1 developers-reference (3.4.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
5 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
6 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
7 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
8 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
9 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
10 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
11 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
13 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
16 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
17 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
18 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
19 release codenames in <literal>
20 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
21 doesn't exist anymore.
22 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
23 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
24 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions.
26 -- Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt <he@debian.org> Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:26:33 +0200
28 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
32 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
33 - fix debian/copyright
34 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
35 - add pdf for French version.
36 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
37 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
38 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
39 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
40 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
41 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
42 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
43 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
44 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
46 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
47 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
49 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
51 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
52 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
53 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
54 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
55 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
56 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
58 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
61 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
62 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
63 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
64 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
65 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
66 * Update information concerning Alioth.
67 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
68 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
70 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
71 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
73 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
76 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
78 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
80 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
82 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
83 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
85 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
86 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
87 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
89 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
90 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
91 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
93 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
94 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
95 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
96 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
97 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
98 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
99 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
100 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
101 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
102 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
103 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
104 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
106 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
107 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
108 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
109 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
110 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
111 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
112 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
113 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
114 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
115 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
119 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
121 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
123 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
126 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
127 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
128 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
129 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
130 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
131 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
133 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
135 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
137 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
139 - non-us discontinued.
140 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
142 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
143 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
144 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
145 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
146 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
147 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
148 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
149 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
150 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
151 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
152 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
153 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
154 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
155 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
156 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
157 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
158 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
159 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
161 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
162 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
164 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
167 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
169 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
171 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
174 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
175 - madison is on merkel.
176 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
177 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
178 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
179 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
180 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
181 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
183 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
184 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
185 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
186 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
187 - sync NM rules with reality.
189 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
191 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
193 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
196 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
197 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
198 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
199 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
200 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
201 - spelling, grammer fixes.
202 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
203 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
204 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
205 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
206 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
207 - add myself to uploaders.
208 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
209 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
210 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
211 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
212 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
213 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
214 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
215 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
216 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
217 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
218 - rewrote the NMU section, and
219 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
220 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
221 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
222 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
223 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
224 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
225 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
226 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
228 - Security uploads get urgency=high
229 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
231 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
233 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
235 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
238 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
239 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
240 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
241 - documented Alioth, somewhat
243 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
244 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
246 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
247 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
248 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
249 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
253 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
255 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
256 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
257 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
258 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
261 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
263 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
266 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
268 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
269 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
270 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
272 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
273 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
274 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
275 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
278 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
280 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
281 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
282 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
283 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
284 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
286 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
287 it clear these are special cases
288 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
290 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
292 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
294 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
297 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
298 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
300 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
302 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
304 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
307 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
309 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
310 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
311 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
313 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
314 - the synopsis formula changed to either
315 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
317 <package-name> is <synopsis>
319 <package-name> are <synopsis>
321 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
322 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
323 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
324 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
325 package; closes: #187143
327 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
329 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
332 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
333 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
335 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
337 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
338 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
339 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
340 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
341 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
342 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
343 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
344 right places in the document, closes: #172897
345 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
349 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
351 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
352 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
353 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
354 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
355 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
356 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
357 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
359 - editorial changes on material added in this version
360 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
361 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
362 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
363 closes: #139957, #108416
364 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
365 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
367 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
369 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
372 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
374 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
375 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
376 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
377 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
379 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
380 for best practices for documentation
381 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
382 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
383 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
384 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
386 - spell-checking pass
388 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
390 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
393 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
394 descriptions" moved under there
395 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
396 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
397 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
398 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
399 the document where these tools are discussed
400 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
401 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
402 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
403 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
404 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
405 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
407 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
408 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
409 that can be fixed by DDP folks
410 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
411 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
412 - simply PS and PDF building rules
414 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
416 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
419 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
420 section and adjusted links
421 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
423 - ChangeLog attribution updates
424 - fix typos, closes: #171781
425 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
426 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
427 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
428 for debian/rules", and write an intro
429 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
430 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
431 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
432 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
433 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
434 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
435 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
436 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
437 "Internationalization"
438 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
439 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
440 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
441 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
442 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
443 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
444 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
445 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
446 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
448 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
449 rather useless and broken
450 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
451 names and the first word
452 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
453 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
454 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
456 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
457 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
458 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
460 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
462 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
465 - DDP publishing update
467 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
468 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
469 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
470 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
472 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
474 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
477 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
478 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
479 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
481 - added myself as co-author
482 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
484 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
485 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
487 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
488 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
490 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
492 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
495 - Corrected several errors with —
496 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
497 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
498 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
499 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
500 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
501 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
502 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
504 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
505 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
506 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
507 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
508 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
509 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
510 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
511 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
512 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
514 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
515 descriptions". closes: #158609
516 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
517 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
518 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
519 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
520 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
522 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
523 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
524 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
525 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
526 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
527 - updated the mailing lists section
529 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
530 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
533 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
535 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
538 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
539 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
541 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
543 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
544 Ch "The Debian Archive"
546 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
548 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
549 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
550 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
551 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
552 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
554 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
555 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
556 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
557 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
558 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
559 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
560 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
562 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
563 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
566 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
567 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
568 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
569 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
570 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
571 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
572 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
573 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
574 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
575 work-around with <...>
576 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
577 - update copyright date
578 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
579 - spell check and grammar corrections
583 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
585 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
586 recompile"; closes: #102626
587 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
588 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
589 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
590 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
591 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
593 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
594 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
595 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
597 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
599 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
600 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
601 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
602 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
603 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
604 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
605 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
606 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
607 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
609 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
611 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
613 - updated the list of available architectures.
