1 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
5 - bump standards-version to 3.7.2 (no change)
7 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
8 - add pdf for French version.
9 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
10 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
11 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
12 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
13 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
14 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
15 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
16 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
17 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
19 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
20 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
22 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
24 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
25 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
26 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
27 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
28 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
31 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
32 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
33 * Remove reference to #debian-sf which doesn't exist anymore.
34 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
35 * Put myself back in Uploaders.
36 * Generaly wrap lines longer than 78 characters. Closes: #278267
37 Not done for translations. I leave that up to translators if they want to
39 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
40 * Update information concerning Alioth.
41 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
43 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
44 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes: #445642
45 * Update URL of Alioth related wiki pages.
47 -- Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Sat, 04 Aug 2007 17:51:06 +0200
49 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
51 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
53 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
54 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
56 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
57 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
58 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
60 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
61 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
62 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
64 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
65 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
66 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
67 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
68 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
69 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
70 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
71 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
72 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
73 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
74 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
75 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
77 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
78 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
79 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
80 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
81 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
82 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
83 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
84 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
85 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
86 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
90 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
92 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
94 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
97 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
98 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
99 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
100 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
101 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
102 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
104 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
106 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
108 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
110 - non-us discontinued.
111 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
113 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
114 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
115 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
116 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
117 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
118 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
119 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
120 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
121 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
122 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
123 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
124 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
125 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
126 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
127 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
128 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
129 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
130 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
132 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
133 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
135 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
138 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
140 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
142 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
145 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
146 - madison is on merkel.
147 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
148 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
149 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
150 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
151 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
152 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
154 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
155 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
156 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
157 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
158 - sync NM rules with reality.
160 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
162 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
164 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
167 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
168 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
169 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
170 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
171 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
172 - spelling, grammer fixes.
173 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
174 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
175 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
176 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
177 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
178 - add myself to uploaders.
179 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
180 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
181 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
182 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
183 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
184 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
185 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
186 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
187 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
188 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
189 - rewrote the NMU section, and
190 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
191 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
192 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
193 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
194 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
195 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
196 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
197 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
199 - Security uploads get urgency=high
200 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
202 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
204 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
206 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
209 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
210 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
211 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
212 - documented Alioth, somewhat
214 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
215 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
217 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
218 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
219 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
220 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
224 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
226 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
227 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
228 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
229 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
232 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
234 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
237 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
239 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
240 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
241 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
243 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
244 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
245 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
246 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
249 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
251 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
252 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
253 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
254 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
255 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
257 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
258 it clear these are special cases
259 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
261 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
263 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
265 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
268 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
269 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
271 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
273 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
275 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
278 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
280 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
281 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
282 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
284 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
285 - the synopsis formula changed to either
286 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
288 <package-name> is <synopsis>
290 <package-name> are <synopsis>
292 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
293 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
294 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
295 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
296 package; closes: #187143
298 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
300 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
303 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
304 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
306 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
308 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
309 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
310 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
311 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
312 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
313 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
314 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
315 right places in the document, closes: #172897
316 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
320 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
322 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
323 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
324 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
325 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
326 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
327 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
328 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
330 - editorial changes on material added in this version
331 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
332 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
333 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
334 closes: #139957, #108416
335 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
336 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
338 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
340 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
343 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
345 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
346 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
347 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
348 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
350 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
351 for best practices for documentation
352 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
353 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
354 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
355 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
357 - spell-checking pass
359 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
361 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
364 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
365 descriptions" moved under there
366 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
367 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
368 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
369 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
370 the document where these tools are discussed
371 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
372 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
373 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
374 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
375 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
376 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
378 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
379 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
380 that can be fixed by DDP folks
381 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
382 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
383 - simply PS and PDF building rules
385 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
387 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
390 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
391 section and adjusted links
392 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
394 - ChangeLog attribution updates
395 - fix typos, closes: #171781
396 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
397 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
398 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
399 for debian/rules", and write an intro
400 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
401 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
402 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
403 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
404 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
405 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
406 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
407 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
408 "Internationalization"
409 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
410 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
411 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
412 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
413 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
414 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
415 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
416 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
417 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
419 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
420 rather useless and broken
421 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
422 names and the first word
423 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
424 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
425 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
427 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
428 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
429 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
431 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
433 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
436 - DDP publishing update
438 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
439 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
440 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
441 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
443 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
445 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
448 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
449 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
450 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
452 - added myself as co-author
453 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
455 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
456 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
458 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
459 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
461 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
463 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
466 - Corrected several errors with —
467 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
468 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
469 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
470 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
471 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
472 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
473 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
475 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
476 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
477 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
478 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
479 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
480 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
481 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
482 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
483 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
485 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
486 descriptions". closes: #158609
487 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
488 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
489 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
490 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
491 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
493 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
494 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
495 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
496 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
497 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
498 - updated the mailing lists section
500 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
501 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
504 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
506 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
509 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
510 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
512 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
514 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
515 Ch "The Debian Archive"
517 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
519 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
520 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
521 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
522 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
523 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
525 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
526 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
527 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
528 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
529 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
530 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
531 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
533 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
534 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
537 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
538 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
539 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
540 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
541 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
542 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
543 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
544 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
545 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
546 work-around with <...>
547 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
548 - update copyright date
549 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
550 - spell check and grammar corrections
554 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
556 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
557 recompile"; closes: #102626
558 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
559 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
560 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
561 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
562 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
564 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
565 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
566 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
568 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
570 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
571 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
572 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
573 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
574 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
575 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
576 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
577 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
578 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
580 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
582 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
584 - updated the list of available architectures.
