1 developers-reference (3.4.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
5 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
8 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
9 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
10 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
11 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
12 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
13 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
14 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
15 patch. Closes: #540231
16 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
17 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
18 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
19 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
20 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
21 for the patch. Closes: #548823
22 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
23 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
24 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
25 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
26 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
27 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
28 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
29 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
30 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
31 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
32 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
33 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
34 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
35 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
37 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
38 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
39 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
41 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
42 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
43 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
44 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
45 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
48 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:49:40 +0900
50 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
52 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
53 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
55 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
57 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
59 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
60 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
62 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
64 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
66 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
67 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
68 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
69 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
70 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
71 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
72 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
73 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
74 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
75 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
76 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
77 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
78 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
79 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
80 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
81 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
82 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
83 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
84 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
85 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
86 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
87 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
89 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
91 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
94 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
98 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
99 The most important changes are:
100 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
101 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
104 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
105 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
106 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
107 distinction. Closes: #464230.
108 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
109 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
110 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
111 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
112 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
113 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
115 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
116 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
118 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
119 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
121 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
122 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
124 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
126 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
127 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
129 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
130 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
131 Closes: #512620, #510783.
133 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
135 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
138 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
139 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
140 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
141 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
142 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
143 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
144 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
145 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
147 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
149 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
152 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
153 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
154 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
155 release codenames in <literal>
156 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
157 doesn't exist anymore.
158 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
159 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
160 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
161 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
162 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
163 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
164 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
165 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
166 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
167 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
168 team before upload. Closes: #459343
169 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
170 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
171 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
172 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
173 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
174 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
175 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
177 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
178 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
180 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
181 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
182 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
183 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
184 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
185 Thomas. Closes: #485837
187 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
188 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
190 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
192 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
196 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
197 - fix debian/copyright
198 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
199 - add pdf for French version.
200 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
201 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
202 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
203 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
204 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
205 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
206 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
207 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
208 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
210 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
211 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
213 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
215 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
216 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
217 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
218 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
219 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
220 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
222 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
225 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
226 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
227 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
228 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
229 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
230 * Update information concerning Alioth.
231 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
232 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
234 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
235 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
237 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
240 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
242 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
244 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
246 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
247 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
249 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
250 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
251 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
253 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
254 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
255 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
257 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
258 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
259 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
260 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
261 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
262 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
263 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
264 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
265 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
266 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
267 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
268 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
270 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
271 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
272 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
273 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
274 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
275 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
276 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
277 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
278 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
279 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
283 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
285 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
287 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
290 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
291 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
292 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
293 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
294 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
295 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
297 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
299 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
301 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
303 - non-us discontinued.
304 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
306 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
307 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
308 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
309 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
310 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
311 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
312 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
313 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
314 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
315 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
316 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
317 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
318 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
319 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
320 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
321 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
322 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
323 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
325 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
326 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
328 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
331 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
333 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
335 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
338 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
339 - madison is on merkel.
340 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
341 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
342 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
343 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
344 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
345 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
347 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
348 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
349 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
350 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
351 - sync NM rules with reality.
353 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
355 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
357 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
360 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
361 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
362 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
363 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
364 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
365 - spelling, grammer fixes.
366 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
367 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
368 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
369 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
370 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
371 - add myself to uploaders.
372 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
373 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
374 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
375 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
376 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
377 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
378 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
379 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
380 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
381 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
382 - rewrote the NMU section, and
383 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
384 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
385 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
386 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
387 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
388 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
389 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
390 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
392 - Security uploads get urgency=high
393 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
395 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
397 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
399 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
402 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
403 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
404 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
405 - documented Alioth, somewhat
407 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
408 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
410 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
411 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
412 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
413 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
417 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
419 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
420 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
421 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
422 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
425 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
427 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
430 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
432 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
433 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
434 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
436 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
437 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
438 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
439 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
442 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
444 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
445 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
446 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
447 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
448 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
450 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
451 it clear these are special cases
452 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
454 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
456 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
458 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
461 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
462 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
464 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
466 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
468 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
471 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
473 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
474 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
475 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
477 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
478 - the synopsis formula changed to either
479 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
481 <package-name> is <synopsis>
483 <package-name> are <synopsis>
485 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
486 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
487 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
488 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
489 package; closes: #187143
491 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
493 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
496 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
497 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
499 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
501 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
502 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
503 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
504 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
505 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
506 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
507 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
508 right places in the document, closes: #172897
509 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
513 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
515 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
516 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
517 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
518 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
519 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
520 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
521 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
523 - editorial changes on material added in this version
524 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
525 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
526 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
527 closes: #139957, #108416
528 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
529 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
531 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
533 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
536 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
538 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
539 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
540 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
541 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
543 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
544 for best practices for documentation
545 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
546 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
547 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
548 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
550 - spell-checking pass
552 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
554 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
557 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
558 descriptions" moved under there
559 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
560 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
561 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
562 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
563 the document where these tools are discussed
564 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
565 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
566 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
567 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
568 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
569 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
571 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
572 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
573 that can be fixed by DDP folks
574 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
575 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
576 - simply PS and PDF building rules
578 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
580 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
583 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
584 section and adjusted links
585 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
587 - ChangeLog attribution updates
588 - fix typos, closes: #171781
589 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
590 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
