1 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
4 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
5 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
7 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
9 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
10 Ch "The Debian Archive"
11 New Sec "Documentation" stubbed out
13 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
15 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
16 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
17 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
18 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
19 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
21 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
22 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
23 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
24 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
25 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
26 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
27 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
29 - Sec "Voting" stubbed in Developer Duties
30 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
32 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
33 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
34 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
35 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
36 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
37 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
38 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
39 - update copyright date
40 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
45 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example.
47 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
48 recompile"; closes: #102626
49 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
50 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
51 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
52 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
53 - indicat that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
55 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
56 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
57 - Explain to reassign/close bugs of removed packages. closes: #130255
58 - Updates the note about software subject to US patents. closes: #142798
59 - New Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
60 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
61 - New Section "Package's information" under Resources
62 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
63 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility.
64 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
65 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
66 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
67 also speak of the DELAYED directory. closes: #135562, #136774
70 - update French translation
72 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 8 May 2002 13:07:11 -0700
74 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
77 - some grammar corrections
78 - update French translation
80 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
81 anymore; closes: #135559
82 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
84 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
86 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
87 that would be welcome)
88 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
89 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
90 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
91 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
92 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
93 - other minor wording changes
94 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
95 - Ch "Package uploads":
96 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
97 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
98 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
99 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
100 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
101 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
102 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
104 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
106 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
108 * from Martin Michlmayr
109 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
110 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
111 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
113 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
115 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
117 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
119 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
120 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
121 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
124 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
126 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
129 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
131 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
134 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
136 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
137 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
138 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
139 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
140 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
141 talking about uploading to distributions
142 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
143 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
144 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
146 - French translation updated
148 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
149 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
150 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
152 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
154 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
157 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
158 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
161 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
163 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
166 * fix a typo in a link
167 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
168 update documentation accordingly
170 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
171 forwarding bugs upstream
173 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
174 entities which should be used
175 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
176 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
178 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
180 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
182 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
183 * French version: completely up-to-date now
184 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
185 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
187 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
190 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
192 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
194 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
196 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
197 this translation needs updating
198 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
199 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
200 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
202 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
203 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
204 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
206 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
207 included yet, however
209 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
211 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
213 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
215 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
216 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
218 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
220 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
222 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
224 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
225 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
226 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
228 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
230 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
232 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
235 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
236 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
237 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
238 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
239 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
240 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
241 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
242 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
243 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
244 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
245 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
246 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
248 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
249 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
250 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
251 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
252 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
254 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
256 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
257 * update copyright notice for 2001
258 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
259 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
260 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
262 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
264 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
266 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
268 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
270 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
272 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
274 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
276 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
277 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
279 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
280 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
281 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
282 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
283 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
284 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
285 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
286 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
287 could be used if necessary
288 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
289 mention the rsync dupload method
290 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
292 * other small corrections
293 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
294 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
295 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
296 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
298 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
300 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
301 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
303 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
305 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
307 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
308 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
309 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
310 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
312 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
313 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
314 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
315 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
316 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
318 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
320 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
321 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
322 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
323 team (closes: Bug#52906)
324 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
325 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
326 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
328 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
329 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
330 - added a section about the LDAP database
331 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
332 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
334 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
335 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
337 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
339 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
341 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
342 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
343 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
345 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
346 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
347 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
348 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
349 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
350 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
351 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
352 description from developers-reference.sgml
354 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
356 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
358 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
359 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
361 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
363 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
364 releases are available at archive.debian.org
365 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
366 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
367 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
368 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
369 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
370 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
371 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
372 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
374 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
375 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
376 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
377 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
379 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
380 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
381 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
382 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
383 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
384 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
385 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
386 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
387 suggestion from James Troup
388 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
389 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
390 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
391 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
394 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
396 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
398 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
399 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
401 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
403 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
405 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
406 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
407 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
408 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
409 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
410 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
411 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
413 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
415 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
417 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
418 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
419 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
420 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
421 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
422 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
424 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
425 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
427 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
429 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
431 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
433 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
435 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
436 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
437 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
438 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
439 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
441 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
442 with intro; demoted server sections under that
443 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
444 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
446 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
447 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
448 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
449 a normal developer may have access.