585 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
586 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
587 of the package and nothing more.
588 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
589 any pain to the ftpmasters.
590 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
591 the use of the delayed queue.
592 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
593 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
595 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
596 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
597 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
598 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
599 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
600 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
601 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
603 - new Sec "Documentation"
604 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
605 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
606 "Being kind to porter" too
607 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
608 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
609 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
610 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
611 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
613 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
614 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
617 - update French translation
619 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
621 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
624 - some grammar corrections
625 - update French translation
627 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
628 anymore; closes: #135559
629 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
631 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
633 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
634 that would be welcome)
635 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
636 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
637 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
638 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
639 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
640 - other minor wording changes
641 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
642 - Ch "Package uploads":
643 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
644 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
645 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
646 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
647 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
648 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
649 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
651 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
653 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
655 * from Martin Michlmayr
656 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
657 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
658 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
660 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
662 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
664 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
666 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
667 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
668 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
671 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
673 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
676 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
678 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
681 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
683 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
684 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
685 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
686 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
687 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
688 talking about uploading to distributions
689 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
690 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
691 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
693 - French translation updated
695 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
696 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
697 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
699 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
701 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
704 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
705 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
708 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
710 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
713 * fix a typo in a link
714 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
715 update documentation accordingly
717 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
718 forwarding bugs upstream
720 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
721 entities which should be used
722 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
723 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
725 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
727 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
729 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
730 * French version: completely up-to-date now
731 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
732 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
734 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
737 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
739 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
741 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
743 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
744 this translation needs updating
745 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
746 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
747 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
749 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
750 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
751 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
753 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
754 included yet, however
756 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
758 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
760 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
762 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
763 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
765 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
767 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
769 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
771 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
772 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
773 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
775 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
777 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
779 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
782 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
783 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
784 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
785 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
786 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
787 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
788 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
789 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
790 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
791 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
792 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
793 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
795 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
796 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
797 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
798 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
799 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
801 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
803 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
804 * update copyright notice for 2001
805 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
806 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
807 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
809 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
811 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
813 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
815 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
817 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
819 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
821 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
823 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
824 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
826 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
827 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
828 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
829 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
830 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
831 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
832 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
833 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
834 could be used if necessary
835 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
836 mention the rsync dupload method
837 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
839 * other small corrections
840 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
841 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
842 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
843 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
845 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
847 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
848 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
850 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
852 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
854 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
855 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
856 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
857 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
859 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
860 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
861 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
862 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
863 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
865 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
867 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
868 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
869 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
870 team (closes: Bug#52906)
871 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
872 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
873 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
875 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
876 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
877 - added a section about the LDAP database
878 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
879 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
881 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
882 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
884 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
886 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
888 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
889 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
890 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
892 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
893 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
894 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
895 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
896 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
897 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
898 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
899 description from developers-reference.sgml
901 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
903 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
905 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
906 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
908 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
910 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
911 releases are available at archive.debian.org
912 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
913 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
914 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
915 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
916 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
917 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
918 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
919 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
921 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
922 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
923 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
924 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
926 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
927 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
928 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
929 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
930 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
931 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
932 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
933 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
934 suggestion from James Troup
935 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
936 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
937 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
938 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
941 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
943 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
945 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
946 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
948 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
950 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
952 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
953 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
954 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
955 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
956 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
957 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
958 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
960 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
962 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
964 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
965 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
966 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
967 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
968 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
969 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
971 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
972 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
974 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
976 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
978 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
980 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
982 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
983 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
984 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
985 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
986 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
988 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
989 with intro; demoted server sections under that
990 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
991 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
993 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
994 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
995 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
996 a normal developer may have access.
