
659 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
661 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
663 * from Martin Michlmayr
664 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
665 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
666 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
668 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
670 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
672 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
674 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
675 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
676 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
679 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
681 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
684 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
686 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
689 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
691 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
692 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
693 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
694 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
695 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
696 talking about uploading to distributions
697 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
698 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
699 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
701 - French translation updated
703 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
704 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
705 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
707 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
709 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
712 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
713 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
716 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
718 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
721 * fix a typo in a link
722 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
723 update documentation accordingly
725 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
726 forwarding bugs upstream
728 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
729 entities which should be used
730 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
731 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
733 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
735 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
737 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
738 * French version: completely up-to-date now
739 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
740 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
742 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
745 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
747 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
749 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
751 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
752 this translation needs updating
753 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
754 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
755 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
757 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
758 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
759 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
761 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
762 included yet, however
764 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
766 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
768 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
770 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
771 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
773 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
775 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
777 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
779 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
780 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
781 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
783 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
785 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
787 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
790 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
791 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
792 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
793 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
794 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
795 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
796 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
797 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
798 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
799 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
800 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
801 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
803 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
804 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
805 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
806 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
807 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
809 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
811 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
812 * update copyright notice for 2001
813 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
814 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
815 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
817 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
819 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
821 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
823 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
825 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
827 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
829 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
831 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
832 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
834 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
835 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
836 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
837 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
838 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
839 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
840 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
841 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
842 could be used if necessary
843 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
844 mention the rsync dupload method
845 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
847 * other small corrections
848 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
849 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
850 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
851 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
853 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
855 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
856 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
858 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
860 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
862 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
863 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
864 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
865 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
867 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
868 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
869 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
870 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
871 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
873 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
875 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
876 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
877 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
878 team (closes: Bug#52906)
879 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
880 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
881 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
883 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
884 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
885 - added a section about the LDAP database
886 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
887 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
889 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
890 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
892 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
894 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
896 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
897 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
898 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
900 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
901 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
902 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
903 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
904 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
905 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
906 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
907 description from developers-reference.sgml
909 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
911 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
913 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
914 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
916 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
918 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
919 releases are available at archive.debian.org
920 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
921 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
922 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
923 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
924 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
925 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
926 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
927 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
929 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
930 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
931 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
932 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
934 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
935 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
936 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
937 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
938 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
939 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
940 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
941 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
942 suggestion from James Troup
943 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
944 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
945 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
946 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
949 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
951 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
953 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
954 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
956 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
958 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
960 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
961 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
962 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
963 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
964 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
965 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
966 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
968 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
970 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
972 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
973 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
974 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
975 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
976 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
977 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
979 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
980 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
982 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
984 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
986 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
988 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
990 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
991 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
992 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
993 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
994 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
996 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
997 with intro; demoted server sections under that
998 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
999 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1001 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1002 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1003 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1004 a normal developer may have access.
1006 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1008 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1010 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1011 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1012 step all over each other
1014 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1016 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1018 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1019 address for PGP key updates
1021 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1023 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1025 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1026 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1027 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1028 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1029 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1031 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1033 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1035 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1036 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1037 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1038 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1039 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1040 <keyring-maint> instead)
1041 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1042 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1044 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1046 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1047 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1048 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1050 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1052 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1054 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1055 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1056 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1057 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1058 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1059 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1061 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1062 tighten up the language a bit
1063 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1064 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1065 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1066 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1068 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1069 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1070 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1071 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1072 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1073 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1075 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1076 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1077 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1078 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1079 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1080 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1081 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1082 number of available packages
1083 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1084 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1086 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1088 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1090 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1093 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1095 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1097 * not officially released
1098 * more spelling corrections
1099 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1101 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1103 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1105 * not officially released
1106 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1107 * some PGP-centricity removed
1108 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1109 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1110 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1111 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1112 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1113 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1115 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1117 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1119 * not officially released
1120 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1121 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1122 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1123 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1124 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1125 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1126 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1127 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1128 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1129 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1130 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1131 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1132 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1133 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1135 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1136 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1138 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1140 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1141 take a couple of weeks
1142 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1143 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1144 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1145 excited about it and can't wait
1146 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1147 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1149 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1150 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1152 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1153 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1154 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1156 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1158 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1160 * move to 3-level version number:
1161 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1162 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1163 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1164 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1165 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1168 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1169 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1170 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1172 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1174 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1175 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1176 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1177 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1178 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1179 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1181 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1183 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1184 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1185 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1186 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1187 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1188 - "The CVS server": new section added
1189 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1191 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1192 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1193 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1194 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1195 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1196 with respect to GPG.
1197 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1198 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1199 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1200 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1201 a canonical location?)
1202 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1203 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1204 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1205 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1207 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1209 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1210 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1211 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1212 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1214 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1216 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1218 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1219 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1220 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1221 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1222 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1223 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1224 and should not be included in this Reference.
1225 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1226 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1227 maintainer tools only!
1228 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1229 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1230 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1231 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1232 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1233 * Little corrections here and there.
1234 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1235 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1238 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1240 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1242 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1243 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1244 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1246 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1247 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1248 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1249 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1250 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1251 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1252 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1253 do prior to uploading
1254 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1255 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1257 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1258 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1259 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1260 duties with respect to bugs
1261 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1262 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1263 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1265 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1266 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1267 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1268 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1269 explicit what is used to build this package
1271 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1273 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1276 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1277 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1278 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1279 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1280 * utilize the new URL tag
1281 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1284 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1286 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1288 * non-maintainer release
1289 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1290 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1291 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1292 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1293 text, it can't hurt you.)
1294 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1295 reflect this packages version number
1296 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1298 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1300 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1304 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1306 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1308 * New version numbering scheme:
1310 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1311 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1312 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1315 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1316 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1317 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1318 differ between the manuals.
1320 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1321 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1322 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1323 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1325 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1326 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1328 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1330 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1332 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1334 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1336 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1337 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1339 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1340 (as requested by James Troup)
1342 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1344 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1346 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1348 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1350 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1352 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1354 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1356 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1357 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1358 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1359 the non-maintainer release
1361 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1362 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1363 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1366 - Lots of typos fixed
1368 * Compressed SGML source code
1370 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1371 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1373 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1375 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1377 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1379 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1380 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1381 - Announcing package uploads
1382 * New section about Debian Mentors
1383 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1384 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1385 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1386 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1388 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1390 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1392 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1393 of our FTP server and the development process
1394 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1395 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1396 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1398 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1399 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1400 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1401 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1402 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1403 contacting the maintainer
1404 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1405 a new manual released soon)
1406 * Some minor changes
1407 * Include SGML source in package
1408 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1409 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1411 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1413 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1417 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200