1 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
4 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
5 section and adjusted links
6 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
8 - ChangeLog attribution updates
9 - fix typos, closes: #171781
10 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
11 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
12 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
13 for debian/rules", and write an intro
14 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
15 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
16 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
17 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
18 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
19 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
20 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
21 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
22 "Internationalization"
23 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
24 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
25 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
26 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
27 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
28 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
29 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
30 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
31 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
33 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
34 rather useless and broken
35 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
36 names and the first word
37 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
38 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
39 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
41 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
42 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
43 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
45 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
47 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
50 - DDP publishing update
52 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
53 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
54 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
55 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
57 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
59 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
62 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
63 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
64 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
66 - added myself as co-author
67 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
69 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
70 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
72 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
73 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
75 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
77 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
80 - Corrected several errors with —
81 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
82 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
83 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
84 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
85 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
86 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
87 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
89 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
90 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
91 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
92 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
93 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
94 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
95 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
96 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
97 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
99 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
100 descriptions". closes: #158609
101 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
102 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
103 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
104 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
105 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
107 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
108 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
109 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
110 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
111 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
112 - updated the mailing lists section
114 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
115 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
118 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
120 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
123 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
124 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
126 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
128 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
129 Ch "The Debian Archive"
131 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
133 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
134 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
135 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
136 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
137 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
139 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
140 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
141 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
142 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
143 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
144 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
145 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
147 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
148 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
151 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
152 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
153 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
154 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
155 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
156 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
157 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
158 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
159 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
160 work-around with <...>
161 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
162 - update copyright date
163 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
164 - spell check and grammar corrections
168 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
170 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
171 recompile"; closes: #102626
172 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
173 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
174 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
175 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
176 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
178 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
179 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
180 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
182 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
184 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
185 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
186 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
187 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
188 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
189 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
190 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
191 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
192 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
194 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
196 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
198 - updated the list of available architectures.
199 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
200 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
201 of the package and nothing more.
202 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
203 any pain to the ftpmasters.
204 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
205 the use of the delayed queue.
206 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
207 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
209 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
210 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
211 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
212 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
213 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
214 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
215 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
217 - new Sec "Documentation"
218 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
219 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
220 "Being kind to porter" too
221 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
222 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
223 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
224 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
225 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
227 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
228 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
231 - update French translation
233 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
235 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
238 - some grammar corrections
239 - update French translation
241 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
242 anymore; closes: #135559
243 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
245 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
247 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
248 that would be welcome)
249 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
250 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
251 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
252 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
253 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
254 - other minor wording changes
255 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
256 - Ch "Package uploads":
257 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
258 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
259 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
260 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
261 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
262 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
263 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
265 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
267 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
269 * from Martin Michlmayr
270 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
271 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
272 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
274 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
276 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
278 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
280 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
281 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
282 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
285 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
287 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
290 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
292 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
295 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
297 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
298 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
299 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
300 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
301 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
302 talking about uploading to distributions
303 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
304 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
305 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
307 - French translation updated
309 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
310 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
311 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
313 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
315 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
318 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
319 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
322 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
324 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
327 * fix a typo in a link
328 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
329 update documentation accordingly
331 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
332 forwarding bugs upstream
334 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
335 entities which should be used
336 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
337 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
339 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
341 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
343 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
344 * French version: completely up-to-date now
345 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
346 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
348 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
351 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
353 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
355 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
357 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
358 this translation needs updating
359 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
360 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
361 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
363 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
364 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
365 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
367 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
368 included yet, however
370 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
372 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
374 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
376 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
377 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
379 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
381 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
383 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
385 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
386 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
387 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
389 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
391 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
393 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
396 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
397 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
398 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
399 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
400 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
401 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
402 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
403 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
404 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
405 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
406 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
407 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
409 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
410 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
411 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
412 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
413 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
415 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
417 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
418 * update copyright notice for 2001
419 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
420 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
421 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
423 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
425 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
427 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
429 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
431 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
433 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
435 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
437 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
438 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
440 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
441 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
442 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
443 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
444 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
445 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
446 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
447 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
448 could be used if necessary
449 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
450 mention the rsync dupload method
451 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
453 * other small corrections
454 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
455 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
456 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
457 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
459 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
461 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
462 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
464 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
466 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
468 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
469 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
470 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
471 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
473 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
474 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
475 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
476 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
477 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
479 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
481 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
482 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
483 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
484 team (closes: Bug#52906)
485 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
486 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
487 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
489 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
490 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
491 - added a section about the LDAP database
492 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
493 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
495 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
496 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
498 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
500 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
502 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
503 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
504 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
506 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
507 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
508 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
509 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
510 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
511 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
512 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
513 description from developers-reference.sgml
515 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
517 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
519 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
520 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
522 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
524 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
525 releases are available at archive.debian.org
526 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
527 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
528 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
529 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
530 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
531 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
532 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
533 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
535 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
536 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
537 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
538 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
540 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
541 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
542 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
543 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
544 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
545 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
546 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
547 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
548 suggestion from James Troup
549 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
550 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
551 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
552 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
555 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
557 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
559 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
560 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
562 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
564 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
566 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
567 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
568 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
569 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
570 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
571 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
572 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
574 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
576 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
578 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
579 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
580 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
581 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
582 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
583 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
585 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
586 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
588 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
590 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
592 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
594 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
596 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
597 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
598 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
599 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
600 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
602 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
603 with intro; demoted server sections under that
604 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
605 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
607 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
608 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
609 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
610 a normal developer may have access.
