1 developers-reference (3.4.5) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
5 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Wed, 24 Nov 2010 23:54:39 +0100
7 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
10 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
11 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
14 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
15 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
16 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
17 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
18 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
19 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
20 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
21 patch. Closes: #540231
22 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
23 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
24 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
25 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
26 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
27 for the patch. Closes: #548823
28 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
29 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
30 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
31 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
32 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
33 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
34 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
35 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
36 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
37 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
38 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
39 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
40 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
41 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
43 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
44 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
45 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
47 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
48 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
49 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
50 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
51 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
53 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
55 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
56 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
57 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
58 patch. Closes: #573110
59 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
61 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
62 multi-lines substitution variables.
65 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
66 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
67 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
68 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
69 * Activate Japanese package.
70 * Handle addendum if it exists.
72 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
74 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
76 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
77 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
79 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
81 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
83 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
84 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
86 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
88 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
90 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
91 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
92 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
93 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
94 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
95 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
96 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
97 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
98 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
99 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
100 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
101 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
102 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
103 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
104 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
105 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
106 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
107 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
108 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
109 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
110 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
111 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
113 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
115 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
118 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
122 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
123 The most important changes are:
124 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
125 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
128 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
129 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
130 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
131 distinction. Closes: #464230.
132 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
133 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
134 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
135 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
136 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
137 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
139 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
140 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
142 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
143 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
145 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
146 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
148 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
150 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
151 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
153 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
154 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
155 Closes: #512620, #510783.
157 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
159 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
162 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
163 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
164 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
165 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
166 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
167 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
168 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
169 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
171 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
173 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
176 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
177 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
178 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
179 release codenames in <literal>
180 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
181 doesn't exist anymore.
182 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
183 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
184 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
185 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
186 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
187 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
188 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
189 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
190 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
191 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
192 team before upload. Closes: #459343
193 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
194 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
195 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
196 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
197 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
198 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
199 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
201 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
202 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
204 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
205 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
206 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
207 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
208 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
209 Thomas. Closes: #485837
211 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
212 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
214 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
216 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
220 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
221 - fix debian/copyright
222 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
223 - add pdf for French version.
224 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
225 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
226 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
227 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
228 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
229 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
230 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
231 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
232 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
234 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
235 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
237 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
239 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
240 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
241 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
242 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
243 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
244 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
246 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
249 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
250 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
251 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
252 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
253 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
254 * Update information concerning Alioth.
255 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
256 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
258 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
259 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
261 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
264 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
266 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
268 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
270 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
271 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
273 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
274 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
275 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
277 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
278 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
279 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
281 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
282 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
283 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
284 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
285 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
286 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
287 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
288 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
289 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
290 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
291 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
292 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
294 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
295 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
296 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
297 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
298 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
299 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
300 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
301 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
302 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
303 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
307 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
309 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
311 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
314 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
315 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
316 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
317 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
318 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
319 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
321 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
323 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
325 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
327 - non-us discontinued.
328 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
330 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
331 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
332 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
333 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
334 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
335 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
336 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
337 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
338 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
339 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
340 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
341 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
342 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
343 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
344 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
345 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
346 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
347 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
349 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
350 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
352 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
355 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
357 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
359 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
362 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
363 - madison is on merkel.
364 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
365 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
366 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
367 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
368 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
369 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
371 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
372 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
373 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
374 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
375 - sync NM rules with reality.
377 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
379 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
381 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
384 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
385 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
386 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
387 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
388 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
389 - spelling, grammer fixes.
390 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
391 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
392 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
393 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
394 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
395 - add myself to uploaders.
