1 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
4 - bump standards-version to 3.7.2 (no change)
6 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
7 - add pdf for French version.
8 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
9 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
10 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
11 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
12 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
13 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
14 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
15 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
16 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
19 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:41:41 -0600
21 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
23 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
25 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
26 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
28 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
29 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
30 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
32 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
33 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
34 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
36 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
37 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
38 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
39 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
40 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
41 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
42 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
43 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
44 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
45 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
46 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
47 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
49 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
50 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
51 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
52 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
53 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
54 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
55 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
56 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
57 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
58 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
62 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
64 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
66 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
69 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
70 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
71 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
72 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
73 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
74 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
76 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
78 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
80 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
82 - non-us discontinued.
83 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
85 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
86 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
87 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
88 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
89 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
90 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
91 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
92 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
93 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
94 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
95 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
96 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
97 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
98 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
99 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
100 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
101 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
102 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
104 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
105 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
107 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
110 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
112 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
114 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
117 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
118 - madison is on merkel.
119 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
120 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
121 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
122 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
123 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
124 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
126 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
127 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
128 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
129 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
130 - sync NM rules with reality.
132 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
134 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
136 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
139 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
140 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
141 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
142 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
143 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
144 - spelling, grammer fixes.
145 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
146 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
147 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
148 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
149 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
150 - add myself to uploaders.
151 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
152 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
153 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
154 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
155 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
156 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
157 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
158 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
159 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
160 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
161 - rewrote the NMU section, and
162 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
163 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
164 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
165 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
166 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
167 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
168 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
169 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
171 - Security uploads get urgency=high
172 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
174 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
176 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
178 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
181 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
182 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
183 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
184 - documented Alioth, somewhat
186 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
187 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
189 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
190 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
191 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
192 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
196 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
198 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
199 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
200 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
201 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
204 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
206 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
209 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
211 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
212 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
213 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
215 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
216 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
217 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
218 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
221 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
223 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
224 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
225 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
226 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
227 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
229 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
230 it clear these are special cases
231 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
233 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
235 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
237 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
240 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
241 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
243 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
245 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
247 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
250 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
252 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
253 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
254 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
256 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
257 - the synopsis formula changed to either
258 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
260 <package-name> is <synopsis>
262 <package-name> are <synopsis>
264 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
265 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
266 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
267 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
268 package; closes: #187143
270 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
272 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
275 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
276 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
278 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
280 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
281 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
282 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
283 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
284 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
285 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
286 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
287 right places in the document, closes: #172897
288 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
292 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
294 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
295 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
296 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
297 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
298 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
299 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
300 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
302 - editorial changes on material added in this version
303 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
304 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
305 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
306 closes: #139957, #108416
307 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
308 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
310 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
312 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
315 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
317 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
318 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
319 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
320 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
322 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
323 for best practices for documentation
324 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
325 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
326 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
327 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
329 - spell-checking pass
331 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
333 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
336 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
337 descriptions" moved under there
338 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
339 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
340 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
341 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
342 the document where these tools are discussed
343 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
344 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
345 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
346 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
347 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
348 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
350 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
351 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
352 that can be fixed by DDP folks
353 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
354 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
355 - simply PS and PDF building rules
357 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
359 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
362 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
363 section and adjusted links
364 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
366 - ChangeLog attribution updates
367 - fix typos, closes: #171781
368 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
369 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
370 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
371 for debian/rules", and write an intro
372 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
373 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
374 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
375 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
376 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
377 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
378 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
379 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
380 "Internationalization"
381 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
382 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
383 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
384 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
385 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
386 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
387 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
388 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
389 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
391 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
392 rather useless and broken
393 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
394 names and the first word
395 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
396 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
397 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
399 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
400 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
401 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
403 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
405 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
408 - DDP publishing update
410 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
411 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
412 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
413 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
415 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
417 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
420 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
421 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
422 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
424 - added myself as co-author
425 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
427 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
428 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
430 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
431 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
433 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
435 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
438 - Corrected several errors with —
439 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
440 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
441 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
442 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
443 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
444 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
445 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
447 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
448 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
449 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
450 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
451 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
452 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
453 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
454 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
455 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
457 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
458 descriptions". closes: #158609
459 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
460 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
461 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
462 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
463 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
465 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
466 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
467 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
468 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
469 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
470 - updated the mailing lists section
472 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
473 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
476 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
478 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
481 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
482 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
484 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
486 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
487 Ch "The Debian Archive"
489 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
491 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
492 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
493 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
494 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
495 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
497 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
498 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
499 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
500 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
501 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
502 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
503 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
505 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
506 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
509 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
510 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
511 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
512 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
513 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
514 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
515 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
516 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
517 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
518 work-around with <...>
519 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
520 - update copyright date
521 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
522 - spell check and grammar corrections
526 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
528 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
529 recompile"; closes: #102626
530 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
531 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
532 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
533 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
534 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
536 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
537 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
538 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
540 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
542 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
543 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
544 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
545 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
546 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
547 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
548 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
549 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
550 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
552 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
554 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
556 - updated the list of available architectures.
