1 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
3 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
6 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
8 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
11 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
12 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
13 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
14 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
15 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
16 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
18 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
20 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
22 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
24 - non-us discontinued.
25 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
27 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
28 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
29 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
30 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
31 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
32 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
33 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
34 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
35 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
36 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
37 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
38 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
39 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
40 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
41 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
42 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
43 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
44 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
46 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
47 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
49 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
52 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
54 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
56 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
59 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
60 - madison is on merkel.
61 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
62 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
63 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
64 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
65 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
66 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
68 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
69 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
70 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
71 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
72 - sync NM rules with reality.
74 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
76 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
78 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
81 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
82 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
83 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
84 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
85 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
86 - spelling, grammer fixes.
87 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
88 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
89 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
90 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
91 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
92 - add myself to uploaders.
93 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
94 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
95 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
96 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
97 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
98 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
99 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
100 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
101 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
102 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
103 - rewrote the NMU section, and
104 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
105 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
106 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
107 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
108 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
109 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
110 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
111 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
113 - Security uploads get urgency=high
114 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
116 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
118 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
120 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
123 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
124 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
125 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
126 - documented Alioth, somewhat
128 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
129 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
131 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
132 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
133 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
134 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
138 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
140 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
141 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
142 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
143 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
146 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
148 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
151 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
153 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
154 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
155 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
157 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
158 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
159 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
160 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
163 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
165 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
166 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
167 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
168 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
169 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
171 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
172 it clear these are special cases
173 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
175 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
177 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
179 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
182 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
183 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
185 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
187 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
189 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
192 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
194 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
195 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
196 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
198 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
199 - the synopsis formula changed to either
200 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
202 <package-name> is <synopsis>
204 <package-name> are <synopsis>
206 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
207 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
208 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
209 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
210 package; closes: #187143
212 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
214 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
217 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
218 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
220 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
222 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
223 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
224 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
225 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
226 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
227 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
228 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
229 right places in the document, closes: #172897
230 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
234 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
236 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
237 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
238 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
239 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
240 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
241 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
242 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
244 - editorial changes on material added in this version
245 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
246 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
247 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
248 closes: #139957, #108416
249 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
250 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
252 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
254 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
257 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
259 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
260 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
261 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
262 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
264 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
265 for best practices for documentation
266 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
267 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
268 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
269 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
271 - spell-checking pass
273 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
275 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
278 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
279 descriptions" moved under there
280 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
281 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
282 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
283 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
284 the document where these tools are discussed
285 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
286 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
287 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
288 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
289 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
290 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
292 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
293 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
294 that can be fixed by DDP folks
295 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
296 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
297 - simply PS and PDF building rules
299 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
301 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
304 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
305 section and adjusted links
306 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
308 - ChangeLog attribution updates
309 - fix typos, closes: #171781
310 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
311 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
312 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
313 for debian/rules", and write an intro
314 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
315 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
316 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
317 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
318 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
319 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
320 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
321 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
322 "Internationalization"
323 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
324 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
325 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
326 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
327 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
328 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
329 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
330 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
331 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
333 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
334 rather useless and broken
335 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
336 names and the first word
337 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
338 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
339 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
341 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
342 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
343 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
345 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
347 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
350 - DDP publishing update
352 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
353 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
354 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
355 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
357 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
359 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
362 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
363 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
364 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
366 - added myself as co-author
367 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
369 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
370 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
372 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
373 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
375 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
377 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
380 - Corrected several errors with —
381 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
382 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
383 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
384 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
385 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
386 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
387 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
389 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
390 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
391 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
392 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
393 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
394 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
395 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
396 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
397 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
399 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
400 descriptions". closes: #158609
401 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
402 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
403 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
404 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
405 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
407 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
408 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
409 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
410 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
411 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
412 - updated the mailing lists section
414 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
415 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
418 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
420 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
423 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
424 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
426 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
428 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
429 Ch "The Debian Archive"
431 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
433 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
434 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
435 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
436 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
437 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
439 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
440 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
441 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
442 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
443 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
444 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
445 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
447 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
448 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
451 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
452 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
453 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
454 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
455 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
456 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
457 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
458 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
459 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
460 work-around with <...>
461 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
462 - update copyright date
463 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
464 - spell check and grammar corrections
468 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
470 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
471 recompile"; closes: #102626
472 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
473 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
474 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
475 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
476 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
478 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
479 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
480 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
482 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
484 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
485 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
486 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
487 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
488 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
489 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
490 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
491 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
492 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
494 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
496 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
498 - updated the list of available architectures.
