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
31 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
32 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
34 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
36 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
39 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
40 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
41 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
42 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
43 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
44 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
46 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
48 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
50 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
52 - non-us discontinued.
53 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
55 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
56 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
57 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
58 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
59 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
60 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
61 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
62 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
63 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
64 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
65 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
66 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
67 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
68 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
69 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
70 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
71 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
72 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
74 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
75 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
77 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
80 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
82 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
84 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
87 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
88 - madison is on merkel.
89 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
90 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
91 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
92 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
93 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
94 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
96 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
97 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
98 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
99 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
100 - sync NM rules with reality.
102 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
104 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
106 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
109 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
110 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
111 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
112 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
113 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
114 - spelling, grammer fixes.
115 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
116 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
117 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
118 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
119 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
120 - add myself to uploaders.
121 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
122 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
123 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
124 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
125 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
126 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
127 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
128 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
129 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
130 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
131 - rewrote the NMU section, and
132 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
133 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
134 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
135 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
136 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
137 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
138 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
139 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
141 - Security uploads get urgency=high
142 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
144 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
146 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
148 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
151 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
152 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
153 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
154 - documented Alioth, somewhat
156 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
157 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
159 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
160 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
161 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
162 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
166 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
168 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
169 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
170 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
171 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
174 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
176 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
179 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
181 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
182 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
183 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
185 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
186 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
187 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
188 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
191 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
193 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
194 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
195 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
196 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
197 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
199 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
200 it clear these are special cases
201 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
203 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
205 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
207 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
210 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
211 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
213 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
215 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
217 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
220 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
222 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
223 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
224 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
226 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
227 - the synopsis formula changed to either
228 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
230 <package-name> is <synopsis>
232 <package-name> are <synopsis>
234 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
235 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
236 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
237 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
238 package; closes: #187143
240 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
242 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
245 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
246 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
248 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
250 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
251 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
252 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
253 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
254 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
255 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
256 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
257 right places in the document, closes: #172897
258 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
262 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
264 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
265 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
266 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
267 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
268 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
269 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
270 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
272 - editorial changes on material added in this version
273 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
274 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
275 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
276 closes: #139957, #108416
277 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
278 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
280 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
282 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
285 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
287 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
288 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
289 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
290 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
292 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
293 for best practices for documentation
294 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
295 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
296 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
297 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
299 - spell-checking pass
301 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
303 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
306 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
307 descriptions" moved under there
308 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
309 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
310 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
311 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
312 the document where these tools are discussed
313 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
314 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
315 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
316 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
317 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
318 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
320 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
321 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
322 that can be fixed by DDP folks
323 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
324 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
325 - simply PS and PDF building rules
327 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
329 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
332 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
333 section and adjusted links
334 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
336 - ChangeLog attribution updates
337 - fix typos, closes: #171781
338 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
339 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
340 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
341 for debian/rules", and write an intro
342 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
343 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
344 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
345 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
346 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
347 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
348 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
349 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
350 "Internationalization"
351 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
352 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
353 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
354 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
355 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
356 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
357 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
358 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
359 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
361 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
362 rather useless and broken
363 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
364 names and the first word
365 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
366 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
367 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
369 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
370 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
371 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
373 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
375 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
378 - DDP publishing update
380 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
381 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
382 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
383 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
385 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
387 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
390 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
391 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
392 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
394 - added myself as co-author
395 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
397 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
398 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
400 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
401 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
403 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
405 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
408 - Corrected several errors with —
409 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
410 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
411 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
412 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
413 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
414 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
415 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
417 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
418 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
419 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
420 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
421 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
422 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
423 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
424 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
425 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
427 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
428 descriptions". closes: #158609
429 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
430 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
431 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
432 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
433 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
435 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
436 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
437 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
438 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
439 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
440 - updated the mailing lists section
442 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
443 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
446 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
448 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
451 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
452 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
454 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
456 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
457 Ch "The Debian Archive"
459 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
461 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
462 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
463 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
464 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
465 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
467 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
468 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
469 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
470 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
471 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
472 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
473 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
475 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
476 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
479 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
480 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
481 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
482 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
483 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
484 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
485 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
486 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
487 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
488 work-around with <...>
489 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
490 - update copyright date
491 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
492 - spell check and grammar corrections
496 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
498 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
499 recompile"; closes: #102626
500 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
501 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
502 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
503 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
504 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
506 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
507 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
508 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
510 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
512 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
513 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
514 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
515 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
516 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
517 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
518 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
519 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
520 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
522 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
524 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
526 - updated the list of available architectures.
