1 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
3 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
5 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
6 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
8 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
9 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
10 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
12 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
13 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
14 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
16 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
17 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
18 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
19 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
20 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
21 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
22 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
23 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
24 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
26 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
28 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
31 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
32 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
33 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
34 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
35 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
36 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
38 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
40 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
42 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
44 - non-us discontinued.
45 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
47 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
48 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
49 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
50 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
51 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
52 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
53 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
54 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
55 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
56 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
57 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
58 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
59 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
60 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
61 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
62 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
63 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
64 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
66 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
67 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
69 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
72 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
74 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
76 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
79 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
80 - madison is on merkel.
81 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
82 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
83 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
84 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
85 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
86 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
88 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
89 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
90 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
91 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
92 - sync NM rules with reality.
94 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
96 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
98 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
101 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
102 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
103 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
104 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
105 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
106 - spelling, grammer fixes.
107 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
108 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
109 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
110 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
111 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
112 - add myself to uploaders.
113 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
114 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
115 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
116 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
117 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
118 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
119 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
120 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
121 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
122 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
123 - rewrote the NMU section, and
124 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
125 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
126 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
127 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
128 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
129 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
130 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
131 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
133 - Security uploads get urgency=high
134 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
136 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
138 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
140 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
143 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
144 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
145 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
146 - documented Alioth, somewhat
148 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
149 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
151 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
152 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
153 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
154 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
158 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
160 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
161 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
162 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
163 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
166 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
168 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
171 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
173 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
174 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
175 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
177 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
178 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
179 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
180 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
183 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
185 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
186 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
187 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
188 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
189 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
191 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
192 it clear these are special cases
193 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
195 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
197 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
199 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
202 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
203 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
205 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
207 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
209 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
212 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
214 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
215 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
216 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
218 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
219 - the synopsis formula changed to either
220 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
222 <package-name> is <synopsis>
224 <package-name> are <synopsis>
226 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
227 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
228 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
229 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
230 package; closes: #187143
232 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
234 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
237 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
238 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
240 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
242 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
243 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
244 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
245 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
246 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
247 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
248 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
249 right places in the document, closes: #172897
250 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
254 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
256 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
257 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
258 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
259 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
260 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
261 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
262 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
264 - editorial changes on material added in this version
265 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
266 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
267 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
268 closes: #139957, #108416
269 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
270 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
272 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
274 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
277 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
279 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
280 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
281 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
282 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
284 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
285 for best practices for documentation
286 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
287 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
288 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
289 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
291 - spell-checking pass
293 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
295 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
298 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
299 descriptions" moved under there
300 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
301 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
302 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
303 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
304 the document where these tools are discussed
305 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
306 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
307 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
308 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
309 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
310 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
312 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
313 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
314 that can be fixed by DDP folks
315 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
316 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
317 - simply PS and PDF building rules
319 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
321 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
324 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
325 section and adjusted links
326 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
328 - ChangeLog attribution updates
329 - fix typos, closes: #171781
330 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
331 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
332 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
333 for debian/rules", and write an intro
334 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
335 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
336 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
337 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
338 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
339 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
340 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
341 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
342 "Internationalization"
343 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
344 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
345 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
346 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
347 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
348 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
349 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
350 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
351 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
353 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
354 rather useless and broken
355 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
356 names and the first word
357 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
358 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
359 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
361 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
362 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
363 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
365 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
367 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
370 - DDP publishing update
372 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
373 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
374 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
375 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
377 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
379 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
382 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
383 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
384 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
386 - added myself as co-author
387 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
389 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
390 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
392 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
393 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
395 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
397 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
400 - Corrected several errors with —
401 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
402 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
403 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
404 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
405 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
406 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
407 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
409 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
410 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
411 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
412 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
413 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
414 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
415 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
416 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
417 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
419 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
420 descriptions". closes: #158609
421 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
422 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
423 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
424 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
425 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
427 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
428 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
429 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
430 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
431 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
432 - updated the mailing lists section
434 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
435 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
438 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
440 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
443 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
444 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
446 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
448 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
449 Ch "The Debian Archive"
451 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
453 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
454 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
455 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
456 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
457 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
459 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
460 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
461 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
462 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
463 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
464 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
465 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
467 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
468 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
471 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
472 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
473 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
474 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
475 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
476 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
477 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
478 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
479 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
480 work-around with <...>
481 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
482 - update copyright date
483 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
484 - spell check and grammar corrections
488 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
490 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
491 recompile"; closes: #102626
492 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
493 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
494 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
495 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
496 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
498 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
499 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
500 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
502 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
504 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
505 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
506 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
507 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
508 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
509 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
510 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
511 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
512 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
514 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
516 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
518 - updated the list of available architectures.
