1 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
5 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
7 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
8 - add pdf for French version.
9 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
10 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
11 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
12 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
13 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
14 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
15 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
16 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
17 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
19 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
20 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
22 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
24 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
25 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
26 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
27 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
28 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
29 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
31 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
34 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
35 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
36 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
37 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
39 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:41:41 -0600
41 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
43 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
45 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
46 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
48 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
49 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
50 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
52 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
53 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
54 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
56 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
57 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
58 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
59 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
60 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
61 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
62 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
63 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
64 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
65 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
66 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
67 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
69 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
70 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
71 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
72 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
73 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
74 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
75 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
76 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
77 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
78 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
82 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
84 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
86 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
89 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
90 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
91 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
92 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
93 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
94 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
96 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
98 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
100 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
102 - non-us discontinued.
103 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
105 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
106 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
107 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
108 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
109 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
110 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
111 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
112 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
113 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
114 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
115 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
116 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
117 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
118 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
119 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
120 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
121 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
122 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
124 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
125 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
127 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
130 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
132 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
134 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
137 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
138 - madison is on merkel.
139 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
140 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
141 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
142 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
143 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
144 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
146 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
147 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
148 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
149 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
150 - sync NM rules with reality.
152 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
154 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
156 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
159 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
160 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
161 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
162 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
163 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
164 - spelling, grammer fixes.
165 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
166 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
167 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
168 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
169 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
170 - add myself to uploaders.
171 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
172 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
173 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
174 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
175 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
176 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
177 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
178 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
179 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
180 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
181 - rewrote the NMU section, and
182 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
183 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
184 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
185 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
186 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
187 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
188 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
189 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
191 - Security uploads get urgency=high
192 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
194 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
196 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
198 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
201 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
202 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
203 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
204 - documented Alioth, somewhat
206 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
207 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
209 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
210 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
211 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
212 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
216 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
218 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
219 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
220 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
221 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
224 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
226 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
229 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
231 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
232 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
233 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
235 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
236 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
237 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
238 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
241 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
243 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
244 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
245 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
246 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
247 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
249 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
250 it clear these are special cases
251 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
253 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
255 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
257 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
260 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
261 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
263 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
265 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
267 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
270 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
272 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
273 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
274 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
276 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
277 - the synopsis formula changed to either
278 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
280 <package-name> is <synopsis>
282 <package-name> are <synopsis>
284 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
285 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
286 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
287 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
288 package; closes: #187143
290 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
292 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
295 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
296 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
298 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
300 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
301 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
302 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
303 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
304 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
305 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
306 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
307 right places in the document, closes: #172897
308 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
312 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
314 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
315 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
316 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
317 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
318 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
319 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
320 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
322 - editorial changes on material added in this version
323 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
324 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
325 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
326 closes: #139957, #108416
327 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
328 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
330 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
332 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
335 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
337 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
338 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
339 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
340 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
342 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
343 for best practices for documentation
344 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
345 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
346 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
347 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
349 - spell-checking pass
351 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
353 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
356 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
357 descriptions" moved under there
358 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
359 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
360 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
361 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
362 the document where these tools are discussed
363 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
364 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
365 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
366 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
367 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
368 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
370 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
371 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
372 that can be fixed by DDP folks
373 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
374 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
375 - simply PS and PDF building rules
377 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
379 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
382 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
383 section and adjusted links
384 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
386 - ChangeLog attribution updates
387 - fix typos, closes: #171781
388 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
389 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
390 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
391 for debian/rules", and write an intro
392 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
393 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
394 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
395 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
396 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
397 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
398 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
399 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
400 "Internationalization"
401 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
402 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
403 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
404 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
405 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
406 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
407 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
408 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
409 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
411 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
412 rather useless and broken
413 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
414 names and the first word
415 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
416 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
417 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
419 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
420 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
421 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
423 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
425 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
428 - DDP publishing update
430 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
431 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
432 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
433 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
435 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
437 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
440 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
441 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
442 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
444 - added myself as co-author
445 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
447 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
448 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
450 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
451 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
453 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
455 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
458 - Corrected several errors with —
459 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
460 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
461 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
462 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
463 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
464 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
465 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
467 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
468 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
469 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
470 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
471 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
472 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
473 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
474 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
475 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
477 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
478 descriptions". closes: #158609
479 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
480 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
481 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
482 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
483 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
485 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
486 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
487 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
488 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
489 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
490 - updated the mailing lists section
492 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
493 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
496 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
498 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
501 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
502 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
504 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
506 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
507 Ch "The Debian Archive"
509 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
511 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
512 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
513 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
514 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
515 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
517 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
518 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
519 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
520 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
521 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
522 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
523 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
525 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
526 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
529 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
530 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
531 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
532 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
533 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
534 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
535 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
536 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
537 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
538 work-around with <...>
539 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
540 - update copyright date
541 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
542 - spell check and grammar corrections
546 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
548 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
549 recompile"; closes: #102626
550 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
551 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
552 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
553 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
554 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
556 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
557 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
558 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
560 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
562 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
563 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
564 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
565 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
566 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
567 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
568 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
569 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
570 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
572 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
574 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
576 - updated the list of available architectures.
