1 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
4 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
5 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
6 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
8 - added myself as co-author
9 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
11 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
12 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
14 - fix bad URL, closes: #168357
16 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> UNRELEASED
18 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
21 - Corrected several errors with —
22 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
23 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
24 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
25 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
26 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
27 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
28 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
30 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
31 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
32 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
33 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
34 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
35 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
36 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
37 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
38 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
40 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
41 descriptions". closes: #158609
42 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
43 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
44 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
45 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
46 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
48 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
49 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
50 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
51 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
52 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
53 - updated the mailing lists section
55 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
56 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
59 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
61 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
64 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
65 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
67 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
69 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
70 Ch "The Debian Archive"
72 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
74 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
75 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
76 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
77 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
78 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
80 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
81 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
82 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
83 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
84 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
85 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
86 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
88 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
89 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
92 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
93 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
94 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
95 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
96 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
97 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
98 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
99 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
100 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
101 work-around with <...>
102 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
103 - update copyright date
104 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
105 - spell check and grammar corrections
109 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
111 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
112 recompile"; closes: #102626
113 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
114 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
115 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
116 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
117 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
119 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
120 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
121 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
123 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
125 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
126 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
127 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
128 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
129 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
130 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
131 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
132 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
133 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
135 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
137 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
139 - updated the list of available architectures.
140 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
141 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
142 of the package and nothing more.
143 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
144 any pain to the ftpmasters.
145 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
146 the use of the delayed queue.
147 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
148 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
150 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
151 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
152 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
153 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
154 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
155 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
156 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
158 - new Sec "Documentation"
159 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
160 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
161 "Being kind to porter" too
162 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
163 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
164 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
165 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
166 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
168 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
169 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
172 - update French translation
174 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
176 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
179 - some grammar corrections
180 - update French translation
182 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
183 anymore; closes: #135559
184 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
186 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
188 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
189 that would be welcome)
190 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
191 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
192 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
193 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
194 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
195 - other minor wording changes
196 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
197 - Ch "Package uploads":
198 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
199 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
200 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
201 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
202 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
203 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
204 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
206 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
208 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
210 * from Martin Michlmayr
211 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
212 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
213 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
215 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
217 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
219 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
221 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
222 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
223 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
226 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
228 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
231 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
233 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
236 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
238 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
239 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
240 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
241 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
242 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
243 talking about uploading to distributions
244 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
245 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
246 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
248 - French translation updated
250 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
251 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
252 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
254 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
256 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
259 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
260 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
263 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
265 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
268 * fix a typo in a link
269 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
270 update documentation accordingly
272 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
273 forwarding bugs upstream
275 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
276 entities which should be used
277 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
278 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
280 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
282 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
284 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
285 * French version: completely up-to-date now
286 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
287 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
289 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
292 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
294 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
296 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
298 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
299 this translation needs updating
300 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
301 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
302 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
304 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
305 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
306 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
308 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
309 included yet, however
311 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
313 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
315 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
317 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
318 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
320 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
322 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
324 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
326 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
327 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
328 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
330 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
332 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
334 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
337 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
338 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
339 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
340 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
341 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
342 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
343 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
344 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
345 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
346 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
347 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
348 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
350 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
351 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
352 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
353 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
354 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
356 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
358 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
359 * update copyright notice for 2001
360 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
361 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
362 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
364 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
366 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
368 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
370 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
372 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
374 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
376 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
378 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
379 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
381 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
382 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
383 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
384 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
385 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
386 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
387 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
388 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
389 could be used if necessary
390 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
391 mention the rsync dupload method
392 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
394 * other small corrections
395 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
396 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
397 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
398 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
400 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
402 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
403 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
405 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
407 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
409 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
410 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
411 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
412 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
414 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
415 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
416 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
417 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
418 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
420 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
422 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
423 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
424 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
425 team (closes: Bug#52906)
426 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
427 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
428 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
430 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
431 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
432 - added a section about the LDAP database
433 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
434 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
436 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
437 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
439 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
441 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
443 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
444 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
445 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
447 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
448 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
449 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
450 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
451 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
452 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
453 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
454 description from developers-reference.sgml
456 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
458 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
460 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
461 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
463 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
465 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
466 releases are available at archive.debian.org
467 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
468 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
469 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
470 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
471 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
472 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
473 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
474 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
476 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
477 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
478 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
479 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
481 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
482 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
483 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
484 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
485 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
486 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
487 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
488 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
489 suggestion from James Troup
490 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
491 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
492 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
493 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
496 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
498 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
500 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
501 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
503 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
505 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
507 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
508 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
509 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
510 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
511 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
512 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
513 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
515 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
517 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
519 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
520 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
521 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
522 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
523 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
524 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
526 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
527 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
529 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
531 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
533 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
535 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
537 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
538 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
539 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
540 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
541 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
543 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
544 with intro; demoted server sections under that
545 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
546 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
548 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
549 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
550 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
551 a normal developer may have access.
