1 developers-reference (3.4.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
5 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
8 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
9 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
10 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
11 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
12 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
13 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
14 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
15 patch. Closes: #540231
16 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
17 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
18 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
19 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
20 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
21 for the patch. Closes: #548823
22 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
23 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
24 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
25 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
26 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
27 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
28 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
29 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
30 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
31 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
32 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
33 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
34 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
35 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
37 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
38 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
39 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
41 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
42 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
43 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
44 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
45 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
47 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
49 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
50 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
51 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
52 patch. Closes: #573110
55 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
56 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
57 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
60 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
62 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 14 May 2010 14:40:19 +0200
64 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
66 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
67 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
69 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
71 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
73 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
74 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
76 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
78 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
80 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
81 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
82 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
83 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
84 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
85 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
86 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
87 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
88 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
89 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
90 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
91 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
92 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
93 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
94 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
95 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
96 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
97 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
98 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
99 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
100 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
101 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
103 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
105 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
108 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
112 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
113 The most important changes are:
114 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
115 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
118 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
119 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
120 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
121 distinction. Closes: #464230.
122 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
123 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
124 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
125 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
126 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
127 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
129 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
130 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
132 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
133 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
135 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
136 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
138 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
140 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
141 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
143 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
144 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
145 Closes: #512620, #510783.
147 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
149 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
152 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
153 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
154 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
155 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
156 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
157 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
158 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
159 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
161 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
163 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
166 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
167 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
168 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
169 release codenames in <literal>
170 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
171 doesn't exist anymore.
172 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
173 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
174 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
175 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
176 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
177 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
178 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
179 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
180 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
181 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
182 team before upload. Closes: #459343
183 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
184 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
185 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
186 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
187 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
188 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
189 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
191 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
192 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
194 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
195 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
196 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
197 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
198 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
199 Thomas. Closes: #485837
201 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
202 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
204 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
206 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
210 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
211 - fix debian/copyright
212 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
213 - add pdf for French version.
214 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
215 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
216 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
217 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
218 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
219 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
220 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
221 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
222 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
224 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
225 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
227 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
229 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
230 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
231 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
232 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
233 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
234 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
236 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
239 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
240 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
241 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
242 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
243 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
244 * Update information concerning Alioth.
245 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
246 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
248 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
249 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
251 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
254 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
256 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
258 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
260 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
261 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
263 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
264 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
265 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
267 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
268 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
269 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
271 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
272 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
273 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
274 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
275 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
276 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
277 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
278 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
279 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
280 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
281 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
282 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
284 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
285 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
286 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
287 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
288 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
289 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
290 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
291 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
292 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
293 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
297 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
299 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
301 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
304 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
305 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
306 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
307 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
308 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
309 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
311 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
313 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
315 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
317 - non-us discontinued.
318 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
320 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
321 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
322 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
323 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
324 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
325 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
326 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
327 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
328 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
329 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
330 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
331 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
332 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
333 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
334 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
335 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
336 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
337 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
339 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
340 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
342 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
345 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
347 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
349 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
352 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
353 - madison is on merkel.
354 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
355 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
356 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
357 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
358 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
359 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
361 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
362 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
363 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
364 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
365 - sync NM rules with reality.
367 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
369 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
371 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
374 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
375 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
376 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
377 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
378 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
379 - spelling, grammer fixes.
380 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
381 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
382 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
383 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
384 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
385 - add myself to uploaders.
386 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
387 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
388 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
389 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
390 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
391 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
392 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
393 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
394 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
395 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
396 - rewrote the NMU section, and
397 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
398 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
399 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
400 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
401 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
402 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
403 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
404 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
406 - Security uploads get urgency=high
407 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
409 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
411 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
413 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
416 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
417 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
418 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
419 - documented Alioth, somewhat
421 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
422 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
424 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
425 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
426 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
427 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
431 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
433 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
434 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
435 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
436 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
439 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
441 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
444 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
446 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
447 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
448 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
450 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
451 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
452 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
453 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
456 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
458 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
459 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
460 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
461 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
462 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
464 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
465 it clear these are special cases
466 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
468 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
470 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
472 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
475 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
476 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
478 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
480 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
482 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
485 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
487 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
488 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
489 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
491 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
492 - the synopsis formula changed to either
493 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
495 <package-name> is <synopsis>
497 <package-name> are <synopsis>
499 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
500 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
501 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
502 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
503 package; closes: #187143
505 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
507 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
510 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
511 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
513 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
515 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
516 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
517 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
518 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
519 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
520 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
521 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
522 right places in the document, closes: #172897
523 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
527 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
529 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
530 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
531 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
532 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
533 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
534 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
535 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
537 - editorial changes on material added in this version
538 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
539 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
540 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
541 closes: #139957, #108416
542 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
543 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
545 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
547 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
550 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
552 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
553 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
554 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
555 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
557 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
558 for best practices for documentation
559 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
560 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
561 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
562 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
564 - spell-checking pass
566 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
568 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
571 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
572 descriptions" moved under there
573 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
574 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
575 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
576 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
577 the document where these tools are discussed
578 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
579 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
580 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
581 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
582 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
583 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
585 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
586 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
587 that can be fixed by DDP folks
588 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
589 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
590 - simply PS and PDF building rules
592 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
594 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
597 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
598 section and adjusted links
