1 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
4 - French translation update to latest version
5 - Proofread by Philippe Batailler
7 - Added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation.
9 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448.
10 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
13 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
15 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
16 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error
17 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
18 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
19 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
20 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
23 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 27 Jan 2003 14:45:12 -0500
25 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
28 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
30 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
31 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
32 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
33 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
35 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
36 for best practices for documentation
37 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
38 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
39 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
40 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
44 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
46 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
49 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
50 descriptions" moved under there
51 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
52 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
53 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
54 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
55 the document where these tools are discussed
56 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
57 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
58 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
59 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
60 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
61 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
63 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
64 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
65 that can be fixed by DDP folks
66 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
67 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
68 - simply PS and PDF building rules
70 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
72 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
75 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
76 section and adjusted links
77 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
79 - ChangeLog attribution updates
80 - fix typos, closes: #171781
81 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
82 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
83 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
84 for debian/rules", and write an intro
85 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
86 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
87 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
88 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
89 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
90 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
91 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
92 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
93 "Internationalization"
94 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
95 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
96 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
97 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
98 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
99 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
100 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
101 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
102 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
104 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
105 rather useless and broken
106 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
107 names and the first word
108 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
109 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
110 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
112 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
113 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
114 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
116 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
118 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
121 - DDP publishing update
123 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
124 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
125 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
126 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
128 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
130 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
133 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
134 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
135 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
137 - added myself as co-author
138 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
140 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
141 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
143 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
144 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
146 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
148 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
151 - Corrected several errors with —
152 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
153 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
154 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
155 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
156 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
157 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
158 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
160 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
161 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
162 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
163 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
164 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
165 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
166 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
167 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
168 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
170 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
171 descriptions". closes: #158609
172 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
173 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
174 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
175 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
176 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
178 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
179 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
180 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
181 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
182 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
183 - updated the mailing lists section
185 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
186 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
189 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
191 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
194 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
195 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
197 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
199 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
200 Ch "The Debian Archive"
202 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
204 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
205 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
206 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
207 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
208 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
210 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
211 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
212 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
213 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
214 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
215 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
216 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
218 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
219 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
222 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
223 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
224 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
225 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
226 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
227 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
228 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
229 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
230 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
231 work-around with <...>
232 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
233 - update copyright date
234 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
235 - spell check and grammar corrections
239 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
241 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
242 recompile"; closes: #102626
243 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
244 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
245 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
246 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
247 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
249 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
250 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
251 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
253 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
255 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
256 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
257 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
258 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
259 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
260 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
261 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
262 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
263 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
265 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
267 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
269 - updated the list of available architectures.
270 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
271 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
272 of the package and nothing more.
273 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
274 any pain to the ftpmasters.
275 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
276 the use of the delayed queue.
277 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
278 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
280 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
281 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
282 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
283 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
284 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
285 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
286 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
288 - new Sec "Documentation"
289 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
290 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
291 "Being kind to porter" too
292 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
293 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
294 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
295 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
296 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
298 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
299 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
302 - update French translation
304 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
306 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
309 - some grammar corrections
310 - update French translation
312 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
313 anymore; closes: #135559
314 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
316 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
318 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
319 that would be welcome)
320 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
321 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
322 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
323 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
324 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
325 - other minor wording changes
326 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
327 - Ch "Package uploads":
328 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
329 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
330 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
331 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
332 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
333 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
334 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
336 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
338 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
340 * from Martin Michlmayr
341 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
342 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
343 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
345 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
347 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
349 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
351 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
352 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
353 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
356 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
358 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
361 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
363 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
366 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
368 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
369 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
370 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
371 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
372 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
373 talking about uploading to distributions
374 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
375 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
376 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
378 - French translation updated
380 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
381 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
382 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
384 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
386 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
389 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
390 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
393 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
395 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
398 * fix a typo in a link
399 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
400 update documentation accordingly
402 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
403 forwarding bugs upstream
405 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
406 entities which should be used
407 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
408 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
410 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
412 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
414 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
415 * French version: completely up-to-date now
416 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
417 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
419 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
422 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
424 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
426 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
428 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
429 this translation needs updating
430 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
431 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
432 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
434 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
435 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
436 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
438 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
439 included yet, however
441 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
443 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
445 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
447 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
448 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
450 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
452 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
454 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
456 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
457 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
458 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
460 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
462 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
464 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
467 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
468 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
469 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
470 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
471 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
472 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
473 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
474 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
475 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
476 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
477 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
478 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
480 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
481 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
482 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
483 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
484 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
486 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
488 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
489 * update copyright notice for 2001
490 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
491 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
492 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
494 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
496 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
498 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
500 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
502 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
504 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
506 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
508 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
509 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
511 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
512 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
513 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
514 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
515 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
516 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
517 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
518 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
519 could be used if necessary
520 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
521 mention the rsync dupload method
522 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
524 * other small corrections
525 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
526 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
527 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
528 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
530 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
532 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
533 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
535 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
537 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
539 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
540 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
541 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
542 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
544 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
545 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
546 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
547 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
548 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
550 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
552 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
553 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
554 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
555 team (closes: Bug#52906)
556 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
557 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
558 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
560 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
561 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
562 - added a section about the LDAP database
563 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
564 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
566 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
567 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
569 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
571 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
573 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
574 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
575 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
577 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
578 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
579 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
580 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
581 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
582 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
583 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
584 description from developers-reference.sgml
586 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
588 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
590 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
591 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
593 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
595 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
596 releases are available at archive.debian.org
597 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
598 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
599 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
600 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
601 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
602 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
603 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
604 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
606 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
607 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
608 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
609 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
611 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
612 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
613 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
614 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
615 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
616 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
617 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
618 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
619 suggestion from James Troup
620 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
621 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
622 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
623 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
626 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
628 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
630 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
631 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
633 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
635 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
637 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
638 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
639 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
640 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
641 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
642 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
643 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
645 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
647 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
649 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
650 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
651 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
652 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
653 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
654 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
656 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
657 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
659 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
661 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
663 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
665 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
667 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
668 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
669 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
670 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
671 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
673 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
674 with intro; demoted server sections under that
675 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
676 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
678 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
679 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
680 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
681 a normal developer may have access.