557 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
558 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
559 of the package and nothing more.
560 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
561 any pain to the ftpmasters.
562 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
563 the use of the delayed queue.
564 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
565 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
567 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
568 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
569 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
570 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
571 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
572 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
573 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
575 - new Sec "Documentation"
576 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
577 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
578 "Being kind to porter" too
579 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
580 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
581 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
582 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
583 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
585 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
586 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
589 - update French translation
591 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
593 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
596 - some grammar corrections
597 - update French translation
599 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
600 anymore; closes: #135559
601 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
603 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
605 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
606 that would be welcome)
607 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
608 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
609 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
610 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
611 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
612 - other minor wording changes
613 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
614 - Ch "Package uploads":
615 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
616 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
617 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
618 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
619 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
620 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
621 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
623 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
625 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
627 * from Martin Michlmayr
628 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
629 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
630 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
632 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
634 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
636 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
638 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
639 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
640 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
643 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
645 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
648 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
650 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
653 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
655 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
656 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
657 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
658 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
659 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
660 talking about uploading to distributions
661 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
662 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
663 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
665 - French translation updated
667 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
668 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
669 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
671 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
673 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
676 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
677 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
680 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
682 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
685 * fix a typo in a link
686 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
687 update documentation accordingly
689 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
690 forwarding bugs upstream
692 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
693 entities which should be used
694 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
695 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
697 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
699 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
701 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
702 * French version: completely up-to-date now
703 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
704 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
706 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
709 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
711 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
713 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
715 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
716 this translation needs updating
717 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
718 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
719 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
721 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
722 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
723 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
725 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
726 included yet, however
728 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
730 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
732 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
734 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
735 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
737 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
739 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
741 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
743 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
744 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
745 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
747 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
749 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
751 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
754 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
755 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
756 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
757 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
758 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
759 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
760 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
761 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
762 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
763 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
764 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
765 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
767 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
768 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
769 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
770 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
771 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
773 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
775 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
776 * update copyright notice for 2001
777 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
778 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
779 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
781 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
783 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
785 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
787 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
789 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
791 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
793 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
795 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
796 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
798 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
799 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
800 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
801 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
802 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
803 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
804 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
805 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
806 could be used if necessary
807 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
808 mention the rsync dupload method
809 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
811 * other small corrections
812 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
813 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
814 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
815 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
817 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
819 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
820 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
822 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
824 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
826 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
827 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
828 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
829 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
831 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
832 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
833 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
834 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
835 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
837 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
839 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
840 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
841 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
842 team (closes: Bug#52906)
843 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
844 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
845 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
847 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
848 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
849 - added a section about the LDAP database
850 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
851 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
853 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
854 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
856 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
858 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
860 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
861 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
862 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
864 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
865 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
866 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
867 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
868 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
869 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
870 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
871 description from developers-reference.sgml
873 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
875 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
877 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
878 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
880 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
882 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
883 releases are available at archive.debian.org
884 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
885 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
886 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
887 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
888 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
889 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
890 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
891 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
893 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
894 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
895 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
896 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
898 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
899 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
900 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
901 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
902 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
903 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
904 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
905 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
906 suggestion from James Troup
907 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
908 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
909 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
910 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
913 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
915 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
917 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
918 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
920 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
922 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
924 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
925 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
926 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
927 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
928 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
929 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
930 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
932 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
934 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
936 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
937 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
938 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
939 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
940 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
941 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
943 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
944 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
946 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
948 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
950 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
952 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
954 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
955 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
956 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
957 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
958 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
960 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
961 with intro; demoted server sections under that
962 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
963 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
965 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
966 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
967 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
968 a normal developer may have access.