612 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
614 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
616 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
617 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
618 step all over each other
620 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
622 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
624 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
625 address for PGP key updates
627 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
629 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
631 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
632 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
633 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
634 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
635 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
637 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
639 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
641 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
642 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
643 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
644 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
645 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
646 <keyring-maint> instead)
647 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
648 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
650 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
652 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
653 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
654 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
656 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
658 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
660 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
661 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
662 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
663 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
664 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
665 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
667 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
668 tighten up the language a bit
669 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
670 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
671 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
672 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
674 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
675 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
676 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
677 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
678 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
679 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
681 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
682 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
683 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
684 about how to depart Debian gracefully
685 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
686 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
687 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
688 number of available packages
689 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
690 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
692 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
694 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
696 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
699 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
701 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
703 * not officially released
704 * more spelling corrections
705 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
707 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
709 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
711 * not officially released
712 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
713 * some PGP-centricity removed
714 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
715 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
716 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
717 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
718 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
719 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
721 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
723 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
725 * not officially released
726 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
727 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
728 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
729 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
730 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
731 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
732 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
733 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
734 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
735 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
736 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
737 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
738 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
739 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
741 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
742 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
744 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
746 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
747 take a couple of weeks
748 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
749 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
750 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
751 excited about it and can't wait
752 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
753 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
755 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
756 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
758 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
759 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
760 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
762 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
764 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
766 * move to 3-level version number:
767 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
768 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
769 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
770 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
771 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
774 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
775 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
776 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
778 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
780 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
781 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
782 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
783 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
784 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
785 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
787 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
789 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
790 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
791 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
792 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
793 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
794 - "The CVS server": new section added
795 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
797 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
798 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
799 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
800 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
801 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
803 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
804 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
805 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
806 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
807 a canonical location?)
808 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
809 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
810 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
811 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
813 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
815 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
816 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
817 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
818 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
820 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
822 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
824 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
825 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
826 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
827 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
828 them. (closes Bug#26948)
829 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
830 and should not be included in this Reference.
831 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
832 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
833 maintainer tools only!
834 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
835 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
836 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
837 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
838 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
839 * Little corrections here and there.
840 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
841 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
844 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
846 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
848 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
849 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
850 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
852 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
853 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
854 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
855 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
856 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
857 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
858 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
859 do prior to uploading
860 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
861 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
863 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
864 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
865 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
866 duties with respect to bugs
867 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
868 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
869 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
871 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
872 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
873 * grammar and markup changes throughout
874 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
875 explicit what is used to build this package
877 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
879 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
882 * version number and date are automatically populated now
883 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
884 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
885 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
886 * utilize the new URL tag
887 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
890 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
892 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
894 * non-maintainer release
895 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
896 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
897 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
898 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
899 text, it can't hurt you.)
900 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
901 reflect this packages version number
902 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
904 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
906 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
910 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
912 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
914 * New version numbering scheme:
916 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
917 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
918 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
921 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
922 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
923 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
924 differ between the manuals.
926 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
927 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
928 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
929 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
931 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
932 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
934 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
936 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
938 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
940 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
942 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
943 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
945 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
946 (as requested by James Troup)
948 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
950 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
952 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
954 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
956 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
958 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
960 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
962 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
963 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
964 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
965 the non-maintainer release
967 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
968 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
969 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
972 - Lots of typos fixed
974 * Compressed SGML source code
976 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
977 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
979 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
981 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
983 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
985 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
986 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
987 - Announcing package uploads
988 * New section about Debian Mentors
989 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
990 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
991 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
992 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
994 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
996 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
998 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
999 of our FTP server and the development process
1000 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1001 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1002 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1004 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1005 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1006 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1007 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1008 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1009 contacting the maintainer
1010 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1011 a new manual released soon)
1012 * Some minor changes
1013 * Include SGML source in package
1014 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1015 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1017 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1019 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1023 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200