683 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
685 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
687 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
688 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
689 step all over each other
691 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
693 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
695 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
696 address for PGP key updates
698 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
700 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
702 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
703 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
704 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
705 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
706 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
708 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
710 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
712 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
713 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
714 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
715 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
716 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
717 <keyring-maint> instead)
718 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
719 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
721 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
723 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
724 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
725 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
727 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
729 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
731 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
732 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
733 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
734 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
735 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
736 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
738 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
739 tighten up the language a bit
740 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
741 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
742 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
743 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
745 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
746 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
747 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
748 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
749 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
750 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
752 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
753 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
754 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
755 about how to depart Debian gracefully
756 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
757 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
758 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
759 number of available packages
760 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
761 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
763 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
765 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
767 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
770 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
772 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
774 * not officially released
775 * more spelling corrections
776 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
778 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
780 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
782 * not officially released
783 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
784 * some PGP-centricity removed
785 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
786 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
787 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
788 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
789 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
790 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
792 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
794 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
796 * not officially released
797 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
798 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
799 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
800 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
801 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
802 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
803 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
804 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
805 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
806 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
807 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
808 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
809 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
810 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
812 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
813 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
815 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
817 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
818 take a couple of weeks
819 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
820 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
821 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
822 excited about it and can't wait
823 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
824 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
826 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
827 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
829 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
830 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
831 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
833 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
835 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
837 * move to 3-level version number:
838 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
839 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
840 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
841 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
842 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
845 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
846 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
847 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
849 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
851 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
852 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
853 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
854 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
855 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
856 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
858 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
860 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
861 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
862 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
863 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
864 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
865 - "The CVS server": new section added
866 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
868 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
869 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
870 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
871 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
872 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
874 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
875 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
876 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
877 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
878 a canonical location?)
879 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
880 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
881 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
882 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
884 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
886 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
887 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
888 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
889 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
891 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
893 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
895 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
896 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
897 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
898 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
899 them. (closes Bug#26948)
900 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
901 and should not be included in this Reference.
902 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
903 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
904 maintainer tools only!
905 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
906 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
907 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
908 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
909 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
910 * Little corrections here and there.
911 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
912 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
915 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
917 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
919 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
920 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
921 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
923 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
924 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
925 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
926 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
927 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
928 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
929 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
930 do prior to uploading
931 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
932 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
934 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
935 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
936 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
937 duties with respect to bugs
938 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
939 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
940 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
942 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
943 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
944 * grammar and markup changes throughout
945 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
946 explicit what is used to build this package
948 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
950 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
953 * version number and date are automatically populated now
954 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
955 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
956 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
957 * utilize the new URL tag
958 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
961 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
963 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
965 * non-maintainer release
966 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
967 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
968 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
969 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
970 text, it can't hurt you.)
971 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
972 reflect this packages version number
973 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
975 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
977 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
981 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
983 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
985 * New version numbering scheme:
987 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
988 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
989 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
992 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
993 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
994 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
995 differ between the manuals.
997 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
998 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
999 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1000 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1002 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1003 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1005 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1007 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1009 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1011 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1013 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1014 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1016 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1017 (as requested by James Troup)
1019 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1021 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1023 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1025 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1027 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1029 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1031 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1033 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1034 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1035 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1036 the non-maintainer release
1038 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1039 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1040 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1043 - Lots of typos fixed
1045 * Compressed SGML source code
1047 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1048 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1050 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1052 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1054 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1056 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1057 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1058 - Announcing package uploads
1059 * New section about Debian Mentors
1060 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1061 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1062 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1063 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1065 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1067 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1069 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1070 of our FTP server and the development process
1071 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1072 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1073 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1075 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1076 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1077 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1078 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1079 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1080 contacting the maintainer
1081 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1082 a new manual released soon)
1083 * Some minor changes
1084 * Include SGML source in package
1085 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1086 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1088 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1090 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1094 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200