599 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
601 - ChangeLog attribution updates
602 - fix typos, closes: #171781
603 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
604 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
605 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
606 for debian/rules", and write an intro
607 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
608 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
609 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
610 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
611 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
612 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
613 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
614 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
615 "Internationalization"
616 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
617 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
618 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
619 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
620 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
621 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
622 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
623 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
624 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
626 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
627 rather useless and broken
628 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
629 names and the first word
630 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
631 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
632 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
634 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
635 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
636 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
638 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
640 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
643 - DDP publishing update
645 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
646 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
647 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
648 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
650 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
652 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
655 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
656 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
657 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
659 - added myself as co-author
660 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
662 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
663 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
665 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
666 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
668 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
670 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
673 - Corrected several errors with —
674 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
675 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
676 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
677 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
678 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
679 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
680 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
682 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
683 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
684 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
685 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
686 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
687 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
688 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
689 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
690 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
692 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
693 descriptions". closes: #158609
694 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
695 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
696 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
697 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
698 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
700 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
701 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
702 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
703 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
704 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
705 - updated the mailing lists section
707 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
708 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
711 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
713 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
716 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
717 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
719 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
721 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
722 Ch "The Debian Archive"
724 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
726 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
727 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
728 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
729 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
730 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
732 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
733 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
734 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
735 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
736 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
737 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
738 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
740 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
741 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
744 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
745 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
746 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
747 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
748 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
749 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
750 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
751 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
752 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
753 work-around with <...>
754 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
755 - update copyright date
756 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
757 - spell check and grammar corrections
761 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
763 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
764 recompile"; closes: #102626
765 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
766 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
767 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
768 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
769 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
771 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
772 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
773 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
775 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
777 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
778 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
779 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
780 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
781 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
782 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
783 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
784 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
785 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
787 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
789 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
791 - updated the list of available architectures.
792 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
793 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
794 of the package and nothing more.
795 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
796 any pain to the ftpmasters.
797 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
798 the use of the delayed queue.
799 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
800 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
802 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
803 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
804 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
805 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
806 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
807 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
808 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
810 - new Sec "Documentation"
811 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
812 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
813 "Being kind to porter" too
814 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
815 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
816 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
817 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
818 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
820 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
821 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
824 - update French translation
826 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
828 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
831 - some grammar corrections
832 - update French translation
834 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
835 anymore; closes: #135559
836 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
838 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
840 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
841 that would be welcome)
842 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
843 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
844 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
845 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
846 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
847 - other minor wording changes
848 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
849 - Ch "Package uploads":
850 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
851 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
852 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
853 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
854 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
855 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
856 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
858 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
860 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
862 * from Martin Michlmayr
863 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
864 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
865 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
867 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
869 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
871 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
873 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
874 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
875 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
878 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
880 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
883 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
885 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
888 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
890 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
891 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
892 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
893 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
894 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
895 talking about uploading to distributions
896 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
897 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
898 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
900 - French translation updated
902 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
903 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
904 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
906 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
908 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
911 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
912 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
915 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
917 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
920 * fix a typo in a link
921 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
922 update documentation accordingly
924 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
925 forwarding bugs upstream
927 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
928 entities which should be used
929 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
930 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
932 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
934 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
936 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
937 * French version: completely up-to-date now
938 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
939 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
941 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
944 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
946 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
948 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
950 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
951 this translation needs updating
952 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
953 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
954 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
956 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
957 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
958 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
960 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
961 included yet, however
963 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
965 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
967 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
969 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
970 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
972 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
974 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
976 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
978 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
979 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
980 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
982 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
984 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
986 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
989 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
990 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
991 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
992 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
993 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
994 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
995 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
996 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
997 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
998 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
999 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1000 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1002 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1003 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1004 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1005 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1006 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1008 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1010 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1011 * update copyright notice for 2001
1012 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1013 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1014 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1016 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1018 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1020 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1022 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1024 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1026 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1028 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1030 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1031 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1033 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1034 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1035 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1036 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1037 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1038 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1039 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1040 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1041 could be used if necessary
1042 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1043 mention the rsync dupload method
1044 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1046 * other small corrections
1047 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1048 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1049 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1050 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1052 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1054 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1055 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1057 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1059 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1061 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1062 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1063 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1064 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1066 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1067 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1068 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1069 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1070 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1072 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1074 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1075 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1076 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1077 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1078 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1079 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1080 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1082 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1083 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1084 - added a section about the LDAP database
1085 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1086 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1088 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1089 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1091 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1093 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1095 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1096 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1097 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1099 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1100 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1101 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1102 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1103 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1104 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1105 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1106 description from developers-reference.sgml
1108 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1110 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1112 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1113 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1115 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1117 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1118 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1119 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1120 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1121 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1122 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1123 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1124 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1125 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1126 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1128 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1129 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1130 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1131 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1133 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1134 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1135 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1136 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1137 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1138 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1139 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1140 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1141 suggestion from James Troup
1142 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1143 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1144 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1145 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1148 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1150 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1152 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1153 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1155 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1157 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1159 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1160 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1161 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1162 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1163 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1164 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1165 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1167 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1169 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1171 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1172 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1173 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1174 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1175 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1176 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1178 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1179 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1181 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1183 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1185 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1187 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1189 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1190 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1191 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1192 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1193 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1195 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1196 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1197 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1198 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1200 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1201 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1202 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1203 a normal developer may have access.
