1 developers-reference (3.4.7) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
5 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
6 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
7 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
8 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
9 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
10 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
11 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
12 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
13 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
14 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
15 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
16 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
17 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
18 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
19 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
20 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
21 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
22 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
23 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
26 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
27 * Update French translation.
28 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
30 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:57:56 -0400
32 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
35 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
36 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
39 * Update my email address.
40 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
41 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
42 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
43 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
44 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
45 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
48 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
50 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
55 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
56 version tracking removed that requirement.
59 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
60 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
61 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
62 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
63 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
64 needed. Closes: #619990
65 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
66 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
69 * Initial German translation.
72 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
73 * Update French translation.
74 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
75 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
76 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
79 * Update Japanese translation.
81 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
83 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
86 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
87 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
90 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
91 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
92 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
93 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
94 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
95 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
96 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
97 patch. Closes: #540231
98 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
99 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
100 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
101 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
102 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
103 for the patch. Closes: #548823
104 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
105 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
106 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
107 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
108 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
109 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
110 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
111 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
112 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
113 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
114 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
115 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
116 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
117 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
119 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
120 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
121 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
123 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
124 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
125 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
126 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
127 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
129 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
131 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
132 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
133 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
134 patch. Closes: #573110
135 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
137 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
138 multi-lines substitution variables.
141 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
142 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
143 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
144 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
145 * Activate Japanese package.
146 * Handle addendum if it exists.
148 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
150 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
152 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
153 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
155 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
157 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
159 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
160 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
162 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
164 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
166 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
167 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
168 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
169 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
170 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
171 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
172 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
173 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
174 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
175 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
176 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
177 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
178 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
179 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
180 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
181 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
182 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
183 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
184 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
185 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
186 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
187 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
189 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
191 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
194 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
198 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
199 The most important changes are:
200 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
201 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
204 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
205 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
206 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
207 distinction. Closes: #464230.
208 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
209 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
210 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
211 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
212 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
213 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
215 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
216 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
218 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
219 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
221 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
222 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
224 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
226 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
227 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
229 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
230 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
231 Closes: #512620, #510783.
233 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
235 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
238 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
239 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
240 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
241 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
242 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
243 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
244 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
245 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
247 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
249 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
252 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
253 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
254 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
255 release codenames in <literal>
256 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
257 doesn't exist anymore.
258 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
259 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
260 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
261 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
262 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
263 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
264 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
265 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
266 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
267 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
268 team before upload. Closes: #459343
269 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
270 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
271 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
272 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
273 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
274 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
275 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
277 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
278 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
280 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
281 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
282 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
283 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
284 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
285 Thomas. Closes: #485837
287 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
288 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
290 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
292 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
296 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
297 - fix debian/copyright
298 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
299 - add pdf for French version.
300 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
301 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
302 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
303 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
304 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
305 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
306 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
307 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
308 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
310 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
311 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
313 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
315 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
316 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
317 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
318 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
319 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
320 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
322 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
325 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
326 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
327 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
328 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
329 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
330 * Update information concerning Alioth.
331 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
332 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
334 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
335 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
337 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
340 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
342 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
344 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
346 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
347 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
349 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
350 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
351 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
353 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
354 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
355 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
357 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
358 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
359 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
360 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
361 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
362 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
363 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
364 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
365 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
366 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
367 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
368 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
370 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
371 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
372 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
373 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
374 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
375 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
376 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
377 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
378 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
379 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
383 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
385 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
387 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
390 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
391 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
392 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
393 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
394 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
395 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
397 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
399 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
401 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
403 - non-us discontinued.
404 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
406 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
407 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
408 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
409 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
410 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
411 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
412 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
413 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
414 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
415 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
416 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
417 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
418 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
419 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
420 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
421 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
422 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
423 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
425 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
426 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
428 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
431 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
433 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
435 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
438 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
439 - madison is on merkel.
440 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
441 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
442 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
443 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
444 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
445 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
447 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
448 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
449 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
450 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
451 - sync NM rules with reality.
453 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
455 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
457 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
460 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
461 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
462 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
463 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
464 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
465 - spelling, grammer fixes.
466 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
467 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
468 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
469 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
470 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
471 - add myself to uploaders.
