1 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
4 - French translation update to latest version
5 - Proofread by Philippe Batailler
7 - Added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation.
9 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448.
10 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
11 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
12 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
13 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
14 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388.
17 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
19 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
20 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error
21 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
22 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
23 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
24 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
27 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
29 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
32 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
34 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
35 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
36 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
37 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
39 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
40 for best practices for documentation
41 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
42 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
43 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
44 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
48 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
50 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
53 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
54 descriptions" moved under there
55 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
56 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
57 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
58 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
59 the document where these tools are discussed
60 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
61 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
62 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
63 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
64 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
65 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
67 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
68 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
69 that can be fixed by DDP folks
70 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
71 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
72 - simply PS and PDF building rules
74 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
76 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
79 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
80 section and adjusted links
81 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
83 - ChangeLog attribution updates
84 - fix typos, closes: #171781
85 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
86 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
87 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
88 for debian/rules", and write an intro
89 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
90 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
91 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
92 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
93 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
94 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
95 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
96 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
97 "Internationalization"
98 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
99 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
100 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
101 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
102 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
103 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
104 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
105 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
106 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
108 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
109 rather useless and broken
110 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
111 names and the first word
112 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
113 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
114 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
116 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
117 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
118 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
120 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
122 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
125 - DDP publishing update
127 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
128 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
129 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
130 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
132 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
134 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
137 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
138 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
139 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
141 - added myself as co-author
142 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
144 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
145 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
147 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
148 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
150 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
152 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
155 - Corrected several errors with —
156 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
157 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
158 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
159 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
160 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
161 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
162 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
164 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
165 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
166 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
167 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
168 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
169 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
170 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
171 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
172 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
174 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
175 descriptions". closes: #158609
176 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
177 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
178 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
179 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
180 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
182 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
183 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
184 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
185 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
186 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
187 - updated the mailing lists section
189 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
190 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
193 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
195 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
198 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
199 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
201 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
203 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
204 Ch "The Debian Archive"
206 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
208 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
209 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
210 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
211 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
212 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
214 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
215 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
216 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
217 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
218 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
219 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
220 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
222 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
223 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
226 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
227 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
228 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
229 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
230 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
231 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
232 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
233 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
234 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
235 work-around with <...>
236 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
237 - update copyright date
238 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
239 - spell check and grammar corrections
243 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
245 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
246 recompile"; closes: #102626
247 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
248 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
249 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
250 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
251 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
253 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
254 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
255 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
257 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
259 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
260 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
261 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
262 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
263 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
264 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
265 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
266 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
267 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
269 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
271 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
273 - updated the list of available architectures.
274 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
275 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
276 of the package and nothing more.
277 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
278 any pain to the ftpmasters.
279 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
280 the use of the delayed queue.
281 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
282 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
284 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
285 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
286 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
287 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
288 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
289 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
290 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
292 - new Sec "Documentation"
293 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
294 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
295 "Being kind to porter" too
296 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
297 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
298 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
299 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
300 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
302 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
303 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
306 - update French translation
308 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
310 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
313 - some grammar corrections
314 - update French translation
316 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
317 anymore; closes: #135559
318 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
320 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
322 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
323 that would be welcome)
324 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
325 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
326 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
327 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
328 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
329 - other minor wording changes
330 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
331 - Ch "Package uploads":
332 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
333 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
334 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
335 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
336 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
337 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
338 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
340 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
342 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
344 * from Martin Michlmayr
345 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
346 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
347 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
349 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
351 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
353 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
355 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
356 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
357 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
360 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
362 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
365 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
367 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
370 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
372 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
373 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
374 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
375 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
376 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
377 talking about uploading to distributions
378 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
379 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
380 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
382 - French translation updated
384 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
385 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
386 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
388 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
390 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
393 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
394 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
397 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
399 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
402 * fix a typo in a link
403 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
404 update documentation accordingly
406 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
407 forwarding bugs upstream
409 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
410 entities which should be used
411 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
412 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
414 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
416 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
418 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
419 * French version: completely up-to-date now
420 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
421 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
423 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
426 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
428 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
430 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
432 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
433 this translation needs updating
434 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
435 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
436 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
438 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
439 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
440 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
442 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
443 included yet, however
445 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
447 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
449 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
451 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
452 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
454 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
456 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
458 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
460 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
461 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
462 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
464 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
466 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
468 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
471 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
472 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
473 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
474 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
475 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
476 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
477 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
478 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
479 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
480 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
481 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
482 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
484 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
485 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
486 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
487 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
488 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
490 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
492 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
493 * update copyright notice for 2001
494 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
495 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
496 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
498 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
500 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
502 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
504 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
506 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
508 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
510 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
512 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
513 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
515 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
516 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
517 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
518 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
519 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
520 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
521 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
522 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
523 could be used if necessary
524 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
525 mention the rsync dupload method
526 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
528 * other small corrections
529 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
530 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
531 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
532 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
534 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
536 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
537 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
539 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
541 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
543 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
544 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
545 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
546 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
548 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
549 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
550 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
551 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
552 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
554 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
556 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
557 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
558 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
559 team (closes: Bug#52906)
560 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
561 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
562 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
564 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
565 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
566 - added a section about the LDAP database
567 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
568 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
570 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
571 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
573 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
575 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
577 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
578 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
579 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
581 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
582 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
583 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
584 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
585 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
586 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
587 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
588 description from developers-reference.sgml
590 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
592 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
594 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
595 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
597 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
599 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
600 releases are available at archive.debian.org
601 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
602 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
603 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
604 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
605 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
606 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
607 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
608 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
610 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
611 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
612 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
613 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
615 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
616 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
617 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
618 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
619 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
620 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
621 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
622 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
623 suggestion from James Troup
624 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
625 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
626 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
627 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
630 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
632 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
634 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
635 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
637 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
639 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
641 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
642 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
643 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
644 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
645 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
646 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
647 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
649 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
651 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
653 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
654 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
655 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
656 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
657 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
658 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
660 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
661 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
663 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
665 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
667 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
669 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
671 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
672 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
673 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
674 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
675 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
677 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
678 with intro; demoted server sections under that
679 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
680 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
682 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
683 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
684 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
685 a normal developer may have access.