1205 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1207 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1209 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1210 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1211 step all over each other
1213 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1215 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1217 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1218 address for PGP key updates
1220 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1222 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1224 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1225 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1226 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1227 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1228 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1230 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1232 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1234 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1235 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1236 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1237 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1238 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1239 <keyring-maint> instead)
1240 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1241 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1243 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1245 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1246 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1247 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1249 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1251 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1253 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1254 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1255 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1256 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1257 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1258 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1260 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1261 tighten up the language a bit
1262 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1263 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1264 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1265 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1267 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1268 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1269 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1270 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1271 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1272 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1274 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1275 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1276 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1277 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1278 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1279 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1280 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1281 number of available packages
1282 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1283 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1285 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1287 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1289 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1292 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1294 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1296 * not officially released
1297 * more spelling corrections
1298 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1300 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1302 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1304 * not officially released
1305 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1306 * some PGP-centricity removed
1307 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1308 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1309 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1310 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1311 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1312 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1314 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1316 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1318 * not officially released
1319 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1320 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1321 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1322 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1323 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1324 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1325 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1326 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1327 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1328 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1329 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1330 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1331 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1332 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1334 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1335 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1337 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1339 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1340 take a couple of weeks
1341 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1342 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1343 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1344 excited about it and can't wait
1345 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1346 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1348 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1349 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1351 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1352 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1353 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1355 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1357 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1359 * move to 3-level version number:
1360 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1361 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1362 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1363 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1364 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1367 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1368 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1369 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1371 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1373 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1374 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1375 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1376 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1377 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1378 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1380 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1382 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1383 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1384 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1385 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1386 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1387 - "The CVS server": new section added
1388 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1390 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1391 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1392 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1393 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1394 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1395 with respect to GPG.
1396 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1397 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1398 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1399 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1400 a canonical location?)
1401 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1402 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1403 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1404 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1406 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1408 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1409 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1410 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1411 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1413 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1415 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1417 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1418 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1419 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1420 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1421 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1422 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1423 and should not be included in this Reference.
1424 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1425 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1426 maintainer tools only!
1427 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1428 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1429 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1430 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1431 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1432 * Little corrections here and there.
1433 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1434 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1437 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1439 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1441 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1442 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1443 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1445 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1446 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1447 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1448 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1449 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1450 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1451 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1452 do prior to uploading
1453 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1454 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1456 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1457 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1458 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1459 duties with respect to bugs
1460 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1461 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1462 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1464 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1465 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1466 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1467 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1468 explicit what is used to build this package
1470 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1472 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1475 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1476 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1477 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1478 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1479 * utilize the new URL tag
1480 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1483 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1485 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1487 * non-maintainer release
1488 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1489 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1490 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1491 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1492 text, it can't hurt you.)
1493 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1494 reflect this packages version number
1495 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1497 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1499 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1503 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1505 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1507 * New version numbering scheme:
1509 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1510 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1511 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1514 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1515 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1516 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1517 differ between the manuals.
1519 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1520 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1521 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1522 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1524 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1525 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1527 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1529 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1531 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1533 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1535 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1536 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1538 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1539 (as requested by James Troup)
1541 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1543 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1545 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1547 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1549 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1551 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1553 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1555 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1556 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1557 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1558 the non-maintainer release
1560 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1561 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1562 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1565 - Lots of typos fixed
1567 * Compressed SGML source code
1569 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1570 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1572 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1574 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1576 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1578 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1579 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1580 - Announcing package uploads
1581 * New section about Debian Mentors
1582 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1583 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1584 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1585 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1587 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1589 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1591 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1592 of our FTP server and the development process
1593 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1594 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1595 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1597 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1598 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1599 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1600 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1601 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1602 contacting the maintainer
1603 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1604 a new manual released soon)
1605 * Some minor changes
1606 * Include SGML source in package
1607 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1608 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1610 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1612 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1616 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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