577 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
578 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
579 of the package and nothing more.
580 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
581 any pain to the ftpmasters.
582 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
583 the use of the delayed queue.
584 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
585 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
587 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
588 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
589 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
590 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
591 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
592 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
593 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
595 - new Sec "Documentation"
596 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
597 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
598 "Being kind to porter" too
599 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
600 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
601 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
602 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
603 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
605 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
606 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
609 - update French translation
611 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
613 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
616 - some grammar corrections
617 - update French translation
619 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
620 anymore; closes: #135559
621 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
623 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
625 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
626 that would be welcome)
627 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
628 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
629 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
630 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
631 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
632 - other minor wording changes
633 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
634 - Ch "Package uploads":
635 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
636 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
637 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
638 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
639 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
640 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
641 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
643 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
645 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
647 * from Martin Michlmayr
648 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
649 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
650 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
652 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
654 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
656 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
658 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
659 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
660 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
663 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
665 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
668 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
670 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
673 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
675 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
676 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
677 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
678 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
679 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
680 talking about uploading to distributions
681 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
682 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
683 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
685 - French translation updated
687 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
688 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
689 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
691 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
693 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
696 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
697 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
700 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
702 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
705 * fix a typo in a link
706 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
707 update documentation accordingly
709 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
710 forwarding bugs upstream
712 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
713 entities which should be used
714 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
715 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
717 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
719 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
721 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
722 * French version: completely up-to-date now
723 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
724 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
726 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
729 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
731 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
733 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
735 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
736 this translation needs updating
737 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
738 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
739 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
741 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
742 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
743 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
745 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
746 included yet, however
748 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
750 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
752 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
754 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
755 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
757 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
759 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
761 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
763 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
764 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
765 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
767 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
769 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
771 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
774 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
775 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
776 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
777 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
778 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
779 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
780 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
781 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
782 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
783 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
784 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
785 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
787 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
788 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
789 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
790 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
791 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
793 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
795 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
796 * update copyright notice for 2001
797 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
798 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
799 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
801 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
803 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
805 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
807 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
809 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
811 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
813 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
815 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
816 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
818 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
819 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
820 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
821 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
822 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
823 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
824 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
825 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
826 could be used if necessary
827 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
828 mention the rsync dupload method
829 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
831 * other small corrections
832 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
833 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
834 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
835 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
837 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
839 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
840 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
842 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
844 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
846 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
847 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
848 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
849 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
851 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
852 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
853 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
854 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
855 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
857 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
859 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
860 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
861 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
862 team (closes: Bug#52906)
863 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
864 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
865 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
867 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
868 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
869 - added a section about the LDAP database
870 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
871 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
873 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
874 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
876 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
878 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
880 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
881 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
882 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
884 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
885 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
886 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
887 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
888 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
889 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
890 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
891 description from developers-reference.sgml
893 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
895 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
897 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
898 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
900 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
902 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
903 releases are available at archive.debian.org
904 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
905 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
906 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
907 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
908 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
909 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
910 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
911 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
913 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
914 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
915 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
916 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
918 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
919 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
920 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
921 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
922 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
923 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
924 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
925 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
926 suggestion from James Troup
927 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
928 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
929 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
930 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
933 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
935 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
937 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
938 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
940 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
942 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
944 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
945 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
946 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
947 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
948 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
949 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
950 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
952 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
954 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
956 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
957 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
958 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
959 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
960 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
961 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
963 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
964 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
966 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
968 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
970 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
972 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
974 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
975 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
976 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
977 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
978 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
980 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
981 with intro; demoted server sections under that
982 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
983 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
985 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
986 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
987 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
988 a normal developer may have access.
