1 developers-reference (3.4.2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
5 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:36:40 +0100
7 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
10 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
14 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
15 The most important changes are:
16 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
17 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
20 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
21 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
22 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
23 distinction. Closes: #464230.
24 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
25 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
26 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
27 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
28 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
29 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
31 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
32 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
34 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
35 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
37 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
38 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
40 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
42 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
43 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
45 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
46 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
47 Closes: #512620, #510783.
49 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
51 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
54 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
55 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
56 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
57 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
58 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
59 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
60 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
61 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
63 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
65 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
68 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
69 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
70 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
71 release codenames in <literal>
72 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
73 doesn't exist anymore.
74 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
75 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
76 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
77 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
78 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
79 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
80 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
81 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
82 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
83 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
84 team before upload. Closes: #459343
85 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
86 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
87 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
88 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
89 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
90 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
91 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
93 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
94 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
96 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
97 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
98 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
99 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
100 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
101 Thomas. Closes: #485837
103 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
104 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
106 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
108 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
112 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
113 - fix debian/copyright
114 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
115 - add pdf for French version.
116 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
117 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
118 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
119 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
120 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
121 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
122 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
123 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
124 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
126 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
127 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
129 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
131 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
132 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
133 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
134 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
135 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
136 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
138 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
141 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
142 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
143 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
144 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
145 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
146 * Update information concerning Alioth.
147 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
148 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
150 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
151 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
153 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
156 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
158 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
160 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
162 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
163 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
165 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
166 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
167 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
169 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
170 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
171 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
173 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
174 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
175 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
176 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
177 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
178 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
179 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
180 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
181 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
182 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
183 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
184 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
186 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
187 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
188 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
189 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
190 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
191 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
192 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
193 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
194 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
195 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
199 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
201 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
203 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
206 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
207 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
208 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
209 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
210 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
211 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
213 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
215 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
217 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
219 - non-us discontinued.
220 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
222 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
223 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
224 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
225 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
226 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
227 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
228 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
229 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
230 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
231 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
232 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
233 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
234 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
235 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
236 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
237 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
238 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
239 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
241 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
242 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
244 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
247 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
249 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
251 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
254 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
255 - madison is on merkel.
256 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
257 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
258 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
259 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
260 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
261 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
263 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
264 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
265 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
266 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
267 - sync NM rules with reality.
269 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
271 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
273 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
276 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
277 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
278 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
279 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
280 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
281 - spelling, grammer fixes.
282 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
283 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
284 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
285 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
286 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
287 - add myself to uploaders.
288 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
289 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
290 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
291 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
292 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
293 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
294 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
295 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
296 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
297 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
298 - rewrote the NMU section, and
299 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
300 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
301 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
302 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
303 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
304 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
305 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
306 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
308 - Security uploads get urgency=high
309 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
311 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
313 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
315 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
318 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
319 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
320 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
321 - documented Alioth, somewhat
323 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
324 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
326 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
327 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
328 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
329 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
333 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
335 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
336 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
337 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
338 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
341 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
343 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
346 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
348 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
349 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
350 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
352 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
353 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
354 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
355 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
358 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
360 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
361 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
362 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
363 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
364 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
366 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
367 it clear these are special cases
368 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
370 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
372 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
374 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
377 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
378 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
380 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
382 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
384 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
387 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
389 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
390 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
391 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
393 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
394 - the synopsis formula changed to either
395 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
397 <package-name> is <synopsis>
399 <package-name> are <synopsis>
401 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
402 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
403 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
404 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
405 package; closes: #187143
407 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
409 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
412 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
413 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
415 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
417 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
418 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
419 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
420 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
421 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
422 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
423 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
424 right places in the document, closes: #172897
425 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
429 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
431 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
432 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
433 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
434 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
435 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
436 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
437 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
439 - editorial changes on material added in this version
440 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
441 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
442 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
443 closes: #139957, #108416
444 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
445 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
447 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
449 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
452 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
454 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
455 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
456 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
457 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
459 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
460 for best practices for documentation
461 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
462 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
463 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
464 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
466 - spell-checking pass
468 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
470 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
473 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
474 descriptions" moved under there
475 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
476 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
477 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
478 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
479 the document where these tools are discussed
480 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
481 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
482 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
483 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
484 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
485 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
487 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
488 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
489 that can be fixed by DDP folks
490 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
491 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
492 - simply PS and PDF building rules
494 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
496 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
499 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
500 section and adjusted links
501 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
503 - ChangeLog attribution updates
504 - fix typos, closes: #171781
505 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
506 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
507 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
508 for debian/rules", and write an intro
509 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
510 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
511 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
512 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
513 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
514 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
515 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
516 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
517 "Internationalization"
518 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
519 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
520 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
521 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
522 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
523 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
524 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
525 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
526 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
528 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
529 rather useless and broken
530 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
531 names and the first word
532 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
533 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
534 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
536 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
537 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
538 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
540 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
542 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
545 - DDP publishing update
547 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
548 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
549 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