519 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
520 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
521 of the package and nothing more.
522 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
523 any pain to the ftpmasters.
524 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
525 the use of the delayed queue.
526 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
527 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
529 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
530 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
531 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
532 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
533 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
534 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
535 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
537 - new Sec "Documentation"
538 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
539 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
540 "Being kind to porter" too
541 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
542 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
543 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
544 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
545 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
547 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
548 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
551 - update French translation
553 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
555 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
558 - some grammar corrections
559 - update French translation
561 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
562 anymore; closes: #135559
563 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
565 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
567 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
568 that would be welcome)
569 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
570 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
571 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
572 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
573 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
574 - other minor wording changes
575 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
576 - Ch "Package uploads":
577 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
578 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
579 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
580 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
581 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
582 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
583 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
585 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
587 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
589 * from Martin Michlmayr
590 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
591 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
592 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
594 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
596 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
598 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
600 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
601 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
602 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
605 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
607 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
610 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
612 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
615 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
617 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
618 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
619 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
620 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
621 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
622 talking about uploading to distributions
623 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
624 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
625 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
627 - French translation updated
629 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
630 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
631 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
633 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
635 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
638 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
639 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
642 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
644 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
647 * fix a typo in a link
648 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
649 update documentation accordingly
651 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
652 forwarding bugs upstream
654 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
655 entities which should be used
656 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
657 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
659 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
661 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
663 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
664 * French version: completely up-to-date now
665 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
666 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
668 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
671 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
673 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
675 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
677 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
678 this translation needs updating
679 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
680 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
681 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
683 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
684 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
685 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
687 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
688 included yet, however
690 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
692 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
694 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
696 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
697 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
699 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
701 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
703 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
705 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
706 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
707 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
709 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
711 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
713 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
716 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
717 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
718 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
719 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
720 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
721 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
722 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
723 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
724 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
725 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
726 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
727 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
729 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
730 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
731 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
732 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
733 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
735 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
737 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
738 * update copyright notice for 2001
739 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
740 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
741 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
743 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
745 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
747 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
749 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
751 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
753 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
755 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
757 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
758 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
760 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
761 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
762 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
763 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
764 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
765 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
766 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
767 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
768 could be used if necessary
769 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
770 mention the rsync dupload method
771 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
773 * other small corrections
774 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
775 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
776 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
777 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
779 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
781 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
782 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
784 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
786 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
788 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
789 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
790 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
791 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
793 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
794 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
795 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
796 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
797 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
799 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
801 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
802 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
803 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
804 team (closes: Bug#52906)
805 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
806 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
807 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
809 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
810 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
811 - added a section about the LDAP database
812 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
813 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
815 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
816 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
818 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
820 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
822 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
823 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
824 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
826 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
827 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
828 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
829 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
830 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
831 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
832 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
833 description from developers-reference.sgml
835 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
837 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
839 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
840 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
842 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
844 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
845 releases are available at archive.debian.org
846 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
847 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
848 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
849 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
850 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
851 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
852 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
853 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
855 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
856 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
857 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
858 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
860 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
861 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
862 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
863 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
864 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
865 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
866 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
867 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
868 suggestion from James Troup
869 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
870 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
871 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
872 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
875 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
877 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
879 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
880 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
882 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
884 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
886 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
887 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
888 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
889 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
890 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
891 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
892 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
894 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
896 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
898 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
899 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
900 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
901 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
902 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
903 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
905 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
906 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
908 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
910 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
912 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
914 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
916 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
917 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
918 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
919 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
920 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
922 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
923 with intro; demoted server sections under that
924 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
925 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
927 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
928 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
929 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
930 a normal developer may have access.