527 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
528 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
529 of the package and nothing more.
530 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
531 any pain to the ftpmasters.
532 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
533 the use of the delayed queue.
534 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
535 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
537 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
538 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
539 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
540 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
541 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
542 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
543 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
545 - new Sec "Documentation"
546 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
547 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
548 "Being kind to porter" too
549 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
550 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
551 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
552 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
553 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
555 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
556 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
559 - update French translation
561 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
563 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
566 - some grammar corrections
567 - update French translation
569 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
570 anymore; closes: #135559
571 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
573 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
575 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
576 that would be welcome)
577 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
578 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
579 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
580 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
581 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
582 - other minor wording changes
583 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
584 - Ch "Package uploads":
585 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
586 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
587 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
588 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
589 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
590 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
591 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
593 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
595 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
597 * from Martin Michlmayr
598 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
599 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
600 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
602 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
604 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
606 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
608 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
609 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
610 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
613 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
615 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
618 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
620 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
623 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
625 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
626 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
627 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
628 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
629 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
630 talking about uploading to distributions
631 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
632 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
633 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
635 - French translation updated
637 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
638 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
639 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
641 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
643 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
646 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
647 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
650 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
652 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
655 * fix a typo in a link
656 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
657 update documentation accordingly
659 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
660 forwarding bugs upstream
662 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
663 entities which should be used
664 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
665 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
667 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
669 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
671 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
672 * French version: completely up-to-date now
673 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
674 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
676 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
679 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
681 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
683 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
685 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
686 this translation needs updating
687 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
688 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
689 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
691 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
692 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
693 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
695 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
696 included yet, however
698 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
700 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
702 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
704 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
705 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
707 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
709 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
711 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
713 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
714 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
715 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
717 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
719 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
721 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
724 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
725 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
726 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
727 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
728 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
729 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
730 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
731 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
732 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
733 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
734 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
735 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
737 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
738 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
739 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
740 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
741 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
743 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
745 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
746 * update copyright notice for 2001
747 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
748 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
749 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
751 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
753 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
755 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
757 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
759 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
761 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
763 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
765 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
766 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
768 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
769 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
770 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
771 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
772 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
773 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
774 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
775 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
776 could be used if necessary
777 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
778 mention the rsync dupload method
779 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
781 * other small corrections
782 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
783 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
784 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
785 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
787 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
789 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
790 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
792 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
794 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
796 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
797 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
798 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
799 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
801 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
802 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
803 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
804 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
805 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
807 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
809 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
810 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
811 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
812 team (closes: Bug#52906)
813 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
814 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
815 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
817 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
818 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
819 - added a section about the LDAP database
820 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
821 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
823 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
824 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
826 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
828 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
830 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
831 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
832 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
834 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
835 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
836 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
837 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
838 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
839 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
840 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
841 description from developers-reference.sgml
843 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
845 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
847 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
848 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
850 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
852 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
853 releases are available at archive.debian.org
854 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
855 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
856 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
857 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
858 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
859 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
860 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
861 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
863 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
864 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
865 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
866 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
868 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
869 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
870 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
871 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
872 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
873 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
874 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
875 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
876 suggestion from James Troup
877 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
878 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
879 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
880 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
883 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
885 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
887 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
888 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
890 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
892 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
894 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
895 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
896 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
897 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
898 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
899 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
900 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
902 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
904 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
906 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
907 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
908 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
909 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
910 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
911 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
913 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
914 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
916 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
918 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
920 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
922 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
924 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
925 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
926 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
927 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
928 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
930 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
931 with intro; demoted server sections under that
932 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
933 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
935 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
936 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
937 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
938 a normal developer may have access.
