1 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
4 - Corrected several errors with —
5 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
6 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
7 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
8 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
9 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
10 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt ! closes: #145287
12 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
13 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
14 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
15 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
16 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
17 - updated the mailing lists section
19 -- Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Wed, 7 Aug 2002 12:51:44 +0200
21 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
24 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
25 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
27 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
29 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
30 Ch "The Debian Archive"
32 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
34 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
35 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
36 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
37 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
38 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
40 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
41 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
42 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
43 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
44 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
45 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
46 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
48 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
49 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
52 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
53 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
54 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
55 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
56 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
57 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
58 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
59 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
60 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
61 work-around with <...>
62 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
63 - update copyright date
64 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
65 - spell check and grammar corrections
69 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
71 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
72 recompile"; closes: #102626
73 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
74 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
75 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
76 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
77 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
79 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
80 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
81 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
83 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
85 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
86 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
87 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
88 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
89 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
90 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
91 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
92 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
93 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
95 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
97 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
99 - updated the list of available architectures.
100 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
101 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
102 of the package and nothing more.
103 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
104 any pain to the ftpmasters.
105 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
106 the use of the delayed queue.
107 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
108 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
110 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
111 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
112 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
113 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
114 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
115 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
116 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
118 - new Sec "Documentation"
119 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
120 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
121 "Being kind to porter" too
122 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
123 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
124 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
125 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
126 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
128 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
129 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
132 - update French translation
134 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
136 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
139 - some grammar corrections
140 - update French translation
142 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
143 anymore; closes: #135559
144 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
146 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
148 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
149 that would be welcome)
150 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
151 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
152 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
153 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
154 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
155 - other minor wording changes
156 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
157 - Ch "Package uploads":
158 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
159 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
160 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
161 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
162 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
163 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
164 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
166 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
168 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
170 * from Martin Michlmayr
171 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
172 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
173 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
175 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
177 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
179 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
181 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
182 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
183 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
186 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
188 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
191 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
193 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
196 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
198 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
199 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
200 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
201 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
202 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
203 talking about uploading to distributions
204 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
205 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
206 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
208 - French translation updated
210 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
211 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
212 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
214 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
216 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
219 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
220 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
223 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
225 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
228 * fix a typo in a link
229 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
230 update documentation accordingly
232 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
233 forwarding bugs upstream
235 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
236 entities which should be used
237 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
238 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
240 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
242 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
244 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
245 * French version: completely up-to-date now
246 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
247 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
249 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
252 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
254 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
256 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
258 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
259 this translation needs updating
260 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
261 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
262 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
264 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
265 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
266 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
268 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
269 included yet, however
271 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
273 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
275 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
277 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
278 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
280 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
282 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
284 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
286 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
287 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
288 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
290 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
292 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
294 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
297 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
298 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
299 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
300 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
301 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
302 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
303 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
304 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
305 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
306 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
307 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
308 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
310 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
311 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
312 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
313 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
314 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
316 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
318 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
319 * update copyright notice for 2001
320 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
321 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
322 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
324 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
326 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
328 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
330 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
332 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
334 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
336 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
338 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
339 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
341 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
342 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
343 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
344 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
345 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
346 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
347 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
348 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
349 could be used if necessary
350 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
351 mention the rsync dupload method
352 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
354 * other small corrections
355 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
356 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
357 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
358 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
360 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
362 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
363 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
365 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
367 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
369 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
370 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
371 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
372 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
374 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
375 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
376 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
377 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
378 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
380 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
382 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
383 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
384 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
385 team (closes: Bug#52906)
386 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
387 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
388 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
390 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
391 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
392 - added a section about the LDAP database
393 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
394 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
396 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
397 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
399 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
401 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
403 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
404 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
405 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
407 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
408 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
409 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
410 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
411 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
412 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
413 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
414 description from developers-reference.sgml
416 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
418 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
420 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
421 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
423 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
425 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
426 releases are available at archive.debian.org
427 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
428 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
429 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
430 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
431 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
432 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
433 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
434 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
436 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
437 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
438 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
439 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
441 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
442 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
443 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
444 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
445 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
446 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
447 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
448 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
449 suggestion from James Troup
450 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
451 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
452 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
453 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
456 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
458 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
460 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
461 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
463 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
465 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
467 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
468 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
469 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
470 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
471 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
472 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
473 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
475 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
477 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
479 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
480 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
481 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
482 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
483 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
484 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
486 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
487 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
489 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
491 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
493 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
495 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
497 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
498 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
499 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
500 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
501 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
503 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
504 with intro; demoted server sections under that
505 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
506 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
508 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
509 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
510 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
511 a normal developer may have access.