614 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
615 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
616 of the package and nothing more.
617 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
618 any pain to the ftpmasters.
619 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
620 the use of the delayed queue.
621 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
622 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
624 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
625 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
626 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
627 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
628 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
629 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
630 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
632 - new Sec "Documentation"
633 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
634 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
635 "Being kind to porter" too
636 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
637 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
638 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
639 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
640 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
642 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
643 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
646 - update French translation
648 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
650 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
653 - some grammar corrections
654 - update French translation
656 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
657 anymore; closes: #135559
658 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
660 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
662 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
663 that would be welcome)
664 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
665 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
666 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
667 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
668 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
669 - other minor wording changes
670 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
671 - Ch "Package uploads":
672 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
673 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
674 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
675 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
676 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
677 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
678 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
680 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
682 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
684 * from Martin Michlmayr
685 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
686 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
687 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
689 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
691 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
693 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
695 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
696 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
697 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
700 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
702 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
705 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
707 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
710 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
712 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
713 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
714 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
715 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
716 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
717 talking about uploading to distributions
718 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
719 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
720 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
722 - French translation updated
724 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
725 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
726 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
728 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
730 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
733 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
734 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
737 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
739 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
742 * fix a typo in a link
743 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
744 update documentation accordingly
746 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
747 forwarding bugs upstream
749 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
750 entities which should be used
751 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
752 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
754 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
756 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
758 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
759 * French version: completely up-to-date now
760 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
761 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
763 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
766 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
768 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
770 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
772 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
773 this translation needs updating
774 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
775 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
776 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
778 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
779 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
780 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
782 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
783 included yet, however
785 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
787 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
789 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
791 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
792 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
794 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
796 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
798 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
800 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
801 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
802 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
804 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
806 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
808 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
811 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
812 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
813 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
814 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
815 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
816 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
817 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
818 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
819 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
820 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
821 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
822 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
824 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
825 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
826 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
827 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
828 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
830 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
832 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
833 * update copyright notice for 2001
834 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
835 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
836 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
838 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
840 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
842 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
844 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
846 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
848 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
850 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
852 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
853 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
855 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
856 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
857 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
858 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
859 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
860 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
861 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
862 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
863 could be used if necessary
864 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
865 mention the rsync dupload method
866 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
868 * other small corrections
869 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
870 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
871 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
872 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
874 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
876 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
877 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
879 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
881 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
883 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
884 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
885 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
886 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
888 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
889 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
890 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
891 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
892 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
894 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
896 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
897 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
898 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
899 team (closes: Bug#52906)
900 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
901 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
902 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
904 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
905 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
906 - added a section about the LDAP database
907 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
908 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
910 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
911 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
913 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
915 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
917 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
918 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
919 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
921 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
922 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
923 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
924 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
925 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
926 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
927 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
928 description from developers-reference.sgml
930 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
932 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
934 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
935 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
937 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
939 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
940 releases are available at archive.debian.org
941 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
942 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
943 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
944 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
945 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
946 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
947 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
948 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
950 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
951 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
952 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
953 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
955 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
956 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
957 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
958 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
959 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
960 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
961 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
962 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
963 suggestion from James Troup
964 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
965 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
966 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
967 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
970 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
972 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
974 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
975 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
977 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
979 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
981 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
982 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
983 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
984 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
985 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
986 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
987 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
989 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
991 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
993 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
994 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
995 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
996 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
997 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
998 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1000 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1001 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1003 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1005 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1007 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1009 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1011 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1012 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1013 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1014 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1015 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1017 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1018 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1019 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1020 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1022 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1023 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1024 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1025 a normal developer may have access.