932 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
934 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
936 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
937 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
938 step all over each other
940 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
942 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
944 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
945 address for PGP key updates
947 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
949 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
951 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
952 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
953 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
954 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
955 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
957 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
959 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
961 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
962 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
963 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
964 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
965 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
966 <keyring-maint> instead)
967 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
968 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
970 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
972 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
973 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
974 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
976 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
978 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
980 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
981 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
982 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
983 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
984 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
985 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
987 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
988 tighten up the language a bit
989 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
990 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
991 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
992 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
994 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
995 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
996 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
997 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
998 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
999 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1001 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1002 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1003 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1004 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1005 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1006 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1007 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1008 number of available packages
1009 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1010 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1012 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1014 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1016 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1019 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1021 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1023 * not officially released
1024 * more spelling corrections
1025 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1027 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1029 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1031 * not officially released
1032 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1033 * some PGP-centricity removed
1034 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1035 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1036 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1037 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1038 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1039 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1041 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1043 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1045 * not officially released
1046 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1047 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1048 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1049 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1050 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1051 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1052 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1053 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1054 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1055 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1056 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1057 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1058 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1059 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1061 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1062 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1064 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1066 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1067 take a couple of weeks
1068 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1069 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1070 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1071 excited about it and can't wait
1072 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1073 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1075 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1076 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1078 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1079 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1080 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1082 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1084 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1086 * move to 3-level version number:
1087 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1088 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1089 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1090 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1091 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1094 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1095 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1096 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1098 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1100 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1101 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1102 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1103 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1104 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1105 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1107 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1109 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1110 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1111 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1112 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1113 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1114 - "The CVS server": new section added
1115 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1117 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1118 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1119 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1120 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1121 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1122 with respect to GPG.
1123 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1124 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1125 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1126 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1127 a canonical location?)
1128 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1129 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1130 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1131 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1133 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1135 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1136 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1137 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1138 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1140 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1142 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1144 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1145 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1146 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1147 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1148 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1149 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1150 and should not be included in this Reference.
1151 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1152 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1153 maintainer tools only!
1154 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1155 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1156 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1157 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1158 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1159 * Little corrections here and there.
1160 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1161 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1164 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1166 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1168 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1169 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1170 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1172 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1173 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1174 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1175 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1176 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1177 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1178 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1179 do prior to uploading
1180 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1181 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1183 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1184 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1185 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1186 duties with respect to bugs
1187 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1188 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1189 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1191 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1192 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1193 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1194 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1195 explicit what is used to build this package
1197 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1199 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1202 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1203 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1204 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1205 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1206 * utilize the new URL tag
1207 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1210 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1212 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1214 * non-maintainer release
1215 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1216 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1217 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1218 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1219 text, it can't hurt you.)
1220 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1221 reflect this packages version number
1222 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1224 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1226 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1230 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1232 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1234 * New version numbering scheme:
1236 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1237 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1238 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1241 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1242 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1243 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1244 differ between the manuals.
1246 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1247 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1248 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1249 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1251 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1252 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1254 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1256 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1258 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1260 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1262 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1263 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1265 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1266 (as requested by James Troup)
1268 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1270 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1272 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1274 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1276 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1278 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1280 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1282 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1283 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1284 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1285 the non-maintainer release
1287 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1288 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1289 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1292 - Lots of typos fixed
1294 * Compressed SGML source code
1296 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1297 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1299 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1301 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1303 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1305 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1306 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1307 - Announcing package uploads
1308 * New section about Debian Mentors
1309 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1310 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1311 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1312 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1314 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1316 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1318 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1319 of our FTP server and the development process
1320 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1321 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1322 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1324 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1325 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1326 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1327 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1328 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1329 contacting the maintainer
1330 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1331 a new manual released soon)
1332 * Some minor changes
1333 * Include SGML source in package
1334 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1335 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1337 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1339 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1343 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200