550 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
552 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
554 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
557 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
558 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
559 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
561 - added myself as co-author
562 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
564 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
565 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
567 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
568 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
570 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
572 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
575 - Corrected several errors with —
576 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
577 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
578 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
579 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
580 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
581 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
582 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
584 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
585 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
586 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
587 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
588 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
589 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
590 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
591 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
592 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
594 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
595 descriptions". closes: #158609
596 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
597 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
598 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
599 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
600 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
602 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
603 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
604 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
605 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
606 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
607 - updated the mailing lists section
609 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
610 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
613 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
615 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
618 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
619 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
621 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
623 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
624 Ch "The Debian Archive"
626 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
628 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
629 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
630 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
631 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
632 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
634 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
635 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
636 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
637 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
638 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
639 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
640 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
642 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
643 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
646 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
647 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
648 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
649 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
650 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
651 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
652 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
653 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
654 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
655 work-around with <...>
656 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
657 - update copyright date
658 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
659 - spell check and grammar corrections
663 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
665 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
666 recompile"; closes: #102626
667 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
668 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
669 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
670 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
671 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
673 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
674 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
675 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
677 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
679 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
680 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
681 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
682 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
683 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
684 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
685 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
686 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
687 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
689 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
691 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
693 - updated the list of available architectures.
694 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
695 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
696 of the package and nothing more.
697 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
698 any pain to the ftpmasters.
699 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
700 the use of the delayed queue.
701 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
702 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
704 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
705 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
706 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
707 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
708 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
709 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
710 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
712 - new Sec "Documentation"
713 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
714 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
715 "Being kind to porter" too
716 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
717 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
718 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
719 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
720 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
722 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
723 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
726 - update French translation
728 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
730 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
733 - some grammar corrections
734 - update French translation
736 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
737 anymore; closes: #135559
738 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
740 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
742 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
743 that would be welcome)
744 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
745 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
746 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
747 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
748 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
749 - other minor wording changes
750 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
751 - Ch "Package uploads":
752 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
753 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
754 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
755 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
756 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
757 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
758 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
760 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
762 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
764 * from Martin Michlmayr
765 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
766 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
767 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
769 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
771 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
773 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
775 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
776 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
777 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
780 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
782 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
785 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
787 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
790 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
792 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
793 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
794 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
795 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
796 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
797 talking about uploading to distributions
798 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
799 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
800 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
802 - French translation updated
804 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
805 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
806 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
808 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
810 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
813 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
814 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
817 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
819 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
822 * fix a typo in a link
823 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
824 update documentation accordingly
826 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
827 forwarding bugs upstream
829 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
830 entities which should be used
831 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
832 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
834 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
836 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
838 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
839 * French version: completely up-to-date now
840 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
841 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
843 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
846 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
848 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
850 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
852 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
853 this translation needs updating
854 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
855 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
856 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
858 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
859 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
860 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
862 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
863 included yet, however
865 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
867 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
869 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
871 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
872 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
874 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
876 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
878 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
880 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
881 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
882 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
884 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
886 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
888 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
891 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
892 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
893 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
894 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
895 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
896 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
897 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
898 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
899 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
900 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
901 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
902 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
904 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
905 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
906 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
907 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
908 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
910 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
912 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
913 * update copyright notice for 2001
914 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
915 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
916 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
918 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
920 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
922 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
924 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
926 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
928 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
930 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
932 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
933 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
935 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
936 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
937 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
938 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
939 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
940 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
941 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
942 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
943 could be used if necessary
944 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
945 mention the rsync dupload method
946 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
948 * other small corrections
949 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
950 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
951 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
952 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
954 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
956 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
957 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
959 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
961 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
963 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
964 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
965 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
966 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
968 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
969 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
970 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
971 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
972 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
974 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
976 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
977 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
978 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
979 team (closes: Bug#52906)
980 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
981 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
982 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
984 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
985 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
986 - added a section about the LDAP database
987 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
988 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
990 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
991 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
993 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
995 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
997 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
998 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
999 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1001 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1002 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1003 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1004 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1005 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1006 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1007 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1008 description from developers-reference.sgml
1010 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1012 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1014 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1015 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1017 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1019 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1020 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1021 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1022 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1023 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1024 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1025 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1026 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1027 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1028 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1030 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1031 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1032 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1033 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1035 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1036 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1037 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1038 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1039 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1040 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1041 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1042 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1043 suggestion from James Troup
1044 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1045 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1046 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1047 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1050 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1052 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1054 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1055 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1057 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1059 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1061 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1062 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1063 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1064 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1065 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1066 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1067 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1069 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1071 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1073 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1074 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1075 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1076 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1077 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1078 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1080 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1081 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1083 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1085 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1087 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1089 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1091 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1092 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1093 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1094 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1095 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1097 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1098 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1099 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1100 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1102 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1103 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1104 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1105 a normal developer may have access.