990 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
992 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
994 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
995 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
996 step all over each other
998 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1000 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1002 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1003 address for PGP key updates
1005 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1007 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1009 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1010 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1011 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1012 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1013 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1015 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1017 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1019 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1020 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1021 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1022 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1023 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1024 <keyring-maint> instead)
1025 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1026 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1028 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1030 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1031 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1032 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1034 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1036 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1038 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1039 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1040 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1041 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1042 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1043 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1045 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1046 tighten up the language a bit
1047 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1048 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1049 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1050 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1052 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1053 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1054 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1055 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1056 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1057 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1059 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1060 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1061 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1062 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1063 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1064 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1065 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1066 number of available packages
1067 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1068 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1070 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1072 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1074 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1077 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1079 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1081 * not officially released
1082 * more spelling corrections
1083 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1085 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1087 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1089 * not officially released
1090 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1091 * some PGP-centricity removed
1092 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1093 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1094 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1095 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1096 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1097 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1099 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1101 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1103 * not officially released
1104 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1105 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1106 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1107 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1108 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1109 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1110 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1111 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1112 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1113 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1114 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1115 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1116 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1117 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1119 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1120 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1122 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1124 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1125 take a couple of weeks
1126 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1127 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1128 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1129 excited about it and can't wait
1130 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1131 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1133 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1134 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1136 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1137 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1138 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1140 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1142 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1144 * move to 3-level version number:
1145 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1146 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1147 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1148 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1149 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1152 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1153 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1154 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1156 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1158 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1159 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1160 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1161 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1162 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1163 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1165 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1167 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1168 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1169 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1170 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1171 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1172 - "The CVS server": new section added
1173 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1175 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1176 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1177 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1178 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1179 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1180 with respect to GPG.
1181 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1182 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1183 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1184 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1185 a canonical location?)
1186 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1187 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1188 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1189 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1191 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1193 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1194 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1195 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1196 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1198 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1200 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1202 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1203 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1204 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1205 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1206 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1207 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1208 and should not be included in this Reference.
1209 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1210 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1211 maintainer tools only!
1212 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1213 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1214 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1215 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1216 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1217 * Little corrections here and there.
1218 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1219 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1222 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1224 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1226 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1227 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1228 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1230 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1231 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1232 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1233 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1234 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1235 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1236 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1237 do prior to uploading
1238 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1239 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1241 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1242 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1243 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1244 duties with respect to bugs
1245 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1246 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1247 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1249 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1250 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1251 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1252 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1253 explicit what is used to build this package
1255 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1257 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1260 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1261 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1262 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1263 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1264 * utilize the new URL tag
1265 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1268 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1270 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1272 * non-maintainer release
1273 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1274 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1275 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1276 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1277 text, it can't hurt you.)
1278 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1279 reflect this packages version number
1280 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1282 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1284 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1288 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1290 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1292 * New version numbering scheme:
1294 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1295 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1296 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1299 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1300 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1301 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1302 differ between the manuals.
1304 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1305 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1306 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1307 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1309 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1310 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1312 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1314 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1316 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1318 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1320 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1321 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1323 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1324 (as requested by James Troup)
1326 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1328 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1330 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1332 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1334 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1336 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1338 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1340 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1341 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1342 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1343 the non-maintainer release
1345 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1346 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1347 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1350 - Lots of typos fixed
1352 * Compressed SGML source code
1354 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1355 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1357 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1359 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1361 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1363 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1364 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1365 - Announcing package uploads
1366 * New section about Debian Mentors
1367 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1368 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1369 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1370 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1372 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1374 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1376 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1377 of our FTP server and the development process
1378 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1379 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1380 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1382 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1383 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1384 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1385 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1386 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1387 contacting the maintainer
1388 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1389 a new manual released soon)
1390 * Some minor changes
1391 * Include SGML source in package
1392 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1393 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1395 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1397 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1401 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200