591 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
592 for debian/rules", and write an intro
593 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
594 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
595 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
596 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
597 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
598 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
599 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
600 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
601 "Internationalization"
602 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
603 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
604 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
605 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
606 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
607 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
608 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
609 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
610 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
612 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
613 rather useless and broken
614 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
615 names and the first word
616 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
617 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
618 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
620 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
621 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
622 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
624 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
626 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
629 - DDP publishing update
631 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
632 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
633 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
634 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
636 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
638 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
641 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
642 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
643 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
645 - added myself as co-author
646 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
648 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
649 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
651 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
652 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
654 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
656 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
659 - Corrected several errors with —
660 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
661 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
662 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
663 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
664 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
665 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
666 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
668 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
669 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
670 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
671 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
672 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
673 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
674 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
675 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
676 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
678 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
679 descriptions". closes: #158609
680 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
681 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
682 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
683 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
684 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
686 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
687 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
688 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
689 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
690 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
691 - updated the mailing lists section
693 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
694 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
697 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
699 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
702 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
703 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
705 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
707 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
708 Ch "The Debian Archive"
710 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
712 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
713 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
714 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
715 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
716 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
718 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
719 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
720 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
721 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
722 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
723 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
724 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
726 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
727 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
730 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
731 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
732 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
733 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
734 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
735 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
736 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
737 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
738 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
739 work-around with <...>
740 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
741 - update copyright date
742 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
743 - spell check and grammar corrections
747 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
749 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
750 recompile"; closes: #102626
751 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
752 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
753 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
754 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
755 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
757 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
758 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
759 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
761 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
763 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
764 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
765 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
766 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
767 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
768 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
769 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
770 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
771 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
773 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
775 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
777 - updated the list of available architectures.
778 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
779 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
780 of the package and nothing more.
781 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
782 any pain to the ftpmasters.
783 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
784 the use of the delayed queue.
785 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
786 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
788 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
789 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
790 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
791 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
792 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
793 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
794 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
796 - new Sec "Documentation"
797 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
798 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
799 "Being kind to porter" too
800 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
801 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
802 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
803 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
804 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
806 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
807 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
810 - update French translation
812 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
814 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
817 - some grammar corrections
818 - update French translation
820 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
821 anymore; closes: #135559
822 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
824 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
826 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
827 that would be welcome)
828 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
829 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
830 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
831 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
832 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
833 - other minor wording changes
834 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
835 - Ch "Package uploads":
836 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
837 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
838 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
839 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
840 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
841 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
842 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
844 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
846 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
848 * from Martin Michlmayr
849 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
850 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
851 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
853 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
855 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
857 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
859 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
860 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
861 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
864 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
866 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
869 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
871 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
874 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
876 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
877 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
878 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
879 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
880 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
881 talking about uploading to distributions
882 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
883 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
884 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
886 - French translation updated
888 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
889 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
890 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
892 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
894 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
897 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
898 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
901 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
903 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
906 * fix a typo in a link
907 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
908 update documentation accordingly
910 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
911 forwarding bugs upstream
913 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
914 entities which should be used
915 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
916 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
918 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
920 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
922 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
923 * French version: completely up-to-date now
924 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
925 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
927 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
930 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
932 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
934 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
936 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
937 this translation needs updating
938 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
939 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
940 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
942 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
943 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
944 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
946 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
947 included yet, however
949 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
951 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
953 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
955 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
956 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
958 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
960 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
962 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
964 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
965 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
966 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
968 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
970 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
972 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
975 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
976 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
977 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
978 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
979 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
980 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
981 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
982 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
983 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
984 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
985 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
986 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
988 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
989 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
990 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
991 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
992 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
994 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
996 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
997 * update copyright notice for 2001
998 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
999 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1000 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1002 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1004 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1006 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1008 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1010 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1012 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1014 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1016 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1017 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1019 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1020 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1021 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1022 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1023 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1024 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1025 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1026 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1027 could be used if necessary
1028 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1029 mention the rsync dupload method
1030 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1032 * other small corrections
1033 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1034 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1035 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1036 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1038 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1040 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1041 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1043 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1045 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1047 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1048 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1049 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1050 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1052 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1053 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1054 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1055 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1056 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1058 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1060 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1061 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1062 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1063 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1064 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1065 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1066 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1068 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1069 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1070 - added a section about the LDAP database
1071 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1072 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1074 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1075 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1077 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1079 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1081 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1082 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1083 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1085 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1086 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1087 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1088 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1089 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1090 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1091 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1092 description from developers-reference.sgml
1094 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1096 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1098 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1099 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1101 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1103 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1104 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1105 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1106 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1107 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1108 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1109 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1110 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1111 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1112 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1114 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1115 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1116 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1117 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1119 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1120 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1121 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1122 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1123 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1124 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1125 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1126 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1127 suggestion from James Troup
1128 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1129 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1130 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1131 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1134 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1136 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1138 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1139 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1141 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1143 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1145 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1146 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1147 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1148 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1149 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1150 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1151 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1153 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1155 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1157 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1158 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1159 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1160 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1161 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1162 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1164 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1165 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1167 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1169 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1171 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1173 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1175 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1176 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1177 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1178 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1179 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1181 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1182 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1183 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1184 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1186 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1187 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1188 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1189 a normal developer may have access.