451 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
453 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
455 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
456 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
457 step all over each other
459 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
461 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
463 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
464 address for PGP key updates
466 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
468 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
470 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
471 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
472 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
473 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
474 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
476 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
478 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
480 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
481 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
482 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
483 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
484 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
485 <keyring-maint> instead)
486 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
487 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
489 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
491 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
492 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
493 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
495 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
497 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
499 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
500 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
501 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
502 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
503 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
504 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
506 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
507 tighten up the language a bit
508 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
509 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
510 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
511 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
513 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
514 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
515 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
516 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
517 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
518 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
520 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
521 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
522 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
523 about how to depart Debian gracefully
524 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
525 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
526 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
527 number of available packages
528 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
529 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
531 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
533 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
535 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
538 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
540 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
542 * not officially released
543 * more spelling corrections
544 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
546 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
548 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
550 * not officially released
551 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
552 * some PGP-centricity removed
553 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
554 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
555 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
556 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
557 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
558 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
560 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
562 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
564 * not officially released
565 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
566 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
567 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
568 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
569 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
570 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
571 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
572 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
573 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
574 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
575 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
576 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
577 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
578 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
580 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
581 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
583 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
585 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
586 take a couple of weeks
587 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
588 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
589 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
590 excited about it and can't wait
591 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
592 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
594 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
595 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
597 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
598 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
599 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
601 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
603 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
605 * move to 3-level version number:
606 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
607 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
608 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
609 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
610 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
613 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
614 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
615 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
617 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
619 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
620 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
621 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
622 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
623 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
624 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
626 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
628 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
629 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
630 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
631 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
632 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
633 - "The CVS server": new section added
634 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
636 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
637 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
638 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
639 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
640 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
642 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
643 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
644 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
645 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
646 a canonical location?)
647 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
648 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
649 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
650 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
652 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
654 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
655 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
656 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
657 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
659 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
661 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
663 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
664 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
665 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
666 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
667 them. (closes Bug#26948)
668 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
669 and should not be included in this Reference.
670 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
671 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
672 maintainer tools only!
673 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
674 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
675 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
676 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
677 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
678 * Little corrections here and there.
679 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
680 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
683 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
685 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
687 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
688 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
689 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
691 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
692 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
693 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
694 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
695 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
696 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
697 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
698 do prior to uploading
699 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
700 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
702 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
703 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
704 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
705 duties with respect to bugs
706 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
707 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
708 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
710 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
711 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
712 * grammar and markup changes throughout
713 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
714 explicit what is used to build this package
716 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
718 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
721 * version number and date are automatically populated now
722 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
723 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
724 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
725 * utilize the new URL tag
726 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
729 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
731 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
733 * non-maintainer release
734 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
735 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
736 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
737 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
738 text, it can't hurt you.)
739 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
740 reflect this packages version number
741 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
743 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
745 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
749 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
751 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
753 * New version numbering scheme:
755 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
756 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
757 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
760 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
761 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
762 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
763 differ between the manuals.
765 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
766 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
767 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
768 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
770 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
771 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
773 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
775 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
777 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
779 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
781 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
782 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
784 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
785 (as requested by James Troup)
787 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
789 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
791 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
793 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
795 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
797 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
799 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
801 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
802 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
803 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
804 the non-maintainer release
806 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
807 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
808 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
811 - Lots of typos fixed
813 * Compressed SGML source code
815 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
816 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
818 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
820 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
822 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
824 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
825 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
826 - Announcing package uploads
827 * New section about Debian Mentors
828 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
829 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
830 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
831 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
833 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
835 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
837 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
838 of our FTP server and the development process
839 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
840 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
841 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
843 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
844 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
845 debian-devel before they are uploaded
846 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
847 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
848 contacting the maintainer
849 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
850 a new manual released soon)
852 * Include SGML source in package
853 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
854 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
856 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
858 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
862 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200