1 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
3 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
5 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
6 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
8 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
9 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
10 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
12 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
13 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
14 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
16 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
17 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
18 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
19 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
20 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
21 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
22 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
23 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
24 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
25 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
26 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
27 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
29 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
30 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
32 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
34 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
37 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
38 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
39 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
40 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
41 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
42 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
44 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
46 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
48 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
50 - non-us discontinued.
51 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
53 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
54 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
55 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
56 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
57 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
58 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
59 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
60 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
61 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
62 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
63 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
64 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
65 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
66 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
67 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
68 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
69 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
70 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
72 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
73 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
75 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
78 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
80 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
82 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
85 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
86 - madison is on merkel.
87 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
88 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
89 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
90 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
91 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
92 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
94 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
95 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
96 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
97 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
98 - sync NM rules with reality.
100 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
102 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
104 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
107 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
108 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
109 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
110 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
111 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
112 - spelling, grammer fixes.
113 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
114 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
115 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
116 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
117 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
118 - add myself to uploaders.
119 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
120 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
121 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
122 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
123 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
124 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
125 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
126 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
127 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
128 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
129 - rewrote the NMU section, and
130 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
131 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
132 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
133 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
134 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
135 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
136 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
137 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
139 - Security uploads get urgency=high
140 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
142 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
144 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
146 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
149 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
150 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
151 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
152 - documented Alioth, somewhat
154 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
155 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
157 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
158 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
159 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
160 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
164 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
166 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
167 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
168 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
169 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
172 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
174 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
177 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
179 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
180 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
181 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
183 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
184 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
185 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
186 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
189 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
191 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
192 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
193 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
194 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
195 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
197 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
198 it clear these are special cases
199 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
201 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
203 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
205 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
208 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
209 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
211 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
213 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
215 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
218 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
220 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
221 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
222 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
224 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
225 - the synopsis formula changed to either
226 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
228 <package-name> is <synopsis>
230 <package-name> are <synopsis>
232 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
233 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
234 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
235 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
236 package; closes: #187143
238 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
240 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
243 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
244 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
246 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
248 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
249 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
250 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
251 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
252 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
253 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
254 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
255 right places in the document, closes: #172897
256 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
260 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
262 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
263 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
264 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
265 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
266 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
267 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
268 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
270 - editorial changes on material added in this version
271 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
272 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
273 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
274 closes: #139957, #108416
275 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
276 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
278 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
280 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
283 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
285 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
286 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
287 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
288 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
290 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
291 for best practices for documentation
292 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
293 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
294 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
295 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
297 - spell-checking pass
299 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
301 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
304 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
305 descriptions" moved under there
306 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
307 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
308 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
309 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
310 the document where these tools are discussed
311 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
312 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
313 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
314 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
315 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
316 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
318 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
319 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
320 that can be fixed by DDP folks
321 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
322 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
323 - simply PS and PDF building rules
325 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
327 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
330 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
331 section and adjusted links
332 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
334 - ChangeLog attribution updates
335 - fix typos, closes: #171781
336 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
337 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
338 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
339 for debian/rules", and write an intro
340 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
341 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
342 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
343 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
344 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
345 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
346 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
347 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
348 "Internationalization"
349 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
350 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
351 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
352 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
353 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
354 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
355 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
356 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
357 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
359 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
360 rather useless and broken
361 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
362 names and the first word
363 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
364 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
365 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
367 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
368 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
369 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
371 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
373 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
376 - DDP publishing update
378 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
379 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
380 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
381 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
383 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
385 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
388 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
389 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
390 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
392 - added myself as co-author
393 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
395 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
396 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
398 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
399 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
401 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
403 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
406 - Corrected several errors with —
407 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
408 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
409 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
410 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
411 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
412 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
413 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
415 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
416 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
417 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
418 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
419 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
420 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
421 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
422 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
423 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
425 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
426 descriptions". closes: #158609
427 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
428 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
429 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
430 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
431 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
433 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
434 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
435 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
436 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
437 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
438 - updated the mailing lists section
440 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
441 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
444 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
446 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
449 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
450 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
452 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
454 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
455 Ch "The Debian Archive"
457 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
459 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
460 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
461 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
462 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
463 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
465 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
466 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
467 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
468 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
469 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
470 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
471 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
473 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
474 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
477 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
478 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
479 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
480 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
481 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
482 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
483 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
484 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
485 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
486 work-around with <...>
487 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
488 - update copyright date
489 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
490 - spell check and grammar corrections
494 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
496 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
497 recompile"; closes: #102626
498 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
499 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
500 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
501 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
502 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
504 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
505 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
506 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
508 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
510 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
511 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
512 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
513 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
514 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
515 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
516 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
517 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
518 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
520 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
522 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
524 - updated the list of available architectures.
