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
25 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
26 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
27 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
30 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
32 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
35 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
36 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
37 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
38 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
39 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
40 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
42 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
44 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
46 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
48 - non-us discontinued.
49 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
51 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
52 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
53 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
54 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
55 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
56 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
57 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
58 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
59 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
60 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
61 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
62 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
63 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
64 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
65 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
66 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
67 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
68 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
70 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
71 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
73 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
76 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
78 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
80 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
83 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
84 - madison is on merkel.
85 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
86 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
87 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
88 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
89 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
90 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
92 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
93 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
94 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
95 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
96 - sync NM rules with reality.
98 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
100 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
102 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
105 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
106 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
107 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
108 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
109 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
110 - spelling, grammer fixes.
111 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
112 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
113 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
114 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
115 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
116 - add myself to uploaders.
117 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
118 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
119 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
120 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
121 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
122 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
123 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
124 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
125 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
126 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
127 - rewrote the NMU section, and
128 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
129 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
130 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
131 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
132 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
133 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
134 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
135 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
137 - Security uploads get urgency=high
138 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
140 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
142 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
144 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
147 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
148 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
149 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
150 - documented Alioth, somewhat
152 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
153 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
155 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
156 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
157 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
158 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
162 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
164 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
165 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
166 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
167 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
170 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
172 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
175 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
177 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
178 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
179 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
181 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
182 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
183 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
184 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
187 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
189 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
190 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
191 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
192 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
193 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
195 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
196 it clear these are special cases
197 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
199 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
201 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
203 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
206 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
207 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
209 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
211 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
213 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
216 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
218 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
219 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
220 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
222 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
223 - the synopsis formula changed to either
224 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
226 <package-name> is <synopsis>
228 <package-name> are <synopsis>
230 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
231 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
232 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
233 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
234 package; closes: #187143
236 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
238 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
241 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
242 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
244 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
246 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
247 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
248 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
249 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
250 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
251 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
252 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
253 right places in the document, closes: #172897
254 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
258 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
260 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
261 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
262 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
263 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
264 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
265 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
266 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
268 - editorial changes on material added in this version
269 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
270 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
271 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
272 closes: #139957, #108416
273 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
274 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
276 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
278 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
281 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
283 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
284 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
285 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
286 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
288 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
289 for best practices for documentation
290 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
291 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
292 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
293 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
295 - spell-checking pass
297 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
299 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
302 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
303 descriptions" moved under there
304 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
305 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
306 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
307 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
308 the document where these tools are discussed
309 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
310 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
311 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
312 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
313 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
314 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
316 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
317 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
318 that can be fixed by DDP folks
319 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
320 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
321 - simply PS and PDF building rules
323 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
325 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
328 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
329 section and adjusted links
330 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
332 - ChangeLog attribution updates
333 - fix typos, closes: #171781
334 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
335 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
336 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
337 for debian/rules", and write an intro
338 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
339 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
340 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
341 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
342 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
343 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
344 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
345 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
346 "Internationalization"
347 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
348 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
349 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
350 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
351 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
352 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
353 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
354 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
355 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
357 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
358 rather useless and broken
359 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
360 names and the first word
361 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
362 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
363 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
365 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
366 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
367 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
369 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
371 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
374 - DDP publishing update
376 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
377 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
378 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
379 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
381 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
383 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
386 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
387 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
388 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
390 - added myself as co-author
391 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
393 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
394 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
396 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
397 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
399 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
401 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
404 - Corrected several errors with —
405 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
406 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
407 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
408 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
409 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
410 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
411 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
413 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
414 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
415 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
416 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
417 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
418 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
419 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
420 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
421 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
423 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
424 descriptions". closes: #158609
425 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
426 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
427 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
428 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
429 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
431 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
432 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
433 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
434 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
435 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
436 - updated the mailing lists section
438 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
439 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
442 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
444 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
447 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
448 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
450 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
452 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
453 Ch "The Debian Archive"
455 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
457 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
458 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
459 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
460 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
461 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
463 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
464 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
465 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
466 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
467 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
468 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
469 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
471 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
472 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
475 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
476 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
477 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
478 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
479 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
480 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
481 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
482 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
483 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
484 work-around with <...>
485 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
486 - update copyright date
487 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
488 - spell check and grammar corrections
492 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
494 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
495 recompile"; closes: #102626
496 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
497 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
498 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
499 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
500 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
502 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
503 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
504 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
506 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
508 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
509 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
510 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
511 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
512 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
513 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
514 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
515 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
516 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
518 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
520 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
522 - updated the list of available architectures.
