1 developers-reference (3.4.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
5 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
8 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
9 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
10 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
11 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
12 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
13 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
14 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
15 patch. Closes: #540231
16 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
17 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
18 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
19 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
20 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
21 for the patch. Closes: #548823
23 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:49:40 +0900
25 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
27 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
28 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
30 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
32 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
34 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
35 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
37 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
39 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
41 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
42 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
43 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
44 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
45 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
46 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
47 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
48 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
49 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
50 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
51 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
52 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
53 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
54 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
55 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
56 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
57 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
58 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
59 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
60 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
61 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
62 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
64 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
66 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
69 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
73 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
74 The most important changes are:
75 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
76 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
79 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
80 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
81 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
82 distinction. Closes: #464230.
83 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
84 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
85 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
86 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
87 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
88 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
90 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
91 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
93 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
94 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
96 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
97 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
99 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
101 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
102 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
104 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
105 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
106 Closes: #512620, #510783.
108 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
110 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
113 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
114 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
115 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
116 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
117 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
118 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
119 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
120 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
122 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
124 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
127 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
128 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
129 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
130 release codenames in <literal>
131 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
132 doesn't exist anymore.
133 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
134 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
135 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
136 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
137 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
138 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
139 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
140 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
141 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
142 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
143 team before upload. Closes: #459343
144 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
145 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
146 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
147 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
148 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
149 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
150 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
152 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
153 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
155 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
156 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
157 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
158 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
159 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
160 Thomas. Closes: #485837
162 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
163 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
165 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
167 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
171 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
172 - fix debian/copyright
173 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
174 - add pdf for French version.
175 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
176 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
177 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
178 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
179 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
180 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
181 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
182 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
183 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
185 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
186 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
188 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
190 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
191 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
192 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
193 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
194 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
195 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
197 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
200 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
201 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
202 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
203 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
204 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
205 * Update information concerning Alioth.
206 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
207 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
209 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
210 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
212 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
215 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
217 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
219 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
221 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
222 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
224 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
225 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
226 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
228 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
229 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
230 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
232 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
233 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
234 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
235 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
236 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
237 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
238 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
239 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
240 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
241 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
242 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
243 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
245 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
246 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
247 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
248 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
249 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
250 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
251 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
252 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
253 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
254 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
258 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
260 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
262 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
265 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
266 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
267 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
268 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
269 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
270 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
272 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
274 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
276 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
278 - non-us discontinued.
279 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
281 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
282 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
283 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
284 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
285 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
286 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
287 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
288 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
289 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
290 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
291 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
292 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
293 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
294 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
295 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
296 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
297 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
298 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
300 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
301 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
303 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
306 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
308 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
310 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
313 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
314 - madison is on merkel.
315 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
316 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
317 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
318 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
319 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
320 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
322 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
323 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
324 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
325 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
326 - sync NM rules with reality.
328 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
330 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
332 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
335 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
336 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
337 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
338 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
339 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
340 - spelling, grammer fixes.
341 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
342 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
343 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
344 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
345 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
346 - add myself to uploaders.
347 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
348 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
349 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
350 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
351 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
352 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
353 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
354 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
355 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
356 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
357 - rewrote the NMU section, and
358 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
359 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
360 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
361 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
362 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
363 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
364 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
365 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
367 - Security uploads get urgency=high
368 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
370 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
372 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
374 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
377 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
378 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
379 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
380 - documented Alioth, somewhat
382 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
383 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
385 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
386 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
387 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
388 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
392 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
394 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
395 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
396 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
397 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
400 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
402 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
405 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
407 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
408 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
409 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
411 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
412 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
413 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
414 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
417 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
419 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
420 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
421 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
422 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
423 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
425 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
426 it clear these are special cases
427 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
429 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
431 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
433 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
436 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
437 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
439 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
441 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
443 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
446 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
448 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
449 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
450 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
452 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
453 - the synopsis formula changed to either
454 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
456 <package-name> is <synopsis>
458 <package-name> are <synopsis>
460 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
461 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
462 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
463 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
464 package; closes: #187143
466 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
468 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
471 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
472 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
474 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
476 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
477 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
478 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
479 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
480 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
481 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
482 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
483 right places in the document, closes: #172897
484 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
488 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
490 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
491 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
492 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
493 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
494 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
495 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
496 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
498 - editorial changes on material added in this version
499 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
500 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
501 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
502 closes: #139957, #108416
503 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
504 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
506 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
508 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
511 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
513 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
514 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
515 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
516 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
518 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
519 for best practices for documentation
520 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
521 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
522 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
523 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
525 - spell-checking pass
527 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
529 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
532 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
533 descriptions" moved under there
534 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
535 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
536 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
537 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
538 the document where these tools are discussed
539 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
540 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
541 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
542 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
543 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
544 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
546 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
547 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
548 that can be fixed by DDP folks
549 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
550 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
551 - simply PS and PDF building rules
553 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
555 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
558 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
559 section and adjusted links
560 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
562 - ChangeLog attribution updates
563 - fix typos, closes: #171781
564 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
565 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
566 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
567 for debian/rules", and write an intro
568 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
569 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
570 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
571 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
572 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
573 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
574 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
575 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
576 "Internationalization"
577 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