525 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
526 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
527 of the package and nothing more.
528 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
529 any pain to the ftpmasters.
530 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
531 the use of the delayed queue.
532 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
533 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
535 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
536 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
537 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
538 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
539 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
540 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
541 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
543 - new Sec "Documentation"
544 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
545 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
546 "Being kind to porter" too
547 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
548 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
549 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
550 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
551 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
553 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
554 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
557 - update French translation
559 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
561 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
564 - some grammar corrections
565 - update French translation
567 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
568 anymore; closes: #135559
569 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
571 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
573 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
574 that would be welcome)
575 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
576 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
577 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
578 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
579 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
580 - other minor wording changes
581 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
582 - Ch "Package uploads":
583 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
584 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
585 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
586 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
587 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
588 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
589 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
591 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
593 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
595 * from Martin Michlmayr
596 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
597 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
598 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
600 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
602 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
604 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
606 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
607 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
608 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
611 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
613 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
616 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
618 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
621 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
623 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
624 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
625 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
626 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
627 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
628 talking about uploading to distributions
629 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
630 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
631 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
633 - French translation updated
635 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
636 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
637 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
639 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
641 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
644 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
645 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
648 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
650 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
653 * fix a typo in a link
654 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
655 update documentation accordingly
657 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
658 forwarding bugs upstream
660 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
661 entities which should be used
662 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
663 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
665 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
667 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
669 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
670 * French version: completely up-to-date now
671 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
672 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
674 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
677 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
679 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
681 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
683 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
684 this translation needs updating
685 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
686 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
687 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
689 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
690 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
691 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
693 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
694 included yet, however
696 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
698 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
700 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
702 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
703 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
705 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
707 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
709 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
711 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
712 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
713 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
715 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
717 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
719 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
722 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
723 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
724 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
725 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
726 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
727 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
728 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
729 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
730 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
731 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
732 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
733 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
735 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
736 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
737 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
738 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
739 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
741 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
743 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
744 * update copyright notice for 2001
745 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
746 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
747 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
749 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
751 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
753 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
755 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
757 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
759 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
761 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
763 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
764 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
766 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
767 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
768 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
769 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
770 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
771 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
772 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
773 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
774 could be used if necessary
775 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
776 mention the rsync dupload method
777 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
779 * other small corrections
780 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
781 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
782 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
783 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
785 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
787 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
788 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
790 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
792 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
794 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
795 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
796 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
797 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
799 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
800 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
801 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
802 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
803 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
805 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
807 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
808 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
809 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
810 team (closes: Bug#52906)
811 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
812 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
813 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
815 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
816 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
817 - added a section about the LDAP database
818 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
819 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
821 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
822 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
824 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
826 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
828 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
829 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
830 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
832 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
833 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
834 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
835 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
836 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
837 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
838 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
839 description from developers-reference.sgml
841 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
843 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
845 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
846 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
848 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
850 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
851 releases are available at archive.debian.org
852 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
853 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
854 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
855 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
856 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
857 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
858 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
859 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
861 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
862 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
863 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
864 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
866 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
867 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
868 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
869 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
870 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
871 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
872 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
873 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
874 suggestion from James Troup
875 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
876 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
877 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
878 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
881 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
883 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
885 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
886 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
888 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
890 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
892 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
893 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
894 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
895 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
896 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
897 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
898 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
900 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
902 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
904 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
905 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
906 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
907 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
908 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
909 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
911 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
912 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
914 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
916 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
918 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
920 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
922 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
923 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
924 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
925 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
926 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
928 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
929 with intro; demoted server sections under that
930 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
931 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
933 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
934 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
935 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
936 a normal developer may have access.
