1 developers-reference (3.4.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
5 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
8 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
9 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
10 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
11 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
12 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
13 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
14 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
15 patch. Closes: #540231
16 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
17 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
19 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:49:40 +0900
21 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
23 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
24 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
26 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
28 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
30 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
31 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
33 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
35 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
37 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
38 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
39 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
40 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
41 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
42 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
43 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
44 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
45 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
46 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
47 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
48 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
49 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
50 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
51 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
52 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
53 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
54 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
55 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
56 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
57 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
58 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
60 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
62 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
65 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
69 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
70 The most important changes are:
71 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
72 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
75 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
76 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
77 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
78 distinction. Closes: #464230.
79 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
80 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
81 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
82 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
83 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
84 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
86 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
87 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
89 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
90 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
92 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
93 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
95 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
97 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
98 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
100 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
101 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
102 Closes: #512620, #510783.
104 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
106 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
109 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
110 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
111 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
112 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
113 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
114 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
115 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
116 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
118 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
120 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
123 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
124 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
125 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
126 release codenames in <literal>
127 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
128 doesn't exist anymore.
129 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
130 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
131 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
132 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
133 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
134 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
135 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
136 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
137 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
138 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
139 team before upload. Closes: #459343
140 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
141 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
142 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
143 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
144 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
145 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
146 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
148 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
149 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
151 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
152 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
153 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
154 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
155 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
156 Thomas. Closes: #485837
158 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
159 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
161 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
163 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
167 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
168 - fix debian/copyright
169 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
170 - add pdf for French version.
171 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
172 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
173 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
174 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
175 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
176 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
177 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
178 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
179 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
181 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
182 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
184 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
186 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
187 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
188 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
189 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
190 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
191 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
193 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
196 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
197 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
198 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
199 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
200 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
201 * Update information concerning Alioth.
202 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
203 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
205 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
206 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
208 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
211 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
213 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
215 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
217 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
218 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
220 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
221 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
222 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
224 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
225 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
226 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
228 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
229 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
230 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
231 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
232 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
233 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
234 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
235 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
236 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
237 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
238 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
239 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
241 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
242 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
243 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
244 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
245 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
246 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
247 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
248 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
249 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
250 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
254 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
256 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
258 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
261 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
262 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
263 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
264 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
265 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
266 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
268 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
270 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
272 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
274 - non-us discontinued.
275 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
277 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
278 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
279 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
280 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
281 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
282 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
283 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
284 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
285 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
286 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
287 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
288 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
289 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
290 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
291 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
292 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
293 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
294 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
296 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
297 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
299 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
302 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
304 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
306 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
309 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
310 - madison is on merkel.
311 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
312 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
313 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
314 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
315 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
316 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
318 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
319 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
320 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
321 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
322 - sync NM rules with reality.
324 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
326 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
328 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
331 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
332 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
333 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
334 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
335 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
336 - spelling, grammer fixes.
337 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
338 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
339 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
340 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
341 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
342 - add myself to uploaders.
343 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
344 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
345 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
346 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
347 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
348 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
349 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
350 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
351 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
352 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
353 - rewrote the NMU section, and
354 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
355 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
356 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
357 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
358 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
359 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
360 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
361 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
363 - Security uploads get urgency=high
364 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
366 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
368 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
370 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
373 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
374 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
375 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
376 - documented Alioth, somewhat
378 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
379 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
381 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
382 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
383 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
384 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
388 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
390 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
391 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
392 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
393 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
396 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
398 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
401 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
403 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
404 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
405 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
407 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
408 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
409 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
410 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
413 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
415 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
416 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
417 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
418 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
419 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
421 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
422 it clear these are special cases
423 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
425 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
427 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
429 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
432 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
433 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
435 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
437 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
439 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
442 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
444 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
445 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
446 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
448 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
449 - the synopsis formula changed to either
450 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
452 <package-name> is <synopsis>
454 <package-name> are <synopsis>
456 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
457 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
458 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
459 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
460 package; closes: #187143
462 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
464 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
467 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
468 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
470 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
472 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
473 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
474 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
475 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
476 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
477 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
478 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
479 right places in the document, closes: #172897
480 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
484 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
486 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
487 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
488 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
489 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
490 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
491 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
492 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
494 - editorial changes on material added in this version
495 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
496 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
497 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
498 closes: #139957, #108416
499 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
500 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
502 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
504 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
507 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
509 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
510 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
511 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
512 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
514 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
515 for best practices for documentation
516 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
517 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
518 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
519 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
521 - spell-checking pass
523 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
525 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
528 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
529 descriptions" moved under there
530 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
531 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
532 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
533 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
534 the document where these tools are discussed
535 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
536 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
537 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
538 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
539 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
540 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
542 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
543 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
544 that can be fixed by DDP folks
545 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
546 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
547 - simply PS and PDF building rules
549 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
551 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
554 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
555 section and adjusted links
556 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
558 - ChangeLog attribution updates
559 - fix typos, closes: #171781
560 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
561 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
562 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
563 for debian/rules", and write an intro
564 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
565 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
566 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
567 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
568 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
569 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
570 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
571 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
572 "Internationalization"
573 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
574 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
575 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