523 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
524 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
525 of the package and nothing more.
526 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
527 any pain to the ftpmasters.
528 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
529 the use of the delayed queue.
530 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
531 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
533 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
534 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
535 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
536 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
537 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
538 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
539 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
541 - new Sec "Documentation"
542 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
543 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
544 "Being kind to porter" too
545 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
546 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
547 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
548 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
549 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
551 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
552 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
555 - update French translation
557 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
559 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
562 - some grammar corrections
563 - update French translation
565 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
566 anymore; closes: #135559
567 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
569 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
571 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
572 that would be welcome)
573 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
574 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
575 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
576 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
577 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
578 - other minor wording changes
579 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
580 - Ch "Package uploads":
581 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
582 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
583 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
584 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
585 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
586 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
587 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
589 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
591 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
593 * from Martin Michlmayr
594 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
595 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
596 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
598 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
600 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
602 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
604 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
605 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
606 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
609 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
611 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
614 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
616 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
619 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
621 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
622 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
623 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
624 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
625 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
626 talking about uploading to distributions
627 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
628 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
629 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
631 - French translation updated
633 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
634 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
635 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
637 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
639 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
642 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
643 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
646 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
648 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
651 * fix a typo in a link
652 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
653 update documentation accordingly
655 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
656 forwarding bugs upstream
658 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
659 entities which should be used
660 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
661 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
663 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
665 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
667 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
668 * French version: completely up-to-date now
669 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
670 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
672 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
675 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
677 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
679 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
681 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
682 this translation needs updating
683 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
684 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
685 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
687 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
688 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
689 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
691 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
692 included yet, however
694 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
696 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
698 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
700 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
701 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
703 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
705 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
707 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
709 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
710 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
711 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
713 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
715 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
717 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
720 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
721 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
722 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
723 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
724 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
725 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
726 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
727 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
728 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
729 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
730 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
731 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
733 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
734 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
735 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
736 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
737 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
739 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
741 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
742 * update copyright notice for 2001
743 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
744 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
745 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
747 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
749 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
751 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
753 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
755 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
757 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
759 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
761 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
762 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
764 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
765 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
766 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
767 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
768 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
769 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
770 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
771 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
772 could be used if necessary
773 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
774 mention the rsync dupload method
775 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
777 * other small corrections
778 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
779 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
780 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
781 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
783 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
785 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
786 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
788 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
790 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
792 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
793 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
794 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
795 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
797 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
798 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
799 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
800 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
801 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
803 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
805 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
806 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
807 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
808 team (closes: Bug#52906)
809 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
810 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
811 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
813 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
814 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
815 - added a section about the LDAP database
816 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
817 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
819 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
820 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
822 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
824 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
826 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
827 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
828 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
830 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
831 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
832 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
833 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
834 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
835 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
836 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
837 description from developers-reference.sgml
839 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
841 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
843 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
844 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
846 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
848 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
849 releases are available at archive.debian.org
850 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
851 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
852 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
853 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
854 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
855 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
856 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
857 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
859 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
860 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
861 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
862 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
864 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
865 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
866 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
867 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
868 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
869 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
870 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
871 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
872 suggestion from James Troup
873 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
874 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
875 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
876 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
879 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
881 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
883 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
884 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
886 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
888 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
890 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
891 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
892 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
893 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
894 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
895 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
896 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
898 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
900 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
902 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
903 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
904 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
905 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
906 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
907 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
909 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
910 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
912 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
914 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
916 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
918 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
920 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
921 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
922 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
923 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
924 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
926 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
927 with intro; demoted server sections under that
928 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
929 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
931 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
932 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
933 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
934 a normal developer may have access.