1191 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1193 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1195 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1196 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1197 step all over each other
1199 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1201 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1203 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1204 address for PGP key updates
1206 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1208 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1210 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1211 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1212 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1213 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1214 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1216 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1218 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1220 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1221 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1222 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1223 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1224 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1225 <keyring-maint> instead)
1226 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1227 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1229 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1231 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1232 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1233 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1235 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1237 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1239 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1240 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1241 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1242 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1243 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1244 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1246 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1247 tighten up the language a bit
1248 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1249 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1250 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1251 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1253 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1254 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1255 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1256 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1257 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1258 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1260 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1261 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1262 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1263 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1264 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1265 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1266 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1267 number of available packages
1268 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1269 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1271 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1273 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1275 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1278 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1280 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1282 * not officially released
1283 * more spelling corrections
1284 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1286 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1288 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1290 * not officially released
1291 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1292 * some PGP-centricity removed
1293 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1294 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1295 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1296 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1297 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1298 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1300 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1302 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1304 * not officially released
1305 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1306 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1307 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1308 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1309 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1310 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1311 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1312 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1313 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1314 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1315 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1316 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1317 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1318 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1320 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1321 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1323 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1325 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1326 take a couple of weeks
1327 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1328 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1329 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1330 excited about it and can't wait
1331 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1332 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1334 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1335 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1337 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1338 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1339 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1341 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1343 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1345 * move to 3-level version number:
1346 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1347 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1348 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1349 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1350 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1353 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1354 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1355 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1357 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1359 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1360 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1361 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1362 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1363 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1364 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1366 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1368 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1369 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1370 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1371 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1372 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1373 - "The CVS server": new section added
1374 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1376 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1377 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1378 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1379 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1380 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1381 with respect to GPG.
1382 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1383 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1384 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1385 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1386 a canonical location?)
1387 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1388 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1389 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1390 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1392 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1394 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1395 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1396 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1397 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1399 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1401 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1403 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1404 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1405 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1406 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1407 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1408 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1409 and should not be included in this Reference.
1410 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1411 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1412 maintainer tools only!
1413 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1414 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1415 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1416 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1417 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1418 * Little corrections here and there.
1419 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1420 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1423 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1425 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1427 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1428 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1429 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1431 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1432 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1433 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1434 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1435 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1436 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1437 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1438 do prior to uploading
1439 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1440 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1442 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1443 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1444 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1445 duties with respect to bugs
1446 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1447 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1448 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1450 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1451 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1452 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1453 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1454 explicit what is used to build this package
1456 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1458 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1461 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1462 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1463 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1464 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1465 * utilize the new URL tag
1466 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1469 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1471 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1473 * non-maintainer release
1474 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1475 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1476 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1477 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1478 text, it can't hurt you.)
1479 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1480 reflect this packages version number
1481 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1483 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1485 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1489 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1491 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1493 * New version numbering scheme:
1495 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1496 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1497 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1500 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1501 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1502 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1503 differ between the manuals.
1505 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1506 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1507 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1508 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1510 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1511 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1513 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1515 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1517 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1519 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1521 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1522 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1524 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1525 (as requested by James Troup)
1527 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1529 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1531 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1533 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1535 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1537 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1539 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1541 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1542 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1543 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1544 the non-maintainer release
1546 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1547 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1548 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1551 - Lots of typos fixed
1553 * Compressed SGML source code
1555 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1556 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1558 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1560 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1562 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1564 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1565 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1566 - Announcing package uploads
1567 * New section about Debian Mentors
1568 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1569 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1570 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1571 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1573 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1575 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1577 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1578 of our FTP server and the development process
1579 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1580 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1581 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1583 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1584 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1585 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1586 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1587 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1588 contacting the maintainer
1589 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1590 a new manual released soon)
1591 * Some minor changes
1592 * Include SGML source in package
1593 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1594 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1596 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1598 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1602 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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