1 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
3 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
5 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Franks Küster. Closes: #365994
6 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
8 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
9 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
11 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
13 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
16 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
17 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
18 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
19 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
20 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
21 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
23 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
25 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
27 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
29 - non-us discontinued.
30 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
32 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
33 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
34 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
35 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
36 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
37 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
38 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
39 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
40 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
41 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
42 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
43 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
44 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
45 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
46 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
47 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
48 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
49 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
51 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
52 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
54 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
57 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
59 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
61 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
64 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
65 - madison is on merkel.
66 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
67 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
68 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
69 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
70 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
71 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
73 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
74 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
75 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
76 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
77 - sync NM rules with reality.
79 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
81 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
83 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
86 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
87 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
88 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
89 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
90 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
91 - spelling, grammer fixes.
92 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
93 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
94 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
95 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
96 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
97 - add myself to uploaders.
98 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
99 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
100 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
101 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
102 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
103 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
104 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
105 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
106 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
107 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
108 - rewrote the NMU section, and
109 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
110 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
111 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
112 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
113 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
114 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
115 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
116 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
118 - Security uploads get urgency=high
119 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
121 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
123 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
125 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
128 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
129 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
130 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
131 - documented Alioth, somewhat
133 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
134 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
136 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
137 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
138 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
139 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
143 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
145 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
146 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
147 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
148 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
151 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
153 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
156 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
158 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
159 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
160 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
162 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
163 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
164 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
165 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
168 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
170 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
171 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
172 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
173 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
174 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
176 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
177 it clear these are special cases
178 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
180 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
182 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
184 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
187 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
188 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
190 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
192 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
194 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
197 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
199 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
200 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
201 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
203 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
204 - the synopsis formula changed to either
205 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
207 <package-name> is <synopsis>
209 <package-name> are <synopsis>
211 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
212 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
213 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
214 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
215 package; closes: #187143
217 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
219 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
222 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
223 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
225 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
227 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
228 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
229 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
230 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
231 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
232 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
233 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
234 right places in the document, closes: #172897
235 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
239 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
241 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
242 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
243 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
244 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
245 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
246 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
247 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
249 - editorial changes on material added in this version
250 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
251 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
252 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
253 closes: #139957, #108416
254 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
255 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
257 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
259 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
262 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
264 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
265 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
266 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
267 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
269 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
270 for best practices for documentation
271 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
272 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
273 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
274 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
276 - spell-checking pass
278 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
280 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
283 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
284 descriptions" moved under there
285 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
286 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
287 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
288 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
289 the document where these tools are discussed
290 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
291 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
292 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
293 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
294 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
295 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
297 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
298 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
299 that can be fixed by DDP folks
300 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
301 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
302 - simply PS and PDF building rules
304 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
306 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
309 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
310 section and adjusted links
311 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
313 - ChangeLog attribution updates
314 - fix typos, closes: #171781
315 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
316 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
317 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
318 for debian/rules", and write an intro
319 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
320 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
321 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
322 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
323 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
324 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
325 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
326 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
327 "Internationalization"
328 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
329 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
330 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
331 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
332 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
333 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
334 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
335 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
336 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
338 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
339 rather useless and broken
340 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
341 names and the first word
342 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
343 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
344 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
346 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
347 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
348 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
350 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
352 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
355 - DDP publishing update
357 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
358 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
359 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
360 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
362 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
364 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
367 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
368 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
369 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
371 - added myself as co-author
372 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
374 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
375 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
377 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
378 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
380 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
382 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
385 - Corrected several errors with —
386 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
387 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
388 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
389 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
390 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
391 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
392 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
394 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
395 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
396 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
397 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
398 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
399 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
400 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
401 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
402 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
404 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
405 descriptions". closes: #158609
406 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
407 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
408 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
409 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
410 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
412 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
413 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
414 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
415 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
416 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
417 - updated the mailing lists section
419 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
420 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
423 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
425 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
428 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
429 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
431 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
433 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
434 Ch "The Debian Archive"
436 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
438 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
439 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
440 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
441 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
442 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
444 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
445 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
446 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
447 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
448 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
449 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
450 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
452 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
453 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
456 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
457 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
458 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
459 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
460 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
461 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
462 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
463 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
464 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
465 work-around with <...>
466 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
467 - update copyright date
468 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
469 - spell check and grammar corrections
473 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
475 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
476 recompile"; closes: #102626
477 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
478 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
479 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
480 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
481 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
483 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
484 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
485 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
487 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
489 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
490 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
491 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
492 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
493 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
494 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
495 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
496 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
497 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
499 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
501 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
503 - updated the list of available architectures.