472 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
473 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
474 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
475 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
476 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
477 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
478 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
479 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
480 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
481 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
482 - rewrote the NMU section, and
483 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
484 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
485 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
486 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
487 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
488 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
489 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
490 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
492 - Security uploads get urgency=high
493 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
495 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
497 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
499 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
502 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
503 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
504 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
505 - documented Alioth, somewhat
507 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
508 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
510 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
511 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
512 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
513 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
517 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
519 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
520 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
521 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
522 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
525 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
527 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
530 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
532 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
533 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
534 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
536 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
537 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
538 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
539 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
542 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
544 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
545 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
546 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
547 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
548 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
550 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
551 it clear these are special cases
552 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
554 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
556 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
558 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
561 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
562 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
564 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
566 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
568 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
571 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
573 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
574 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
575 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
577 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
578 - the synopsis formula changed to either
579 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
581 <package-name> is <synopsis>
583 <package-name> are <synopsis>
585 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
586 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
587 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
588 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
589 package; closes: #187143
591 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
593 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
596 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
597 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
599 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
601 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
602 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
603 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
604 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
605 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
606 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
607 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
608 right places in the document, closes: #172897
609 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
613 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
615 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
616 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
617 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
618 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
619 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
620 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
621 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
623 - editorial changes on material added in this version
624 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
625 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
626 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
627 closes: #139957, #108416
628 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
629 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
631 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
633 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
636 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
638 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
639 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
640 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
641 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
643 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
644 for best practices for documentation
645 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
646 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
647 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
648 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
650 - spell-checking pass
652 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
654 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
657 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
658 descriptions" moved under there
659 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
660 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
661 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
662 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
663 the document where these tools are discussed
664 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
665 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
666 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
667 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
668 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
669 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
671 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
672 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
673 that can be fixed by DDP folks
674 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
675 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
676 - simply PS and PDF building rules
678 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
680 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
683 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
684 section and adjusted links
685 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
687 - ChangeLog attribution updates
688 - fix typos, closes: #171781
689 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
690 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
691 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
692 for debian/rules", and write an intro
693 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
694 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
695 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
696 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
697 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
698 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
699 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
700 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
701 "Internationalization"
702 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
703 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
704 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
705 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
706 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
707 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
708 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
709 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
710 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
712 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
713 rather useless and broken
714 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
715 names and the first word
716 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
717 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
718 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
720 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
721 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
722 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
724 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
726 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
729 - DDP publishing update
731 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
732 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
733 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
734 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
736 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
738 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
741 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
742 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
743 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
745 - added myself as co-author
746 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
748 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
749 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
751 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
752 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
754 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
756 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
759 - Corrected several errors with —
760 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
761 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
762 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
763 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
764 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
765 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
766 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
768 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
769 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
770 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
771 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
772 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
773 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
774 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
775 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
776 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
778 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
779 descriptions". closes: #158609
780 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
781 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
782 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
783 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
784 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
786 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
787 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
788 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
789 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
790 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
791 - updated the mailing lists section
793 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
794 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
797 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
799 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
802 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
803 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
805 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
807 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
808 Ch "The Debian Archive"
810 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
812 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
813 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
814 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
815 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
816 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
818 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
819 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
820 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
821 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
822 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
823 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
824 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
826 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
827 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
830 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
831 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
832 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
833 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
834 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
835 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
836 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
837 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
838 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
839 work-around with <...>
840 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
841 - update copyright date
842 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
843 - spell check and grammar corrections
847 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
849 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
850 recompile"; closes: #102626
851 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
852 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
853 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
854 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
855 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
857 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
858 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
859 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
861 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
863 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
864 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
865 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
866 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
867 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
868 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
869 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
870 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
871 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
873 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
875 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
877 - updated the list of available architectures.
878 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
879 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
880 of the package and nothing more.
881 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
882 any pain to the ftpmasters.
883 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
884 the use of the delayed queue.
885 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
886 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
888 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
889 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
890 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
891 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
892 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
893 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
894 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
896 - new Sec "Documentation"
897 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
898 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
899 "Being kind to porter" too
900 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
901 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
902 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
903 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
904 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
906 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
907 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
910 - update French translation
912 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
914 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
917 - some grammar corrections
918 - update French translation
920 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
921 anymore; closes: #135559
922 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
924 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
926 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
927 that would be welcome)
928 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
929 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
930 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
931 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
932 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
933 - other minor wording changes
934 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
935 - Ch "Package uploads":
936 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
937 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
938 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
939 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
940 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
941 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
942 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
944 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
946 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
948 * from Martin Michlmayr
949 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
950 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
951 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
953 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
955 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
957 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
959 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
960 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
961 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
964 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
966 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
969 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
971 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
974 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
976 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
977 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
978 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
979 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
980 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
981 talking about uploading to distributions
982 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
983 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
984 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
986 - French translation updated
988 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
989 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
990 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
992 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
994 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
997 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
998 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1001 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1003 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1006 * fix a typo in a link
1007 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1008 update documentation accordingly
1010 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1011 forwarding bugs upstream
1013 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1014 entities which should be used
1015 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1016 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1018 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1020 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1022 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1023 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1024 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1025 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1027 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1030 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1032 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1034 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1036 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1037 this translation needs updating
1038 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1039 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1040 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1042 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1043 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1044 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1046 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1047 included yet, however
1049 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1051 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1053 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1055 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1056 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1058 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1060 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1062 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1064 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1065 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1066 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1068 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1070 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1072 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1075 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1076 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1077 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1078 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1079 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1080 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1081 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1082 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1083 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1084 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1085 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1086 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1088 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1089 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1090 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1091 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1092 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1094 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1096 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1097 * update copyright notice for 2001
1098 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1099 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1100 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1102 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1104 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1106 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1108 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1110 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1112 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1114 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1116 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1117 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1119 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1120 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1121 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1122 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1123 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1124 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1125 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1126 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1127 could be used if necessary
1128 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1129 mention the rsync dupload method
1130 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1132 * other small corrections
1133 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1134 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1135 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1136 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1138 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1140 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1141 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1143 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1145 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1147 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1148 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1149 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1150 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1152 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1153 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1154 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1155 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1156 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1158 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1160 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1161 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1162 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1163 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1164 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1165 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1166 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1168 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1169 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1170 - added a section about the LDAP database
1171 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1172 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1174 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1175 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1177 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1179 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1181 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1182 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1183 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1185 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1186 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1187 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1188 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1189 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1190 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1191 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1192 description from developers-reference.sgml
1194 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1196 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1198 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1199 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1201 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1203 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1204 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1205 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1206 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1207 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1208 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1209 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1210 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1211 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1212 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1214 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1215 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1216 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1217 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1219 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1220 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1221 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1222 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1223 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1224 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1225 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1226 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1227 suggestion from James Troup
1228 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1229 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1230 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1231 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1234 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1236 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1238 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1239 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1241 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1243 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1245 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1246 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1247 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1248 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1249 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1250 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1251 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1253 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1255 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1257 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1258 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1259 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1260 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1261 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1262 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1264 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1265 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1267 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1269 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1271 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1273 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1275 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1276 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1277 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1278 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1279 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1281 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1282 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1283 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1284 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1286 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1287 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1288 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1289 a normal developer may have access.