576 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
577 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
578 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
579 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
580 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
581 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
583 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
584 rather useless and broken
585 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
586 names and the first word
587 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
588 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
589 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
591 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
592 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
593 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
595 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
597 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
600 - DDP publishing update
602 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
603 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
604 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
605 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
607 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
609 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
612 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
613 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
614 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
616 - added myself as co-author
617 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
619 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
620 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
622 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
623 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
625 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
627 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
630 - Corrected several errors with —
631 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
632 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
633 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
634 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
635 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
636 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
637 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
639 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
640 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
641 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
642 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
643 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
644 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
645 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
646 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
647 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
649 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
650 descriptions". closes: #158609
651 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
652 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
653 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
654 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
655 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
657 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
658 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
659 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
660 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
661 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
662 - updated the mailing lists section
664 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
665 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
668 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
670 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
673 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
674 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
676 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
678 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
679 Ch "The Debian Archive"
681 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
683 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
684 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
685 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
686 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
687 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
689 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
690 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
691 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
692 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
693 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
694 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
695 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
697 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
698 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
701 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
702 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
703 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
704 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
705 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
706 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
707 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
708 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
709 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
710 work-around with <...>
711 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
712 - update copyright date
713 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
714 - spell check and grammar corrections
718 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
720 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
721 recompile"; closes: #102626
722 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
723 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
724 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
725 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
726 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
728 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
729 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
730 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
732 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
734 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
735 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
736 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
737 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
738 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
739 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
740 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
741 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
742 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
744 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
746 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
748 - updated the list of available architectures.
749 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
750 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
751 of the package and nothing more.
752 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
753 any pain to the ftpmasters.
754 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
755 the use of the delayed queue.
756 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
757 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
759 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
760 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
761 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
762 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
763 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
764 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
765 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
767 - new Sec "Documentation"
768 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
769 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
770 "Being kind to porter" too
771 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
772 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
773 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
774 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
775 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
777 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
778 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
781 - update French translation
783 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
785 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
788 - some grammar corrections
789 - update French translation
791 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
792 anymore; closes: #135559
793 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
795 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
797 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
798 that would be welcome)
799 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
800 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
801 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
802 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
803 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
804 - other minor wording changes
805 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
806 - Ch "Package uploads":
807 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
808 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
809 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
810 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
811 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
812 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
813 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
815 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
817 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
819 * from Martin Michlmayr
820 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
821 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
822 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
824 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
826 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
828 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
830 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
831 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
832 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
835 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
837 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
840 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
842 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
845 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
847 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
848 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
849 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
850 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
851 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
852 talking about uploading to distributions
853 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
854 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
855 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
857 - French translation updated
859 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
860 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
861 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
863 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
865 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
868 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
869 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
872 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
874 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
877 * fix a typo in a link
878 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
879 update documentation accordingly
881 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
882 forwarding bugs upstream
884 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
885 entities which should be used
886 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
887 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
889 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
891 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
893 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
894 * French version: completely up-to-date now
895 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
896 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
898 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
901 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
903 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
905 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
907 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
908 this translation needs updating
909 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
910 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
911 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
913 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
914 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
915 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
917 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
918 included yet, however
920 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
922 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
924 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
926 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
927 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
929 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
931 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
933 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
935 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
936 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
937 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
939 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
941 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
943 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
946 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
947 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
948 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
949 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
950 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
951 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
952 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
953 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
954 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
955 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
956 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
957 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
959 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
960 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
961 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
962 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
963 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
965 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
967 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
968 * update copyright notice for 2001
969 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
970 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
971 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
973 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
975 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
977 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
979 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
981 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
983 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
985 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
987 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
988 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
990 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
991 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
992 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
993 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
994 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
995 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
996 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
997 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
998 could be used if necessary
999 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1000 mention the rsync dupload method
1001 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1003 * other small corrections
1004 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1005 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1006 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1007 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1009 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1011 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1012 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1014 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1016 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1018 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1019 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1020 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1021 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1023 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1024 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1025 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1026 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1027 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1029 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1031 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1032 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1033 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1034 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1035 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1036 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1037 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1039 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1040 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1041 - added a section about the LDAP database
1042 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1043 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1045 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1046 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1048 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1050 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1052 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1053 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1054 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1056 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1057 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1058 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1059 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1060 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1061 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1062 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1063 description from developers-reference.sgml
1065 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1067 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1069 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1070 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1072 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1074 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1075 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1076 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1077 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1078 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1079 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1080 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1081 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1082 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1083 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1085 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1086 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1087 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1088 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1090 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1091 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1092 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1093 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1094 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1095 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1096 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1097 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1098 suggestion from James Troup
1099 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1100 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1101 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1102 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1105 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1107 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1109 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1110 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1112 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1114 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1116 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1117 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1118 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1119 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1120 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1121 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1122 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1124 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1126 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1128 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1129 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1130 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1131 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1132 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1133 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1135 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1136 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1138 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1140 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1142 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1144 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1146 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1147 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1148 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1149 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1150 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1152 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1153 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1154 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1155 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1157 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1158 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1159 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1160 a normal developer may have access.