938 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
940 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
942 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
943 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
944 step all over each other
946 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
948 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
950 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
951 address for PGP key updates
953 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
955 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
957 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
958 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
959 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
960 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
961 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
963 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
965 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
967 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
968 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
969 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
970 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
971 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
972 <keyring-maint> instead)
973 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
974 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
976 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
978 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
979 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
980 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
982 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
984 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
986 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
987 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
988 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
989 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
990 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
991 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
993 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
994 tighten up the language a bit
995 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
996 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
997 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
998 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1000 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1001 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1002 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1003 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1004 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1005 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1007 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1008 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1009 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1010 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1011 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1012 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1013 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1014 number of available packages
1015 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1016 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1018 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1020 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1022 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1025 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1027 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1029 * not officially released
1030 * more spelling corrections
1031 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1033 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1035 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1037 * not officially released
1038 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1039 * some PGP-centricity removed
1040 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1041 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1042 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1043 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1044 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1045 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1047 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1049 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1051 * not officially released
1052 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1053 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1054 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1055 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1056 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1057 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1058 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1059 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1060 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1061 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1062 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1063 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1064 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1065 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1067 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1068 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1070 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1072 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1073 take a couple of weeks
1074 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1075 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1076 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1077 excited about it and can't wait
1078 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1079 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1081 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1082 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1084 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1085 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1086 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1088 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1090 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1092 * move to 3-level version number:
1093 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1094 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1095 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1096 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1097 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1100 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1101 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1102 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1104 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1106 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1107 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1108 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1109 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1110 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1111 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1113 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1115 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1116 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1117 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1118 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1119 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1120 - "The CVS server": new section added
1121 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1123 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1124 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1125 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1126 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1127 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1128 with respect to GPG.
1129 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1130 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1131 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1132 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1133 a canonical location?)
1134 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1135 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1136 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1137 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1139 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1141 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1142 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1143 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1144 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1146 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1148 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1150 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1151 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1152 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1153 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1154 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1155 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1156 and should not be included in this Reference.
1157 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1158 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1159 maintainer tools only!
1160 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1161 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1162 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1163 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1164 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1165 * Little corrections here and there.
1166 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1167 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1170 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1172 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1174 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1175 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1176 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1178 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1179 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1180 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1181 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1182 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1183 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1184 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1185 do prior to uploading
1186 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1187 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1189 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1190 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1191 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1192 duties with respect to bugs
1193 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1194 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1195 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1197 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1198 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1199 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1200 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1201 explicit what is used to build this package
1203 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1205 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1208 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1209 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1210 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1211 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1212 * utilize the new URL tag
1213 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1216 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1218 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1220 * non-maintainer release
1221 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1222 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1223 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1224 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1225 text, it can't hurt you.)
1226 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1227 reflect this packages version number
1228 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1230 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1232 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1236 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1238 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1240 * New version numbering scheme:
1242 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1243 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1244 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1247 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1248 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1249 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1250 differ between the manuals.
1252 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1253 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1254 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1255 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1257 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1258 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1260 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1262 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1264 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1266 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1268 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1269 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1271 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1272 (as requested by James Troup)
1274 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1276 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1278 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1280 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1282 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1284 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1286 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1288 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1289 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1290 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1291 the non-maintainer release
1293 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1294 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1295 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1298 - Lots of typos fixed
1300 * Compressed SGML source code
1302 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1303 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1305 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1307 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1309 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1311 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1312 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1313 - Announcing package uploads
1314 * New section about Debian Mentors
1315 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1316 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1317 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1318 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1320 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1322 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1324 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1325 of our FTP server and the development process
1326 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1327 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1328 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1330 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1331 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1332 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1333 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1334 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1335 contacting the maintainer
1336 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1337 a new manual released soon)
1338 * Some minor changes
1339 * Include SGML source in package
1340 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1341 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1343 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1345 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1349 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200