578 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
579 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
580 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
581 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
582 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
583 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
584 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
585 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
587 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
588 rather useless and broken
589 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
590 names and the first word
591 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
592 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
593 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
595 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
596 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
597 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
599 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
601 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
604 - DDP publishing update
606 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
607 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
608 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
609 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
611 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
613 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
616 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
617 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
618 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
620 - added myself as co-author
621 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
623 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
624 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
626 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
627 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
629 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
631 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
634 - Corrected several errors with —
635 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
636 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
637 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
638 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
639 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
640 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
641 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
643 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
644 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
645 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
646 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
647 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
648 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
649 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
650 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
651 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
653 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
654 descriptions". closes: #158609
655 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
656 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
657 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
658 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
659 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
661 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
662 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
663 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
664 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
665 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
666 - updated the mailing lists section
668 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
669 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
672 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
674 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
677 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
678 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
680 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
682 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
683 Ch "The Debian Archive"
685 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
687 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
688 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
689 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
690 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
691 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
693 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
694 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
695 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
696 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
697 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
698 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
699 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
701 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
702 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
705 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
706 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
707 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
708 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
709 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
710 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
711 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
712 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
713 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
714 work-around with <...>
715 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
716 - update copyright date
717 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
718 - spell check and grammar corrections
722 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
724 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
725 recompile"; closes: #102626
726 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
727 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
728 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
729 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
730 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
732 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
733 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
734 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
736 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
738 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
739 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
740 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
741 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
742 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
743 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
744 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
745 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
746 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
748 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
750 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
752 - updated the list of available architectures.
753 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
754 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
755 of the package and nothing more.
756 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
757 any pain to the ftpmasters.
758 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
759 the use of the delayed queue.
760 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
761 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
763 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
764 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
765 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
766 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
767 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
768 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
769 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
771 - new Sec "Documentation"
772 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
773 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
774 "Being kind to porter" too
775 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
776 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
777 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
778 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
779 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
781 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
782 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
785 - update French translation
787 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
789 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
792 - some grammar corrections
793 - update French translation
795 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
796 anymore; closes: #135559
797 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
799 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
801 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
802 that would be welcome)
803 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
804 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
805 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
806 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
807 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
808 - other minor wording changes
809 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
810 - Ch "Package uploads":
811 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
812 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
813 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
814 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
815 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
816 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
817 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
819 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
821 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
823 * from Martin Michlmayr
824 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
825 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
826 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
828 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
830 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
832 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
834 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
835 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
836 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
839 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
841 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
844 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
846 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
849 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
851 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
852 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
853 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
854 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
855 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
856 talking about uploading to distributions
857 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
858 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
859 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
861 - French translation updated
863 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
864 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
865 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
867 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
869 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
872 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
873 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
876 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
878 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
881 * fix a typo in a link
882 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
883 update documentation accordingly
885 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
886 forwarding bugs upstream
888 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
889 entities which should be used
890 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
891 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
893 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
895 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
897 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
898 * French version: completely up-to-date now
899 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
900 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
902 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
905 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
907 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
909 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
911 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
912 this translation needs updating
913 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
914 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
915 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
917 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
918 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
919 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
921 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
922 included yet, however
924 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
926 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
928 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
930 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
931 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
933 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
935 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
937 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
939 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
940 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
941 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
943 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
945 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
947 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
950 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
951 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
952 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
953 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
954 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
955 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
956 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
957 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
958 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
959 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
960 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
961 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
963 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
964 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
965 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
966 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
967 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
969 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
971 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
972 * update copyright notice for 2001
973 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
974 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
975 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
977 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
979 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
981 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
983 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
985 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
987 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
989 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
991 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
992 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
994 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
995 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
996 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
997 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
998 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
999 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1000 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1001 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1002 could be used if necessary
1003 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1004 mention the rsync dupload method
1005 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1007 * other small corrections
1008 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1009 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1010 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1011 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1013 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1015 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1016 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1018 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1020 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1022 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1023 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1024 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1025 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1027 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1028 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1029 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1030 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1031 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1033 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1035 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1036 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1037 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1038 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1039 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1040 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1041 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1043 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1044 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1045 - added a section about the LDAP database
1046 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1047 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1049 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1050 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1052 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1054 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1056 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1057 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1058 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1060 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1061 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1062 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1063 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1064 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1065 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1066 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1067 description from developers-reference.sgml
1069 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1071 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1073 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1074 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1076 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1078 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1079 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1080 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1081 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1082 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1083 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1084 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1085 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1086 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1087 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1089 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1090 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1091 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1092 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1094 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1095 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1096 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1097 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1098 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1099 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1100 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1101 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1102 suggestion from James Troup
1103 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1104 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1105 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1106 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1109 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1111 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1113 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1114 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1116 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1118 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1120 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1121 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1122 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1123 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1124 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1125 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1126 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1128 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1130 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1132 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1133 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1134 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1135 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1136 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1137 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1139 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1140 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1142 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1144 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1146 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1148 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1150 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1151 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1152 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1153 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1154 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1156 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1157 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1158 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1159 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1161 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1162 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1163 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1164 a normal developer may have access.