1291 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1293 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1295 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1296 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1297 step all over each other
1299 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1301 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1303 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1304 address for PGP key updates
1306 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1308 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1310 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1311 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1312 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1313 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1314 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1316 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1318 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1320 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1321 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1322 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1323 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1324 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1325 <keyring-maint> instead)
1326 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1327 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1329 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1331 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1332 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1333 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1335 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1337 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1339 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1340 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1341 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1342 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1343 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1344 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1346 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1347 tighten up the language a bit
1348 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1349 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1350 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1351 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1353 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1354 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1355 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1356 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1357 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1358 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1360 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1361 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1362 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1363 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1364 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1365 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1366 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1367 number of available packages
1368 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1369 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1371 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1373 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1375 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1378 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1380 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1382 * not officially released
1383 * more spelling corrections
1384 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1386 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1388 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1390 * not officially released
1391 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1392 * some PGP-centricity removed
1393 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1394 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1395 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1396 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1397 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1398 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1400 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1402 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1404 * not officially released
1405 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1406 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1407 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1408 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1409 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1410 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1411 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1412 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1413 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1414 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1415 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1416 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1417 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1418 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1420 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1421 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1423 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1425 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1426 take a couple of weeks
1427 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1428 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1429 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1430 excited about it and can't wait
1431 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1432 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1434 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1435 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1437 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1438 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1439 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1441 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1443 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1445 * move to 3-level version number:
1446 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1447 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1448 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1449 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1450 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1453 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1454 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1455 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1457 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1459 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1460 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1461 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1462 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1463 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1464 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1466 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1468 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1469 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1470 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1471 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1472 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1473 - "The CVS server": new section added
1474 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1476 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1477 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1478 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1479 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1480 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1481 with respect to GPG.
1482 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1483 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1484 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1485 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1486 a canonical location?)
1487 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1488 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1489 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1490 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1492 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1494 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1495 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1496 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1497 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1499 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1501 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1503 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1504 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1505 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1506 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1507 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1508 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1509 and should not be included in this Reference.
1510 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1511 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1512 maintainer tools only!
1513 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1514 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1515 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1516 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1517 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1518 * Little corrections here and there.
1519 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1520 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1523 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1525 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1527 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1528 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1529 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1531 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1532 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1533 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1534 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1535 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1536 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1537 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1538 do prior to uploading
1539 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1540 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1542 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1543 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1544 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1545 duties with respect to bugs
1546 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1547 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1548 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1550 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1551 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1552 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1553 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1554 explicit what is used to build this package
1556 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1558 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1561 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1562 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1563 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1564 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1565 * utilize the new URL tag
1566 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1569 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1571 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1573 * non-maintainer release
1574 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1575 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1576 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1577 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1578 text, it can't hurt you.)
1579 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1580 reflect this packages version number
1581 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1583 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1585 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1589 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1591 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1593 * New version numbering scheme:
1595 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1596 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1597 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1600 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1601 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1602 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1603 differ between the manuals.
1605 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1606 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1607 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1608 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1610 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1611 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1613 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1615 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1617 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1619 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1621 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1622 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1624 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1625 (as requested by James Troup)
1627 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1629 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1631 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1633 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1635 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1637 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1639 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1641 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1642 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1643 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1644 the non-maintainer release
1646 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1647 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1648 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1651 - Lots of typos fixed
1653 * Compressed SGML source code
1655 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1656 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1658 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1660 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1662 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1664 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1665 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1666 - Announcing package uploads
1667 * New section about Debian Mentors
1668 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1669 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1670 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1671 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1673 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1675 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1677 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1678 of our FTP server and the development process
1679 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1680 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1681 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1683 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1684 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1685 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1686 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1687 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1688 contacting the maintainer
1689 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1690 a new manual released soon)
1691 * Some minor changes
1692 * Include SGML source in package
1693 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1694 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1696 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1698 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1702 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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