396 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
397 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
398 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
399 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
400 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
401 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
402 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
403 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
404 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
405 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
406 - rewrote the NMU section, and
407 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
408 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
409 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
410 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
411 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
412 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
413 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
414 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
416 - Security uploads get urgency=high
417 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
419 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
421 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
423 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
426 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
427 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
428 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
429 - documented Alioth, somewhat
431 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
432 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
434 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
435 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
436 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
437 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
441 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
443 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
444 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
445 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
446 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
449 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
451 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
454 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
456 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
457 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
458 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
460 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
461 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
462 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
463 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
466 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
468 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
469 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
470 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
471 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
472 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
474 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
475 it clear these are special cases
476 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
478 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
480 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
482 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
485 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
486 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
488 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
490 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
492 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
495 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
497 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
498 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
499 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
501 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
502 - the synopsis formula changed to either
503 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
505 <package-name> is <synopsis>
507 <package-name> are <synopsis>
509 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
510 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
511 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
512 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
513 package; closes: #187143
515 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
517 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
520 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
521 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
523 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
525 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
526 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
527 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
528 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
529 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
530 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
531 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
532 right places in the document, closes: #172897
533 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
537 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
539 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
540 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
541 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
542 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
543 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
544 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
545 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
547 - editorial changes on material added in this version
548 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
549 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
550 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
551 closes: #139957, #108416
552 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
553 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
555 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
557 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
560 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
562 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
563 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
564 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
565 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
567 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
568 for best practices for documentation
569 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
570 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
571 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
572 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
574 - spell-checking pass
576 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
578 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
581 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
582 descriptions" moved under there
583 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
584 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
585 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
586 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
587 the document where these tools are discussed
588 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
589 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
590 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
591 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
592 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
593 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
595 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
596 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
597 that can be fixed by DDP folks
598 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
599 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
600 - simply PS and PDF building rules
602 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
604 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
607 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
608 section and adjusted links
609 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
611 - ChangeLog attribution updates
612 - fix typos, closes: #171781
613 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
614 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
615 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
616 for debian/rules", and write an intro
617 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
618 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
619 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
620 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
621 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
622 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
623 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
624 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
625 "Internationalization"
626 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
627 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
628 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
629 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
630 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
631 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
632 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
633 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
634 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
636 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
637 rather useless and broken
638 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
639 names and the first word
640 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
641 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
642 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
644 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
645 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
646 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
648 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
650 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
653 - DDP publishing update
655 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
656 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
657 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
658 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
660 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
662 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
665 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
666 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
667 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
669 - added myself as co-author
670 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
672 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
673 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
675 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
676 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
678 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
680 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
683 - Corrected several errors with —
684 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
685 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
686 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
687 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
688 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
689 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
690 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
692 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
693 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
694 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
695 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
696 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
697 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
698 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
699 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
700 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
702 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
703 descriptions". closes: #158609
704 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
705 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
706 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
707 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
708 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
710 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
711 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
712 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
713 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
714 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
715 - updated the mailing lists section
717 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
718 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
721 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
723 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
726 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
727 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
729 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
731 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
732 Ch "The Debian Archive"
734 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
736 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
737 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
738 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
739 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
740 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
742 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
743 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
744 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
745 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
746 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
747 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
748 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
750 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
751 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
754 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
755 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
756 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
757 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
758 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
759 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
760 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
761 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
762 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
763 work-around with <...>
764 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
765 - update copyright date
766 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
767 - spell check and grammar corrections
771 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
773 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
774 recompile"; closes: #102626
775 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
776 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
777 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
778 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
779 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
781 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
782 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
783 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
785 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
787 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
788 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
789 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
790 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
791 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
792 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
793 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
794 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
795 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
797 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
799 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
801 - updated the list of available architectures.
802 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
803 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
804 of the package and nothing more.
805 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
806 any pain to the ftpmasters.
807 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
808 the use of the delayed queue.
809 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
810 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
812 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
813 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
814 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
815 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
816 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
817 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
818 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
820 - new Sec "Documentation"
821 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
822 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
823 "Being kind to porter" too
824 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
825 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
826 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
827 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
828 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
830 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
831 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
834 - update French translation
836 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
838 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
841 - some grammar corrections
842 - update French translation
844 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
845 anymore; closes: #135559
846 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
848 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
850 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
851 that would be welcome)
852 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
853 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
854 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
855 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
856 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
857 - other minor wording changes
858 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
859 - Ch "Package uploads":
860 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
861 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
862 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
863 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
864 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
865 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
866 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
868 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
870 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
872 * from Martin Michlmayr
873 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
874 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
875 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
877 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
879 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
881 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
883 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
884 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
885 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
888 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
890 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
893 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
895 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
898 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
900 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
901 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
902 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
903 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
904 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
905 talking about uploading to distributions
906 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
907 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
908 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
910 - French translation updated
912 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
913 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
914 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
916 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
918 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
921 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
922 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
925 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
927 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
930 * fix a typo in a link
931 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
932 update documentation accordingly
934 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
935 forwarding bugs upstream
937 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
938 entities which should be used
939 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
940 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
942 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
944 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
946 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
947 * French version: completely up-to-date now
948 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
949 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
951 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
954 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
956 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
958 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
960 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
961 this translation needs updating
962 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
963 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
964 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
966 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
967 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
968 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
970 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
971 included yet, however
973 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
975 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
977 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
979 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
980 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
982 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
984 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
986 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
988 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
989 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
990 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
992 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
994 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
996 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
999 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1000 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1001 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1002 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1003 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1004 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1005 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1006 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1007 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1008 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1009 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1010 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1012 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1013 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1014 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1015 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1016 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1018 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1020 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1021 * update copyright notice for 2001
1022 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1023 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1024 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1026 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1028 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1030 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1032 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1034 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1036 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1038 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1040 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1041 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1043 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1044 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1045 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1046 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1047 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1048 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1049 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1050 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1051 could be used if necessary
1052 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1053 mention the rsync dupload method
1054 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1056 * other small corrections
1057 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1058 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1059 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1060 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1062 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1064 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1065 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1067 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1069 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1071 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1072 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1073 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1074 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1076 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1077 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1078 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1079 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1080 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1082 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1084 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1085 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1086 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1087 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1088 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1089 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1090 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1092 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1093 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1094 - added a section about the LDAP database
1095 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1096 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1098 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1099 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1101 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1103 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1105 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1106 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1107 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1109 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1110 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1111 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1112 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1113 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1114 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1115 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1116 description from developers-reference.sgml
1118 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1120 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1122 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1123 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1125 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1127 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1128 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1129 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1130 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1131 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1132 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1133 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1134 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1135 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1136 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1138 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1139 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1140 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1141 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1143 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1144 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1145 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1146 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1147 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1148 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1149 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1150 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1151 suggestion from James Troup
1152 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1153 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1154 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1155 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1158 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1160 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1162 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1163 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1165 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1167 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1169 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1170 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1171 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1172 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1173 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1174 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1175 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1177 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1179 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1181 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1182 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1183 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1184 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1185 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1186 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1188 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1189 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1191 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1193 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1195 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1197 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1199 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1200 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1201 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1202 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1203 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1205 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1206 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1207 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1208 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1210 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1211 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1212 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1213 a normal developer may have access.