1107 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1109 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1111 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1112 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1113 step all over each other
1115 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1117 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1119 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1120 address for PGP key updates
1122 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1124 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1126 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1127 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1128 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1129 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1130 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1132 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1134 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1136 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1137 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1138 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1139 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1140 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1141 <keyring-maint> instead)
1142 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1143 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1145 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1147 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1148 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1149 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1151 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1153 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1155 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1156 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1157 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1158 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1159 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1160 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1162 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1163 tighten up the language a bit
1164 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1165 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1166 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1167 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1169 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1170 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1171 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1172 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1173 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1174 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1176 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1177 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1178 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1179 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1180 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1181 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1182 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1183 number of available packages
1184 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1185 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1187 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1189 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1191 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1194 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1196 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1198 * not officially released
1199 * more spelling corrections
1200 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1202 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1204 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1206 * not officially released
1207 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1208 * some PGP-centricity removed
1209 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1210 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1211 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1212 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1213 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1214 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1216 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1218 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1220 * not officially released
1221 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1222 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1223 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1224 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1225 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1226 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1227 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1228 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1229 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1230 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1231 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1232 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1233 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1234 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1236 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1237 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1239 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1241 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1242 take a couple of weeks
1243 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1244 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1245 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1246 excited about it and can't wait
1247 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1248 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1250 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1251 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1253 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1254 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1255 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1257 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1259 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1261 * move to 3-level version number:
1262 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1263 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1264 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1265 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1266 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1269 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1270 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1271 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1273 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1275 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1276 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1277 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1278 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1279 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1280 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1282 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1284 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1285 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1286 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1287 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1288 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1289 - "The CVS server": new section added
1290 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1292 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1293 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1294 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1295 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1296 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1297 with respect to GPG.
1298 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1299 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1300 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1301 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1302 a canonical location?)
1303 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1304 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1305 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1306 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1308 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1310 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1311 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1312 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1313 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1315 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1317 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1319 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1320 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1321 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1322 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1323 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1324 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1325 and should not be included in this Reference.
1326 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1327 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1328 maintainer tools only!
1329 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1330 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1331 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1332 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1333 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1334 * Little corrections here and there.
1335 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1336 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1339 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1341 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1343 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1344 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1345 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1347 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1348 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1349 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1350 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1351 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1352 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1353 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1354 do prior to uploading
1355 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1356 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1358 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1359 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1360 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1361 duties with respect to bugs
1362 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1363 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1364 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1366 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1367 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1368 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1369 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1370 explicit what is used to build this package
1372 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1374 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1377 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1378 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1379 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1380 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1381 * utilize the new URL tag
1382 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1385 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1387 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1389 * non-maintainer release
1390 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1391 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1392 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1393 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1394 text, it can't hurt you.)
1395 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1396 reflect this packages version number
1397 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1399 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1401 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1405 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1407 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1409 * New version numbering scheme:
1411 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1412 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1413 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1416 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1417 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1418 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1419 differ between the manuals.
1421 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1422 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1423 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1424 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1426 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1427 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1429 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1431 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1433 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1435 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1437 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1438 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1440 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1441 (as requested by James Troup)
1443 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1445 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1447 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1449 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1451 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1453 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1455 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1457 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1458 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1459 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1460 the non-maintainer release
1462 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1463 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1464 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1467 - Lots of typos fixed
1469 * Compressed SGML source code
1471 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1472 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1474 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1476 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1478 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1480 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1481 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1482 - Announcing package uploads
1483 * New section about Debian Mentors
1484 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1485 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1486 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1487 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1489 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1491 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1493 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1494 of our FTP server and the development process
1495 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1496 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1497 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1499 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1500 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1501 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1502 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1503 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1504 contacting the maintainer
1505 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1506 a new manual released soon)
1507 * Some minor changes
1508 * Include SGML source in package
1509 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1510 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1512 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1514 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1518 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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