687 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
689 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
691 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
692 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
693 step all over each other
695 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
697 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
699 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
700 address for PGP key updates
702 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
704 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
706 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
707 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
708 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
709 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
710 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
712 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
714 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
716 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
717 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
718 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
719 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
720 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
721 <keyring-maint> instead)
722 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
723 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
725 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
727 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
728 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
729 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
731 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
733 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
735 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
736 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
737 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
738 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
739 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
740 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
742 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
743 tighten up the language a bit
744 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
745 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
746 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
747 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
749 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
750 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
751 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
752 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
753 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
754 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
756 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
757 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
758 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
759 about how to depart Debian gracefully
760 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
761 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
762 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
763 number of available packages
764 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
765 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
767 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
769 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
771 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
774 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
776 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
778 * not officially released
779 * more spelling corrections
780 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
782 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
784 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
786 * not officially released
787 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
788 * some PGP-centricity removed
789 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
790 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
791 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
792 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
793 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
794 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
796 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
798 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
800 * not officially released
801 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
802 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
803 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
804 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
805 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
806 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
807 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
808 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
809 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
810 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
811 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
812 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
813 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
814 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
816 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
817 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
819 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
821 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
822 take a couple of weeks
823 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
824 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
825 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
826 excited about it and can't wait
827 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
828 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
830 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
831 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
833 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
834 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
835 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
837 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
839 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
841 * move to 3-level version number:
842 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
843 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
844 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
845 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
846 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
849 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
850 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
851 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
853 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
855 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
856 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
857 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
858 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
859 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
860 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
862 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
864 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
865 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
866 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
867 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
868 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
869 - "The CVS server": new section added
870 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
872 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
873 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
874 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
875 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
876 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
878 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
879 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
880 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
881 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
882 a canonical location?)
883 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
884 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
885 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
886 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
888 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
890 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
891 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
892 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
893 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
895 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
897 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
899 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
900 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
901 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
902 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
903 them. (closes Bug#26948)
904 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
905 and should not be included in this Reference.
906 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
907 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
908 maintainer tools only!
909 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
910 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
911 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
912 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
913 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
914 * Little corrections here and there.
915 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
916 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
919 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
921 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
923 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
924 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
925 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
927 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
928 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
929 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
930 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
931 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
932 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
933 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
934 do prior to uploading
935 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
936 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
938 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
939 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
940 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
941 duties with respect to bugs
942 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
943 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
944 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
946 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
947 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
948 * grammar and markup changes throughout
949 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
950 explicit what is used to build this package
952 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
954 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
957 * version number and date are automatically populated now
958 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
959 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
960 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
961 * utilize the new URL tag
962 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
965 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
967 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
969 * non-maintainer release
970 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
971 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
972 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
973 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
974 text, it can't hurt you.)
975 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
976 reflect this packages version number
977 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
979 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
981 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
985 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
987 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
989 * New version numbering scheme:
991 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
992 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
993 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
996 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
997 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
998 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
999 differ between the manuals.
1001 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1002 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1003 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1004 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1006 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1007 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1009 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1011 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1013 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1015 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1017 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1018 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1020 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1021 (as requested by James Troup)
1023 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1025 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1027 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1029 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1031 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1033 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1035 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1037 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1038 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1039 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1040 the non-maintainer release
1042 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1043 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1044 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1047 - Lots of typos fixed
1049 * Compressed SGML source code
1051 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1052 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1054 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1056 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1058 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1060 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1061 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1062 - Announcing package uploads
1063 * New section about Debian Mentors
1064 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1065 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1066 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1067 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1069 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1071 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1073 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1074 of our FTP server and the development process
1075 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1076 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1077 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1079 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1080 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1081 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1082 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1083 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1084 contacting the maintainer
1085 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1086 a new manual released soon)
1087 * Some minor changes
1088 * Include SGML source in package
1089 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1090 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1092 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1094 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1098 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200