1162 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1164 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1166 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1167 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1168 step all over each other
1170 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1172 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1174 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1175 address for PGP key updates
1177 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1179 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1181 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1182 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1183 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1184 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1185 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1187 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1189 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1191 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1192 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1193 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1194 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1195 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1196 <keyring-maint> instead)
1197 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1198 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1200 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1202 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1203 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1204 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1206 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1208 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1210 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1211 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1212 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1213 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1214 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1215 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1217 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1218 tighten up the language a bit
1219 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1220 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1221 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1222 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1224 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1225 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1226 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1227 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1228 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1229 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1231 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1232 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1233 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1234 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1235 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1236 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1237 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1238 number of available packages
1239 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1240 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1242 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1244 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1246 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1249 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1251 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1253 * not officially released
1254 * more spelling corrections
1255 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1257 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1259 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1261 * not officially released
1262 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1263 * some PGP-centricity removed
1264 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1265 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1266 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1267 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1268 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1269 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1271 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1273 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1275 * not officially released
1276 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1277 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1278 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1279 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1280 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1281 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1282 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1283 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1284 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1285 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1286 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1287 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1288 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1289 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1291 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1292 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1294 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1296 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1297 take a couple of weeks
1298 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1299 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1300 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1301 excited about it and can't wait
1302 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1303 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1305 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1306 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1308 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1309 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1310 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1312 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1314 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1316 * move to 3-level version number:
1317 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1318 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1319 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1320 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1321 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1324 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1325 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1326 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1328 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1330 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1331 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1332 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1333 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1334 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1335 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1337 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1339 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1340 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1341 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1342 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1343 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1344 - "The CVS server": new section added
1345 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1347 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1348 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1349 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1350 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1351 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1352 with respect to GPG.
1353 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1354 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1355 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1356 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1357 a canonical location?)
1358 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1359 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1360 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1361 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1363 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1365 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1366 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1367 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1368 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1370 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1372 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1374 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1375 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1376 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1377 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1378 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1379 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1380 and should not be included in this Reference.
1381 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1382 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1383 maintainer tools only!
1384 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1385 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1386 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1387 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1388 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1389 * Little corrections here and there.
1390 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1391 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1394 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1396 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1398 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1399 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1400 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1402 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1403 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1404 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1405 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1406 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1407 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1408 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1409 do prior to uploading
1410 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1411 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1413 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1414 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1415 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1416 duties with respect to bugs
1417 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1418 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1419 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1421 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1422 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1423 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1424 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1425 explicit what is used to build this package
1427 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1429 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1432 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1433 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1434 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1435 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1436 * utilize the new URL tag
1437 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1440 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1442 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1444 * non-maintainer release
1445 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1446 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1447 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1448 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1449 text, it can't hurt you.)
1450 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1451 reflect this packages version number
1452 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1454 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1456 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1460 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1462 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1464 * New version numbering scheme:
1466 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1467 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1468 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1471 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1472 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1473 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1474 differ between the manuals.
1476 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1477 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1478 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1479 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1481 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1482 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1484 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1486 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1488 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1490 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1492 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1493 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1495 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1496 (as requested by James Troup)
1498 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1500 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1502 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1504 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1506 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1508 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1510 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1512 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1513 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1514 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1515 the non-maintainer release
1517 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1518 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1519 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1522 - Lots of typos fixed
1524 * Compressed SGML source code
1526 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1527 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1529 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1531 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1533 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1535 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1536 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1537 - Announcing package uploads
1538 * New section about Debian Mentors
1539 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1540 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1541 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1542 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1544 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1546 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1548 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1549 of our FTP server and the development process
1550 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1551 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1552 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1554 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1555 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1556 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1557 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1558 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1559 contacting the maintainer
1560 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1561 a new manual released soon)
1562 * Some minor changes
1563 * Include SGML source in package
1564 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1565 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1567 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1569 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1573 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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