940 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
942 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
944 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
945 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
946 step all over each other
948 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
950 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
952 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
953 address for PGP key updates
955 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
957 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
959 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
960 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
961 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
962 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
963 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
965 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
967 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
969 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
970 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
971 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
972 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
973 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
974 <keyring-maint> instead)
975 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
976 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
978 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
980 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
981 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
982 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
984 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
986 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
988 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
989 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
990 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
991 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
992 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
993 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
995 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
996 tighten up the language a bit
997 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
998 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
999 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1000 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1002 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1003 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1004 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1005 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1006 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1007 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1009 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1010 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1011 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1012 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1013 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1014 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1015 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1016 number of available packages
1017 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1018 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1020 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1022 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1024 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1027 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1029 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1031 * not officially released
1032 * more spelling corrections
1033 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1035 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1037 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1039 * not officially released
1040 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1041 * some PGP-centricity removed
1042 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1043 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1044 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1045 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1046 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1047 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1049 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1051 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1053 * not officially released
1054 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1055 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1056 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1057 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1058 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1059 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1060 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1061 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1062 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1063 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1064 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1065 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1066 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1067 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1069 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1070 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1072 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1074 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1075 take a couple of weeks
1076 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1077 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1078 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1079 excited about it and can't wait
1080 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1081 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1083 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1084 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1086 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1087 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1088 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1090 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1092 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1094 * move to 3-level version number:
1095 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1096 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1097 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1098 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1099 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1102 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1103 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1104 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1106 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1108 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1109 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1110 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1111 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1112 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1113 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1115 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1117 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1118 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1119 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1120 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1121 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1122 - "The CVS server": new section added
1123 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1125 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1126 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1127 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1128 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1129 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1130 with respect to GPG.
1131 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1132 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1133 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1134 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1135 a canonical location?)
1136 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1137 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1138 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1139 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1141 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1143 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1144 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1145 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1146 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1148 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1150 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1152 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1153 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1154 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1155 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1156 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1157 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1158 and should not be included in this Reference.
1159 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1160 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1161 maintainer tools only!
1162 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1163 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1164 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1165 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1166 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1167 * Little corrections here and there.
1168 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1169 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1172 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1174 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1176 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1177 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1178 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1180 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1181 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1182 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1183 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1184 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1185 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1186 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1187 do prior to uploading
1188 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1189 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1191 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1192 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1193 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1194 duties with respect to bugs
1195 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1196 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1197 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1199 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1200 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1201 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1202 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1203 explicit what is used to build this package
1205 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1207 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1210 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1211 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1212 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1213 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1214 * utilize the new URL tag
1215 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1218 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1220 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1222 * non-maintainer release
1223 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1224 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1225 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1226 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1227 text, it can't hurt you.)
1228 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1229 reflect this packages version number
1230 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1232 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1234 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1238 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1240 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1242 * New version numbering scheme:
1244 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1245 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1246 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1249 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1250 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1251 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1252 differ between the manuals.
1254 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1255 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1256 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1257 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1259 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1260 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1262 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1264 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1266 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1268 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1270 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1271 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1273 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1274 (as requested by James Troup)
1276 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1278 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1280 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1282 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1284 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1286 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1288 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1290 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1291 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1292 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1293 the non-maintainer release
1295 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1296 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1297 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1300 - Lots of typos fixed
1302 * Compressed SGML source code
1304 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1305 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1307 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1309 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1311 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1313 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1314 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1315 - Announcing package uploads
1316 * New section about Debian Mentors
1317 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1318 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1319 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1320 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1322 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1324 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1326 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1327 of our FTP server and the development process
1328 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1329 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1330 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1332 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1333 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1334 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1335 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1336 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1337 contacting the maintainer
1338 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1339 a new manual released soon)
1340 * Some minor changes
1341 * Include SGML source in package
1342 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1343 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1345 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1347 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1351 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200