998 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1000 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1002 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1003 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1004 step all over each other
1006 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1008 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1010 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1011 address for PGP key updates
1013 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1015 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1017 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1018 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1019 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1020 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1021 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1023 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1025 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1027 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1028 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1029 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1030 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1031 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1032 <keyring-maint> instead)
1033 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1034 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1036 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1038 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1039 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1040 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1042 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1044 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1046 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1047 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1048 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1049 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1050 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1051 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1053 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1054 tighten up the language a bit
1055 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1056 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1057 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1058 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1060 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1061 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1062 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1063 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1064 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1065 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1067 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1068 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1069 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1070 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1071 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1072 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1073 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1074 number of available packages
1075 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1076 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1078 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1080 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1082 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1085 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1087 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1089 * not officially released
1090 * more spelling corrections
1091 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1093 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1095 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1097 * not officially released
1098 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1099 * some PGP-centricity removed
1100 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1101 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1102 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1103 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1104 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1105 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1107 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1109 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1111 * not officially released
1112 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1113 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1114 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1115 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1116 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1117 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1118 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1119 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1120 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1121 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1122 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1123 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1124 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1125 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1127 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1128 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1130 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1132 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1133 take a couple of weeks
1134 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1135 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1136 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1137 excited about it and can't wait
1138 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1139 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1141 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1142 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1144 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1145 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1146 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1148 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1150 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1152 * move to 3-level version number:
1153 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1154 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1155 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1156 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1157 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1160 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1161 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1162 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1164 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1166 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1167 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1168 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1169 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1170 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1171 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1173 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1175 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1176 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1177 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1178 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1179 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1180 - "The CVS server": new section added
1181 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1183 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1184 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1185 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1186 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1187 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1188 with respect to GPG.
1189 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1190 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1191 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1192 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1193 a canonical location?)
1194 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1195 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1196 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1197 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1199 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1201 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1202 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1203 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1204 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1206 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1208 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1210 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1211 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1212 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1213 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1214 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1215 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1216 and should not be included in this Reference.
1217 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1218 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1219 maintainer tools only!
1220 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1221 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1222 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1223 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1224 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1225 * Little corrections here and there.
1226 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1227 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1230 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1232 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1234 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1235 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1236 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1238 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1239 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1240 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1241 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1242 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1243 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1244 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1245 do prior to uploading
1246 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1247 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1249 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1250 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1251 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1252 duties with respect to bugs
1253 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1254 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1255 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1257 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1258 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1259 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1260 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1261 explicit what is used to build this package
1263 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1265 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1268 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1269 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1270 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1271 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1272 * utilize the new URL tag
1273 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1276 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1278 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1280 * non-maintainer release
1281 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1282 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1283 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1284 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1285 text, it can't hurt you.)
1286 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1287 reflect this packages version number
1288 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1290 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1292 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1296 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1298 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1300 * New version numbering scheme:
1302 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1303 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1304 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1307 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1308 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1309 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1310 differ between the manuals.
1312 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1313 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1314 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1315 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1317 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1318 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1320 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1322 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1324 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1326 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1328 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1329 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1331 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1332 (as requested by James Troup)
1334 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1336 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1338 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1340 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1342 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1344 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1346 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1348 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1349 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1350 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1351 the non-maintainer release
1353 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1354 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1355 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1358 - Lots of typos fixed
1360 * Compressed SGML source code
1362 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1363 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1365 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1367 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1369 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1371 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1372 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1373 - Announcing package uploads
1374 * New section about Debian Mentors
1375 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1376 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1377 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1378 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1380 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1382 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1384 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1385 of our FTP server and the development process
1386 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1387 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1388 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1390 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1391 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1392 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1393 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1394 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1395 contacting the maintainer
1396 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1397 a new manual released soon)
1398 * Some minor changes
1399 * Include SGML source in package
1400 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1401 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1403 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1405 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1409 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200