504 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
505 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
506 of the package and nothing more.
507 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
508 any pain to the ftpmasters.
509 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
510 the use of the delayed queue.
511 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
512 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
514 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
515 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
516 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
517 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
518 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
519 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
520 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
522 - new Sec "Documentation"
523 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
524 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
525 "Being kind to porter" too
526 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
527 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
528 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
529 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
530 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
532 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
533 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
536 - update French translation
538 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
540 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
543 - some grammar corrections
544 - update French translation
546 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
547 anymore; closes: #135559
548 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
550 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
552 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
553 that would be welcome)
554 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
555 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
556 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
557 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
558 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
559 - other minor wording changes
560 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
561 - Ch "Package uploads":
562 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
563 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
564 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
565 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
566 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
567 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
568 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
570 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
572 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
574 * from Martin Michlmayr
575 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
576 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
577 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
579 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
581 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
583 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
585 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
586 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
587 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
590 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
592 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
595 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
597 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
600 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
602 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
603 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
604 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
605 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
606 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
607 talking about uploading to distributions
608 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
609 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
610 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
612 - French translation updated
614 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
615 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
616 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
618 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
620 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
623 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
624 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
627 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
629 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
632 * fix a typo in a link
633 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
634 update documentation accordingly
636 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
637 forwarding bugs upstream
639 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
640 entities which should be used
641 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
642 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
644 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
646 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
648 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
649 * French version: completely up-to-date now
650 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
651 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
653 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
656 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
658 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
660 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
662 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
663 this translation needs updating
664 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
665 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
666 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
668 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
669 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
670 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
672 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
673 included yet, however
675 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
677 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
679 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
681 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
682 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
684 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
686 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
688 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
690 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
691 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
692 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
694 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
696 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
698 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
701 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
702 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
703 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
704 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
705 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
706 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
707 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
708 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
709 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
710 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
711 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
712 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
714 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
715 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
716 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
717 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
718 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
720 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
722 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
723 * update copyright notice for 2001
724 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
725 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
726 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
728 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
730 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
732 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
734 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
736 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
738 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
740 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
742 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
743 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
745 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
746 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
747 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
748 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
749 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
750 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
751 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
752 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
753 could be used if necessary
754 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
755 mention the rsync dupload method
756 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
758 * other small corrections
759 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
760 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
761 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
762 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
764 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
766 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
767 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
769 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
771 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
773 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
774 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
775 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
776 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
778 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
779 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
780 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
781 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
782 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
784 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
786 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
787 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
788 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
789 team (closes: Bug#52906)
790 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
791 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
792 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
794 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
795 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
796 - added a section about the LDAP database
797 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
798 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
800 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
801 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
803 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
805 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
807 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
808 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
809 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
811 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
812 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
813 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
814 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
815 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
816 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
817 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
818 description from developers-reference.sgml
820 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
822 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
824 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
825 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
827 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
829 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
830 releases are available at archive.debian.org
831 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
832 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
833 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
834 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
835 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
836 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
837 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
838 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
840 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
841 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
842 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
843 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
845 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
846 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
847 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
848 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
849 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
850 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
851 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
852 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
853 suggestion from James Troup
854 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
855 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
856 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
857 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
860 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
862 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
864 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
865 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
867 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
869 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
871 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
872 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
873 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
874 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
875 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
876 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
877 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
879 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
881 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
883 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
884 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
885 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
886 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
887 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
888 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
890 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
891 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
893 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
895 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
897 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
899 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
901 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
902 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
903 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
904 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
905 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
907 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
908 with intro; demoted server sections under that
909 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
910 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
912 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
913 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
914 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
915 a normal developer may have access.