936 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
938 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
940 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
941 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
942 step all over each other
944 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
946 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
948 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
949 address for PGP key updates
951 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
953 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
955 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
956 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
957 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
958 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
959 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
961 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
963 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
965 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
966 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
967 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
968 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
969 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
970 <keyring-maint> instead)
971 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
972 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
974 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
976 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
977 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
978 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
980 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
982 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
984 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
985 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
986 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
987 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
988 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
989 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
991 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
992 tighten up the language a bit
993 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
994 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
995 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
996 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
998 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
999 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1000 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1001 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1002 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1003 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1005 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1006 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1007 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1008 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1009 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1010 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1011 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1012 number of available packages
1013 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1014 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1016 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1018 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1020 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1023 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1025 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1027 * not officially released
1028 * more spelling corrections
1029 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1031 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1033 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1035 * not officially released
1036 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1037 * some PGP-centricity removed
1038 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1039 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1040 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1041 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1042 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1043 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1045 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1047 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1049 * not officially released
1050 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1051 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1052 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1053 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1054 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1055 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1056 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1057 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1058 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1059 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1060 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1061 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1062 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1063 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1065 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1066 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1068 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1070 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1071 take a couple of weeks
1072 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1073 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1074 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1075 excited about it and can't wait
1076 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1077 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1079 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1080 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1082 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1083 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1084 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1086 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1088 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1090 * move to 3-level version number:
1091 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1092 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1093 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1094 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1095 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1098 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1099 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1100 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1102 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1104 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1105 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1106 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1107 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1108 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1109 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1111 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1113 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1114 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1115 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1116 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1117 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1118 - "The CVS server": new section added
1119 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1121 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1122 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1123 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1124 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1125 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1126 with respect to GPG.
1127 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1128 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1129 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1130 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1131 a canonical location?)
1132 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1133 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1134 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1135 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1137 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1139 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1140 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1141 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1142 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1144 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1146 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1148 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1149 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1150 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1151 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1152 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1153 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1154 and should not be included in this Reference.
1155 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1156 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1157 maintainer tools only!
1158 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1159 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1160 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1161 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1162 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1163 * Little corrections here and there.
1164 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1165 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1168 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1170 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1172 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1173 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1174 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1176 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1177 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1178 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1179 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1180 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1181 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1182 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1183 do prior to uploading
1184 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1185 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1187 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1188 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1189 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1190 duties with respect to bugs
1191 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1192 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1193 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1195 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1196 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1197 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1198 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1199 explicit what is used to build this package
1201 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1203 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1206 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1207 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1208 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1209 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1210 * utilize the new URL tag
1211 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1214 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1216 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1218 * non-maintainer release
1219 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1220 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1221 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1222 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1223 text, it can't hurt you.)
1224 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1225 reflect this packages version number
1226 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1228 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1230 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1234 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1236 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1238 * New version numbering scheme:
1240 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1241 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1242 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1245 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1246 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1247 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1248 differ between the manuals.
1250 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1251 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1252 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1253 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1255 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1256 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1258 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1260 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1262 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1264 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1266 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1267 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1269 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1270 (as requested by James Troup)
1272 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1274 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1276 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1278 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1280 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1282 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1284 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1286 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1287 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1288 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1289 the non-maintainer release
1291 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1292 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1293 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1296 - Lots of typos fixed
1298 * Compressed SGML source code
1300 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1301 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1303 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1305 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1307 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1309 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1310 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1311 - Announcing package uploads
1312 * New section about Debian Mentors
1313 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1314 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1315 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1316 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1318 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1320 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1322 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1323 of our FTP server and the development process
1324 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1325 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1326 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1328 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1329 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1330 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1331 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1332 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1333 contacting the maintainer
1334 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1335 a new manual released soon)
1336 * Some minor changes
1337 * Include SGML source in package
1338 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1339 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1341 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1343 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1347 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200