1215 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1217 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1219 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1220 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1221 step all over each other
1223 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1225 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1227 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1228 address for PGP key updates
1230 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1232 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1234 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1235 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1236 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1237 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1238 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1240 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1242 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1244 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1245 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1246 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1247 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1248 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1249 <keyring-maint> instead)
1250 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1251 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1253 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1255 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1256 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1257 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1259 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1261 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1263 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1264 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1265 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1266 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1267 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1268 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1270 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1271 tighten up the language a bit
1272 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1273 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1274 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1275 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1277 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1278 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1279 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1280 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1281 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1282 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1284 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1285 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1286 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1287 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1288 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1289 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1290 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1291 number of available packages
1292 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1293 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1295 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1297 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1299 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1302 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1304 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1306 * not officially released
1307 * more spelling corrections
1308 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1310 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1312 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1314 * not officially released
1315 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1316 * some PGP-centricity removed
1317 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1318 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1319 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1320 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1321 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1322 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1324 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1326 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1328 * not officially released
1329 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1330 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1331 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1332 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1333 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1334 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1335 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1336 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1337 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1338 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1339 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1340 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1341 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1342 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1344 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1345 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1347 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1349 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1350 take a couple of weeks
1351 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1352 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1353 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1354 excited about it and can't wait
1355 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1356 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1358 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1359 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1361 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1362 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1363 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1365 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1367 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1369 * move to 3-level version number:
1370 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1371 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1372 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1373 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1374 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1377 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1378 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1379 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1381 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1383 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1384 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1385 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1386 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1387 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1388 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1390 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1392 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1393 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1394 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1395 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1396 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1397 - "The CVS server": new section added
1398 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1400 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1401 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1402 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1403 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1404 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1405 with respect to GPG.
1406 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1407 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1408 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1409 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1410 a canonical location?)
1411 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1412 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1413 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1414 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1416 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1418 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1419 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1420 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1421 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1423 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1425 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1427 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1428 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1429 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1430 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1431 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1432 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1433 and should not be included in this Reference.
1434 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1435 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1436 maintainer tools only!
1437 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1438 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1439 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1440 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1441 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1442 * Little corrections here and there.
1443 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1444 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1447 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1449 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1451 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1452 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1453 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1455 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1456 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1457 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1458 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1459 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1460 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1461 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1462 do prior to uploading
1463 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1464 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1466 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1467 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1468 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1469 duties with respect to bugs
1470 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1471 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1472 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1474 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1475 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1476 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1477 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1478 explicit what is used to build this package
1480 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1482 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1485 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1486 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1487 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1488 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1489 * utilize the new URL tag
1490 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1493 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1495 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1497 * non-maintainer release
1498 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1499 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1500 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1501 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1502 text, it can't hurt you.)
1503 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1504 reflect this packages version number
1505 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1507 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1509 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1513 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1515 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1517 * New version numbering scheme:
1519 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1520 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1521 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1524 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1525 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1526 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1527 differ between the manuals.
1529 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1530 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1531 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1532 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1534 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1535 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1537 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1539 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1541 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1543 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1545 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1546 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1548 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1549 (as requested by James Troup)
1551 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1553 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1555 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1557 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1559 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1561 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1563 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1565 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1566 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1567 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1568 the non-maintainer release
1570 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1571 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1572 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1575 - Lots of typos fixed
1577 * Compressed SGML source code
1579 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1580 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1582 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1584 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1586 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1588 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1589 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1590 - Announcing package uploads
1591 * New section about Debian Mentors
1592 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1593 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1594 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1595 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1597 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1599 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1601 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1602 of our FTP server and the development process
1603 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1604 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1605 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1607 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1608 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1609 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1610 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1611 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1612 contacting the maintainer
1613 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1614 a new manual released soon)
1615 * Some minor changes
1616 * Include SGML source in package
1617 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1618 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1620 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1622 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1626 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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