499 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
500 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
501 of the package and nothing more.
502 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
503 any pain to the ftpmasters.
504 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
505 the use of the delayed queue.
506 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
507 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
509 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
510 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
511 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
512 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
513 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
514 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
515 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
517 - new Sec "Documentation"
518 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
519 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
520 "Being kind to porter" too
521 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
522 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
523 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
524 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
525 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
527 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
528 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
531 - update French translation
533 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
535 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
538 - some grammar corrections
539 - update French translation
541 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
542 anymore; closes: #135559
543 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
545 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
547 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
548 that would be welcome)
549 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
550 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
551 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
552 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
553 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
554 - other minor wording changes
555 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
556 - Ch "Package uploads":
557 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
558 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
559 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
560 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
561 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
562 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
563 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
565 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
567 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
569 * from Martin Michlmayr
570 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
571 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
572 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
574 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
576 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
578 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
580 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
581 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
582 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
585 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
587 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
590 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
592 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
595 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
597 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
598 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
599 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
600 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
601 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
602 talking about uploading to distributions
603 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
604 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
605 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
607 - French translation updated
609 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
610 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
611 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
613 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
615 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
618 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
619 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
622 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
624 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
627 * fix a typo in a link
628 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
629 update documentation accordingly
631 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
632 forwarding bugs upstream
634 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
635 entities which should be used
636 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
637 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
639 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
641 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
643 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
644 * French version: completely up-to-date now
645 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
646 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
648 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
651 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
653 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
655 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
657 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
658 this translation needs updating
659 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
660 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
661 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
663 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
664 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
665 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
667 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
668 included yet, however
670 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
672 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
674 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
676 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
677 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
679 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
681 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
683 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
685 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
686 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
687 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
689 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
691 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
693 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
696 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
697 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
698 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
699 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
700 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
701 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
702 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
703 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
704 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
705 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
706 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
707 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
709 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
710 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
711 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
712 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
713 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
715 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
717 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
718 * update copyright notice for 2001
719 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
720 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
721 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
723 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
725 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
727 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
729 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
731 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
733 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
735 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
737 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
738 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
740 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
741 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
742 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
743 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
744 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
745 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
746 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
747 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
748 could be used if necessary
749 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
750 mention the rsync dupload method
751 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
753 * other small corrections
754 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
755 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
756 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
757 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
759 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
761 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
762 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
764 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
766 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
768 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
769 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
770 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
771 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
773 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
774 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
775 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
776 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
777 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
779 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
781 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
782 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
783 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
784 team (closes: Bug#52906)
785 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
786 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
787 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
789 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
790 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
791 - added a section about the LDAP database
792 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
793 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
795 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
796 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
798 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
800 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
802 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
803 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
804 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
806 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
807 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
808 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
809 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
810 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
811 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
812 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
813 description from developers-reference.sgml
815 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
817 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
819 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
820 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
822 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
824 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
825 releases are available at archive.debian.org
826 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
827 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
828 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
829 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
830 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
831 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
832 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
833 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
835 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
836 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
837 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
838 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
840 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
841 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
842 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
843 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
844 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
845 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
846 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
847 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
848 suggestion from James Troup
849 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
850 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
851 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
852 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
855 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
857 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
859 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
860 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
862 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
864 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
866 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
867 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
868 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
869 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
870 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
871 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
872 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
874 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
876 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
878 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
879 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
880 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
881 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
882 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
883 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
885 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
886 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
888 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
890 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
892 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
894 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
896 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
897 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
898 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
899 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
900 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
902 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
903 with intro; demoted server sections under that
904 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
905 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
907 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
908 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
909 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
910 a normal developer may have access.