917 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
919 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
921 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
922 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
923 step all over each other
925 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
927 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
929 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
930 address for PGP key updates
932 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
934 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
936 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
937 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
938 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
939 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
940 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
942 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
944 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
946 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
947 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
948 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
949 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
950 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
951 <keyring-maint> instead)
952 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
953 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
955 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
957 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
958 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
959 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
961 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
963 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
965 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
966 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
967 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
968 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
969 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
970 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
972 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
973 tighten up the language a bit
974 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
975 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
976 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
977 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
979 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
980 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
981 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
982 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
983 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
984 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
986 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
987 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
988 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
989 about how to depart Debian gracefully
990 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
991 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
992 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
993 number of available packages
994 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
995 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
997 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
999 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1001 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1004 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1006 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1008 * not officially released
1009 * more spelling corrections
1010 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1012 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1014 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1016 * not officially released
1017 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1018 * some PGP-centricity removed
1019 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1020 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1021 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1022 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1023 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1024 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1026 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1028 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1030 * not officially released
1031 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1032 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1033 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1034 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1035 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1036 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1037 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1038 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1039 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1040 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1041 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1042 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1043 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1044 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1046 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1047 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1049 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1051 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1052 take a couple of weeks
1053 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1054 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1055 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1056 excited about it and can't wait
1057 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1058 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1060 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1061 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1063 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1064 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1065 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1067 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1069 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1071 * move to 3-level version number:
1072 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1073 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1074 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1075 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1076 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1079 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1080 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1081 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1083 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1085 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1086 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1087 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1088 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1089 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1090 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1092 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1094 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1095 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1096 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1097 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1098 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1099 - "The CVS server": new section added
1100 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1102 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1103 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1104 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1105 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1106 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1107 with respect to GPG.
1108 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1109 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1110 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1111 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1112 a canonical location?)
1113 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1114 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1115 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1116 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1118 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1120 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1121 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1122 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1123 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1125 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1127 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1129 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1130 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1131 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1132 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1133 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1134 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1135 and should not be included in this Reference.
1136 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1137 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1138 maintainer tools only!
1139 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1140 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1141 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1142 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1143 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1144 * Little corrections here and there.
1145 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1146 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1149 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1151 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1153 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1154 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1155 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1157 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1158 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1159 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1160 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1161 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1162 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1163 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1164 do prior to uploading
1165 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1166 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1168 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1169 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1170 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1171 duties with respect to bugs
1172 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1173 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1174 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1176 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1177 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1178 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1179 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1180 explicit what is used to build this package
1182 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1184 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1187 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1188 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1189 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1190 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1191 * utilize the new URL tag
1192 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1195 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1197 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1199 * non-maintainer release
1200 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1201 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1202 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1203 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1204 text, it can't hurt you.)
1205 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1206 reflect this packages version number
1207 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1209 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1211 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1215 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1217 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1219 * New version numbering scheme:
1221 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1222 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1223 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1226 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1227 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1228 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1229 differ between the manuals.
1231 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1232 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1233 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1234 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1236 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1237 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1239 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1241 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1243 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1245 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1247 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1248 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1250 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1251 (as requested by James Troup)
1253 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1255 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1257 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1259 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1261 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1263 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1265 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1267 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1268 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1269 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1270 the non-maintainer release
1272 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1273 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1274 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1277 - Lots of typos fixed
1279 * Compressed SGML source code
1281 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1282 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1284 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1286 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1288 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1290 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1291 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1292 - Announcing package uploads
1293 * New section about Debian Mentors
1294 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1295 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1296 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1297 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1299 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1301 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1303 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1304 of our FTP server and the development process
1305 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1306 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1307 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1309 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1310 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1311 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1312 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1313 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1314 contacting the maintainer
1315 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1316 a new manual released soon)
1317 * Some minor changes
1318 * Include SGML source in package
1319 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1320 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1322 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1324 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1328 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200