553 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
555 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
557 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
558 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
559 step all over each other
561 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
563 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
565 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
566 address for PGP key updates
568 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
570 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
572 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
573 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
574 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
575 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
576 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
578 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
580 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
582 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
583 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
584 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
585 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
586 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
587 <keyring-maint> instead)
588 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
589 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
591 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
593 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
594 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
595 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
597 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
599 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
601 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
602 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
603 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
604 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
605 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
606 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
608 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
609 tighten up the language a bit
610 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
611 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
612 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
613 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
615 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
616 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
617 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
618 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
619 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
620 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
622 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
623 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
624 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
625 about how to depart Debian gracefully
626 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
627 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
628 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
629 number of available packages
630 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
631 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
633 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
635 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
637 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
640 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
642 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
644 * not officially released
645 * more spelling corrections
646 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
648 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
650 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
652 * not officially released
653 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
654 * some PGP-centricity removed
655 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
656 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
657 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
658 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
659 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
660 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
662 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
664 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
666 * not officially released
667 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
668 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
669 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
670 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
671 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
672 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
673 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
674 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
675 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
676 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
677 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
678 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
679 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
680 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
682 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
683 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
685 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
687 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
688 take a couple of weeks
689 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
690 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
691 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
692 excited about it and can't wait
693 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
694 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
696 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
697 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
699 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
700 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
701 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
703 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
705 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
707 * move to 3-level version number:
708 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
709 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
710 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
711 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
712 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
715 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
716 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
717 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
719 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
721 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
722 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
723 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
724 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
725 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
726 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
728 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
730 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
731 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
732 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
733 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
734 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
735 - "The CVS server": new section added
736 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
738 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
739 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
740 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
741 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
742 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
744 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
745 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
746 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
747 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
748 a canonical location?)
749 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
750 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
751 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
752 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
754 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
756 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
757 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
758 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
759 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
761 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
763 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
765 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
766 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
767 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
768 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
769 them. (closes Bug#26948)
770 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
771 and should not be included in this Reference.
772 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
773 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
774 maintainer tools only!
775 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
776 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
777 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
778 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
779 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
780 * Little corrections here and there.
781 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
782 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
785 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
787 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
789 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
790 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
791 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
793 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
794 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
795 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
796 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
797 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
798 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
799 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
800 do prior to uploading
801 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
802 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
804 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
805 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
806 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
807 duties with respect to bugs
808 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
809 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
810 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
812 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
813 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
814 * grammar and markup changes throughout
815 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
816 explicit what is used to build this package
818 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
820 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
823 * version number and date are automatically populated now
824 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
825 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
826 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
827 * utilize the new URL tag
828 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
831 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
833 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
835 * non-maintainer release
836 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
837 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
838 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
839 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
840 text, it can't hurt you.)
841 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
842 reflect this packages version number
843 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
845 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
847 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
851 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
853 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
855 * New version numbering scheme:
857 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
858 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
859 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
862 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
863 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
864 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
865 differ between the manuals.
867 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
868 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
869 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
870 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
872 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
873 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
875 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
877 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
879 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
881 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
883 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
884 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
886 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
887 (as requested by James Troup)
889 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
891 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
893 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
895 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
897 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
899 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
901 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
903 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
904 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
905 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
906 the non-maintainer release
908 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
909 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
910 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
913 - Lots of typos fixed
915 * Compressed SGML source code
917 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
918 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
920 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
922 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
924 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
926 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
927 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
928 - Announcing package uploads
929 * New section about Debian Mentors
930 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
931 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
932 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
933 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
935 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
937 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
939 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
940 of our FTP server and the development process
941 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
942 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
943 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
945 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
946 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
947 debian-devel before they are uploaded
948 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
949 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
950 contacting the maintainer
951 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
952 a new manual released soon)
954 * Include SGML source in package
955 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
956 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
958 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
960 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
964 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200