912 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
914 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
916 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
917 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
918 step all over each other
920 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
922 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
924 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
925 address for PGP key updates
927 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
929 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
931 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
932 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
933 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
934 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
935 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
937 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
939 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
941 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
942 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
943 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
944 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
945 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
946 <keyring-maint> instead)
947 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
948 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
950 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
952 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
953 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
954 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
956 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
958 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
960 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
961 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
962 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
963 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
964 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
965 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
967 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
968 tighten up the language a bit
969 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
970 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
971 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
972 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
974 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
975 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
976 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
977 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
978 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
979 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
981 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
982 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
983 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
984 about how to depart Debian gracefully
985 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
986 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
987 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
988 number of available packages
989 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
990 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
992 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
994 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
996 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
999 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1001 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1003 * not officially released
1004 * more spelling corrections
1005 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1007 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1009 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1011 * not officially released
1012 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1013 * some PGP-centricity removed
1014 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1015 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1016 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1017 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1018 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1019 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1021 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1023 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1025 * not officially released
1026 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1027 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1028 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1029 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1030 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1031 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1032 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1033 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1034 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1035 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1036 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1037 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1038 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1039 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1041 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1042 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1044 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1046 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1047 take a couple of weeks
1048 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1049 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1050 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1051 excited about it and can't wait
1052 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1053 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1055 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1056 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1058 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1059 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1060 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1062 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1064 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1066 * move to 3-level version number:
1067 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1068 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1069 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1070 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1071 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1074 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1075 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1076 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1078 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1080 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1081 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1082 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1083 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1084 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1085 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1087 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1089 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1090 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1091 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1092 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1093 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1094 - "The CVS server": new section added
1095 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1097 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1098 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1099 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1100 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1101 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1102 with respect to GPG.
1103 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1104 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1105 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1106 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1107 a canonical location?)
1108 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1109 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1110 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1111 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1113 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1115 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1116 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1117 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1118 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1120 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1122 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1124 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1125 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1126 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1127 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1128 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1129 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1130 and should not be included in this Reference.
1131 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1132 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1133 maintainer tools only!
1134 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1135 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1136 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1137 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1138 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1139 * Little corrections here and there.
1140 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1141 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1144 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1146 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1148 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1149 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1150 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1152 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1153 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1154 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1155 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1156 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1157 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1158 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1159 do prior to uploading
1160 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1161 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1163 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1164 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1165 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1166 duties with respect to bugs
1167 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1168 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1169 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1171 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1172 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1173 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1174 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1175 explicit what is used to build this package
1177 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1179 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1182 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1183 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1184 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1185 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1186 * utilize the new URL tag
1187 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1190 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1192 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1194 * non-maintainer release
1195 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1196 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1197 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1198 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1199 text, it can't hurt you.)
1200 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1201 reflect this packages version number
1202 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1204 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1206 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1210 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1212 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1214 * New version numbering scheme:
1216 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1217 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1218 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1221 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1222 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1223 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1224 differ between the manuals.
1226 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1227 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1228 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1229 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1231 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1232 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1234 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1236 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1238 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1240 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1242 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1243 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1245 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1246 (as requested by James Troup)
1248 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1250 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1252 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1254 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1256 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1258 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1260 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1262 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1263 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1264 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1265 the non-maintainer release
1267 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1268 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1269 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1272 - Lots of typos fixed
1274 * Compressed SGML source code
1276 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1277 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1279 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1281 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1283 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1285 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1286 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1287 - Announcing package uploads
1288 * New section about Debian Mentors
1289 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1290 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1291 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1292 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1294 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1296 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1298 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1299 of our FTP server and the development process
1300 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1301 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1302 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1304 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1305 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1306 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1307 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1308 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1309 contacting the maintainer
1310 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1311 a new manual released soon)
1312 * Some minor changes
1313 * Include SGML source in package
1314 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1315 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1317 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1319 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1323 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200