513 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
515 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
517 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
518 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
519 step all over each other
521 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
523 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
525 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
526 address for PGP key updates
528 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
530 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
532 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
533 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
534 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
535 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
536 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
538 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
540 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
542 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
543 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
544 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
545 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
546 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
547 <keyring-maint> instead)
548 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
549 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
551 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
553 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
554 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
555 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
557 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
559 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
561 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
562 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
563 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
564 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
565 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
566 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
568 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
569 tighten up the language a bit
570 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
571 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
572 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
573 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
575 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
576 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
577 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
578 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
579 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
580 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
582 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
583 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
584 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
585 about how to depart Debian gracefully
586 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
587 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
588 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
589 number of available packages
590 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
591 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
593 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
595 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
597 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
600 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
602 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
604 * not officially released
605 * more spelling corrections
606 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
608 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
610 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
612 * not officially released
613 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
614 * some PGP-centricity removed
615 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
616 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
617 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
618 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
619 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
620 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
622 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
624 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
626 * not officially released
627 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
628 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
629 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
630 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
631 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
632 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
633 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
634 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
635 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
636 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
637 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
638 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
639 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
640 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
642 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
643 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
645 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
647 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
648 take a couple of weeks
649 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
650 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
651 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
652 excited about it and can't wait
653 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
654 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
656 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
657 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
659 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
660 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
661 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
663 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
665 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
667 * move to 3-level version number:
668 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
669 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
670 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
671 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
672 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
675 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
676 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
677 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
679 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
681 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
682 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
683 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
684 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
685 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
686 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
688 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
690 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
691 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
692 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
693 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
694 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
695 - "The CVS server": new section added
696 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
698 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
699 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
700 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
701 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
702 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
704 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
705 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
706 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
707 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
708 a canonical location?)
709 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
710 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
711 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
712 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
714 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
716 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
717 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
718 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
719 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
721 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
723 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
725 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
726 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
727 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
728 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
729 them. (closes Bug#26948)
730 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
731 and should not be included in this Reference.
732 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
733 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
734 maintainer tools only!
735 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
736 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
737 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
738 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
739 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
740 * Little corrections here and there.
741 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
742 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
745 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
747 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
749 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
750 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
751 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
753 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
754 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
755 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
756 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
757 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
758 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
759 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
760 do prior to uploading
761 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
762 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
764 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
765 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
766 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
767 duties with respect to bugs
768 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
769 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
770 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
772 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
773 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
774 * grammar and markup changes throughout
775 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
776 explicit what is used to build this package
778 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
780 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
783 * version number and date are automatically populated now
784 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
785 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
786 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
787 * utilize the new URL tag
788 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
791 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
793 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
795 * non-maintainer release
796 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
797 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
798 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
799 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
800 text, it can't hurt you.)
801 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
802 reflect this packages version number
803 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
805 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
807 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
811 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
813 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
815 * New version numbering scheme:
817 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
818 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
819 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
822 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
823 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
824 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
825 differ between the manuals.
827 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
828 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
829 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
830 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
832 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
833 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
835 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
837 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
839 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
841 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
843 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
844 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
846 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
847 (as requested by James Troup)
849 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
851 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
853 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
855 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
857 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
859 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
861 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
863 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
864 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
865 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
866 the non-maintainer release
868 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
869 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
870 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
873 - Lots of typos fixed
875 * Compressed SGML source code
877 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
878 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
880 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
882 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
884 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
886 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
887 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
888 - Announcing package uploads
889 * New section about Debian Mentors
890 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
891 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
892 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
893 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
895 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
897 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
899 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
900 of our FTP server and the development process
901 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
902 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
903 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
905 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
906 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
907 debian-devel before they are uploaded
908 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
909 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
910 contacting the maintainer
911 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
912 a new manual released soon)
914 * Include SGML source in package
915 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
916 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
918 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
920 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
924 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200