1027 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1029 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1031 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1032 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1033 step all over each other
1035 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1037 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1039 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1040 address for PGP key updates
1042 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1044 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1046 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1047 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1048 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1049 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1050 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1052 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1054 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1056 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1057 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1058 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1059 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1060 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1061 <keyring-maint> instead)
1062 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1063 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1065 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1067 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1068 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1069 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1071 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1073 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1075 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1076 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1077 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1078 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1079 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1080 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1082 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1083 tighten up the language a bit
1084 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1085 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1086 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1087 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1089 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1090 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1091 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1092 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1093 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1094 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1096 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1097 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1098 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1099 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1100 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1101 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1102 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1103 number of available packages
1104 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1105 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1107 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1109 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1111 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1114 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1116 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1118 * not officially released
1119 * more spelling corrections
1120 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1122 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1124 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1126 * not officially released
1127 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1128 * some PGP-centricity removed
1129 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1130 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1131 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1132 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1133 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1134 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1136 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1138 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1140 * not officially released
1141 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1142 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1143 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1144 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1145 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1146 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1147 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1148 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1149 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1150 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1151 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1152 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1153 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1154 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1156 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1157 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1159 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1161 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1162 take a couple of weeks
1163 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1164 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1165 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1166 excited about it and can't wait
1167 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1168 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1170 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1171 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1173 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1174 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1175 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1177 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1179 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1181 * move to 3-level version number:
1182 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1183 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1184 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1185 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1186 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1189 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1190 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1191 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1193 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1195 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1196 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1197 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1198 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1199 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1200 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1202 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1204 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1205 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1206 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1207 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1208 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1209 - "The CVS server": new section added
1210 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1212 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1213 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1214 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1215 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1216 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1217 with respect to GPG.
1218 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1219 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1220 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1221 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1222 a canonical location?)
1223 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1224 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1225 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1226 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1228 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1230 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1231 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1232 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1233 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1235 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1237 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1239 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1240 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1241 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1242 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1243 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1244 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1245 and should not be included in this Reference.
1246 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1247 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1248 maintainer tools only!
1249 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1250 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1251 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1252 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1253 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1254 * Little corrections here and there.
1255 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1256 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1259 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1261 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1263 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1264 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1265 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1267 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1268 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1269 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1270 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1271 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1272 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1273 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1274 do prior to uploading
1275 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1276 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1278 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1279 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1280 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1281 duties with respect to bugs
1282 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1283 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1284 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1286 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1287 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1288 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1289 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1290 explicit what is used to build this package
1292 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1294 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1297 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1298 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1299 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1300 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1301 * utilize the new URL tag
1302 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1305 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1307 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1309 * non-maintainer release
1310 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1311 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1312 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1313 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1314 text, it can't hurt you.)
1315 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1316 reflect this packages version number
1317 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1319 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1321 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1325 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1327 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1329 * New version numbering scheme:
1331 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1332 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1333 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1336 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1337 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1338 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1339 differ between the manuals.
1341 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1342 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1343 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1344 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1346 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1347 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1349 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1351 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1353 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1355 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1357 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1358 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1360 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1361 (as requested by James Troup)
1363 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1365 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1367 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1369 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1371 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1373 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1375 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1377 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1378 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1379 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1380 the non-maintainer release
1382 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1383 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1384 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1387 - Lots of typos fixed
1389 * Compressed SGML source code
1391 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1392 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1394 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1396 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1398 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1400 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1401 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1402 - Announcing package uploads
1403 * New section about Debian Mentors
1404 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1405 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1406 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1407 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1409 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1411 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1413 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1414 of our FTP server and the development process
1415 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1416 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1417 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1419 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1420 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1421 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1422 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1423 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1424 contacting the maintainer
1425 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1426 a new manual released soon)
1427 * Some minor changes
1428 * Include SGML source in package
1429 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1430 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1432 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1434 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1438 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200