1166 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1168 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1170 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1171 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1172 step all over each other
1174 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1176 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1178 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1179 address for PGP key updates
1181 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1183 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1185 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1186 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1187 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1188 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1189 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1191 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1193 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1195 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1196 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1197 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1198 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1199 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1200 <keyring-maint> instead)
1201 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1202 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1204 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1206 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1207 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1208 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1210 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1212 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1214 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1215 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1216 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1217 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1218 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1219 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1221 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1222 tighten up the language a bit
1223 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1224 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1225 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1226 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1228 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1229 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1230 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1231 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1232 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1233 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1235 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1236 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1237 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1238 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1239 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1240 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1241 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1242 number of available packages
1243 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1244 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1246 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1248 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1250 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1253 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1255 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1257 * not officially released
1258 * more spelling corrections
1259 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1261 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1263 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1265 * not officially released
1266 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1267 * some PGP-centricity removed
1268 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1269 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1270 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1271 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1272 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1273 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1275 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1277 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1279 * not officially released
1280 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1281 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1282 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1283 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1284 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1285 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1286 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1287 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1288 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1289 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1290 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1291 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1292 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1293 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1295 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1296 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1298 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1300 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1301 take a couple of weeks
1302 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1303 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1304 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1305 excited about it and can't wait
1306 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1307 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1309 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1310 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1312 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1313 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1314 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1316 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1318 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1320 * move to 3-level version number:
1321 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1322 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1323 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1324 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1325 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1328 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1329 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1330 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1332 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1334 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1335 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1336 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1337 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1338 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1339 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1341 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1343 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1344 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1345 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1346 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1347 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1348 - "The CVS server": new section added
1349 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1351 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1352 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1353 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1354 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1355 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1356 with respect to GPG.
1357 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1358 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1359 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1360 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1361 a canonical location?)
1362 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1363 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1364 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1365 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1367 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1369 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1370 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1371 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1372 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1374 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1376 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1378 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1379 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1380 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1381 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1382 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1383 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1384 and should not be included in this Reference.
1385 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1386 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1387 maintainer tools only!
1388 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1389 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1390 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1391 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1392 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1393 * Little corrections here and there.
1394 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1395 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1398 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1400 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1402 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1403 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1404 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1406 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1407 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1408 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1409 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1410 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1411 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1412 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1413 do prior to uploading
1414 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1415 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1417 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1418 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1419 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1420 duties with respect to bugs
1421 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1422 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1423 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1425 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1426 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1427 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1428 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1429 explicit what is used to build this package
1431 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1433 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1436 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1437 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1438 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1439 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1440 * utilize the new URL tag
1441 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1444 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1446 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1448 * non-maintainer release
1449 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1450 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1451 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1452 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1453 text, it can't hurt you.)
1454 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1455 reflect this packages version number
1456 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1458 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1460 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1464 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1466 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1468 * New version numbering scheme:
1470 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1471 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1472 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1475 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1476 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1477 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1478 differ between the manuals.
1480 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1481 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1482 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1483 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1485 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1486 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1488 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1490 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1492 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1494 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1496 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1497 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1499 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1500 (as requested by James Troup)
1502 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1504 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1506 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1508 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1510 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1512 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1514 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1516 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1517 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1518 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1519 the non-maintainer release
1521 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1522 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1523 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1526 - Lots of typos fixed
1528 * Compressed SGML source code
1530 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1531 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1533 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1535 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1537 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1539 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1540 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1541 - Announcing package uploads
1542 * New section about Debian Mentors
1543 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1544 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1545 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1546 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1548 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1550 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1552 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1553 of our FTP server and the development process
1554 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1555 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1556 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1558 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1559 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1560 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1561 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1562 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1563 contacting the maintainer
1564 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1565 a new manual released soon)
1566 * Some minor changes
1567 * Include SGML source in package
1568 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1569 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1571 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1573 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1577 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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