970 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
972 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
974 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
975 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
976 step all over each other
978 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
980 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
982 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
983 address for PGP key updates
985 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
987 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
989 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
990 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
991 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
992 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
993 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
995 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
997 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
999 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1000 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1001 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1002 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1003 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1004 <keyring-maint> instead)
1005 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1006 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1008 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1010 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1011 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1012 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1014 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1016 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1018 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1019 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1020 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1021 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1022 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1023 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1025 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1026 tighten up the language a bit
1027 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1028 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1029 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1030 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1032 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1033 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1034 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1035 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1036 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1037 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1039 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1040 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1041 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1042 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1043 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1044 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1045 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1046 number of available packages
1047 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1048 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1050 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1052 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1054 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1057 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1059 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1061 * not officially released
1062 * more spelling corrections
1063 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1065 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1067 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1069 * not officially released
1070 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1071 * some PGP-centricity removed
1072 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1073 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1074 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1075 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1076 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1077 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1079 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1081 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1083 * not officially released
1084 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1085 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1086 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1087 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1088 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1089 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1090 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1091 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1092 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1093 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1094 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1095 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1096 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1097 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1099 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1100 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1102 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1104 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1105 take a couple of weeks
1106 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1107 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1108 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1109 excited about it and can't wait
1110 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1111 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1113 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1114 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1116 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1117 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1118 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1120 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1122 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1124 * move to 3-level version number:
1125 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1126 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1127 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1128 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1129 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1132 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1133 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1134 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1136 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1138 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1139 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1140 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1141 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1142 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1143 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1145 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1147 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1148 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1149 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1150 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1151 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1152 - "The CVS server": new section added
1153 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1155 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1156 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1157 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1158 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1159 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1160 with respect to GPG.
1161 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1162 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1163 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1164 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1165 a canonical location?)
1166 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1167 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1168 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1169 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1171 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1173 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1174 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1175 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1176 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1178 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1180 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1182 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1183 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1184 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1185 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1186 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1187 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1188 and should not be included in this Reference.
1189 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1190 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1191 maintainer tools only!
1192 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1193 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1194 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1195 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1196 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1197 * Little corrections here and there.
1198 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1199 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1202 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1204 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1206 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1207 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1208 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1210 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1211 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1212 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1213 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1214 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1215 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1216 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1217 do prior to uploading
1218 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1219 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1221 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1222 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1223 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1224 duties with respect to bugs
1225 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1226 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1227 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1229 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1230 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1231 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1232 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1233 explicit what is used to build this package
1235 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1237 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1240 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1241 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1242 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1243 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1244 * utilize the new URL tag
1245 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1248 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1250 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1252 * non-maintainer release
1253 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1254 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1255 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1256 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1257 text, it can't hurt you.)
1258 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1259 reflect this packages version number
1260 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1262 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1264 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1268 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1270 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1272 * New version numbering scheme:
1274 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1275 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1276 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1279 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1280 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1281 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1282 differ between the manuals.
1284 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1285 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1286 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1287 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1289 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1290 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1292 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1294 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1296 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1298 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1300 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1301 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1303 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1304 (as requested by James Troup)
1306 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1308 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1310 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1312 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1314 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1316 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1318 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1320 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1321 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1322 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1323 the non-maintainer release
1325 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1326 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1327 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1330 - Lots of typos fixed
1332 * Compressed SGML source code
1334 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1335 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1337 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1339 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1341 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1343 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1344 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1345 - Announcing package uploads
1346 * New section about Debian Mentors
1347 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1348 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1349 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1350 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1352 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1354 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1356 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1357 of our FTP server and the development process
1358 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1359 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1360 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1362 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1363 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1364 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1365 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1366 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1367 contacting the maintainer
1368 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1369 a new manual released soon)
1370 * Some minor changes
1371 * Include SGML source in package
1372 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1373 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1375 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1377 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1381 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200