1 developers-reference (3.4.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
5 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
8 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
9 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
10 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
11 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
12 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
13 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
14 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
15 patch. Closes: #540231
16 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
17 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
18 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
19 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
20 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
21 for the patch. Closes: #548823
22 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
23 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
24 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
25 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
26 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
27 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
28 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
29 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
30 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
31 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
32 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
33 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
34 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
35 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
38 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:49:40 +0900
40 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
42 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
43 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
45 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
47 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
49 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
50 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
52 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
54 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
56 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
57 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
58 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
59 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
60 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
61 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
62 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
63 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
64 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
65 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
66 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
67 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
68 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
69 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
70 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
71 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
72 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
73 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
74 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
75 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
76 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
77 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
79 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
81 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
84 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
88 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
89 The most important changes are:
90 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
91 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
94 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
95 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
96 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
97 distinction. Closes: #464230.
98 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
99 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
100 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
101 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
102 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
103 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
105 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
106 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
108 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
109 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
111 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
112 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
114 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
116 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
117 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
119 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
120 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
121 Closes: #512620, #510783.
123 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
125 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
128 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
129 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
130 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
131 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
132 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
133 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
134 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
135 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
137 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
139 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
142 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
143 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
144 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
145 release codenames in <literal>
146 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
147 doesn't exist anymore.
148 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
149 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
150 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
151 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
152 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
153 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
154 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
155 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
156 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
157 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
158 team before upload. Closes: #459343
159 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
160 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
161 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
162 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
163 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
164 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
165 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
167 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
168 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
170 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
171 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
172 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
173 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
174 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
175 Thomas. Closes: #485837
177 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
178 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
180 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
182 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
186 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
187 - fix debian/copyright
188 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
189 - add pdf for French version.
190 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
191 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
192 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
193 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
194 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
195 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
196 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
197 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
198 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
200 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
201 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
203 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
205 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
206 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
207 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
208 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
209 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
210 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
212 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
215 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
216 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
217 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
218 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
219 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
220 * Update information concerning Alioth.
221 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
222 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
224 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
225 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
227 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
230 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
232 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
234 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
236 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
237 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
239 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
240 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
241 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
243 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
244 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
245 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
247 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
248 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
249 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
250 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
251 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
252 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
253 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
254 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
255 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
256 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
257 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
258 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
260 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
261 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
262 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
263 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
264 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
265 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
266 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
267 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
268 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
269 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
273 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
275 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
277 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
280 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
281 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
282 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
283 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
284 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
285 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
287 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
289 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
291 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
293 - non-us discontinued.
294 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
296 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
297 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
298 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
299 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
300 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
301 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
302 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
303 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
304 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
305 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
306 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
307 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
308 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
309 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
310 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
311 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
312 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
313 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
315 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
316 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
318 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
321 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
323 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
325 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
328 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
329 - madison is on merkel.
330 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
331 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
332 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
333 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
334 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
335 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
337 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
338 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
339 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
340 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
341 - sync NM rules with reality.
343 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
345 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
347 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
350 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
351 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
352 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
353 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
354 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
355 - spelling, grammer fixes.
356 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
357 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
358 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
359 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
360 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
361 - add myself to uploaders.
362 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
363 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
364 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
365 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
366 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
367 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
368 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
369 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
370 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
371 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
372 - rewrote the NMU section, and
373 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
374 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
375 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
376 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
377 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
378 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
379 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
380 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
382 - Security uploads get urgency=high
383 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
385 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
387 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
389 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
392 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
393 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
394 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
395 - documented Alioth, somewhat
397 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
398 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
400 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
401 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
402 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
403 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
407 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
409 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
410 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
411 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
412 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
415 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
417 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
420 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
422 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
423 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
424 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
426 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
427 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
428 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
429 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
432 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
434 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
435 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
436 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
437 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
438 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
440 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
441 it clear these are special cases
442 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
444 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
446 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
448 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
451 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
452 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
454 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
456 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
458 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
461 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
463 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
464 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
465 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
467 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
468 - the synopsis formula changed to either
469 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
471 <package-name> is <synopsis>
473 <package-name> are <synopsis>
475 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
476 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
477 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
478 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
479 package; closes: #187143
481 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
483 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
486 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
487 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
489 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
491 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
492 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
493 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
494 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
495 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
496 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
497 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
498 right places in the document, closes: #172897
499 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
503 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
505 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
506 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
507 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
508 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
509 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
510 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
511 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
513 - editorial changes on material added in this version
514 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
515 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
516 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
517 closes: #139957, #108416
518 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
519 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
521 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
523 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
526 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
528 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
529 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
530 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
531 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
533 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
534 for best practices for documentation
535 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
536 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
537 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
538 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
540 - spell-checking pass
542 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
544 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
547 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
548 descriptions" moved under there
549 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
550 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
551 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
552 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
553 the document where these tools are discussed
554 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
555 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
556 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
557 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
558 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
559 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
561 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
562 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
563 that can be fixed by DDP folks
564 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
565 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
566 - simply PS and PDF building rules
568 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
570 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
573 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
574 section and adjusted links
575 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
577 - ChangeLog attribution updates
578 - fix typos, closes: #171781
579 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
580 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
581 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
582 for debian/rules", and write an intro
583 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
584 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
585 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
586 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
587 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
588 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
589 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
590 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
591 "Internationalization"
592 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
593 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
594 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
595 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
596 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
597 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
598 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
599 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
600 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
602 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
603 rather useless and broken
604 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
605 names and the first word
606 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
607 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
608 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
610 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
611 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
612 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
614 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
616 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
619 - DDP publishing update
621 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
622 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
623 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
624 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
626 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
628 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
631 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
632 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
633 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
635 - added myself as co-author
636 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
638 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
639 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
641 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
642 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
644 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
646 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
649 - Corrected several errors with —
650 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
651 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
652 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
653 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
654 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
655 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
656 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
658 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
659 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
660 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
661 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
662 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
663 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
664 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
665 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
666 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
668 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
669 descriptions". closes: #158609
670 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
671 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
672 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
673 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
674 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
676 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
677 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
678 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
679 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
680 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
681 - updated the mailing lists section
683 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
684 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
687 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
689 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
692 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
693 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
695 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
697 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
698 Ch "The Debian Archive"
700 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
702 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
703 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
704 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
705 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
706 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
708 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
709 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
710 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
711 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
712 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
713 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
714 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
716 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
717 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
720 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
721 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
722 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
723 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
724 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
725 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
726 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
727 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
728 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
729 work-around with <...>
730 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
731 - update copyright date
732 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
733 - spell check and grammar corrections
737 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
739 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
740 recompile"; closes: #102626
741 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
742 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
743 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
744 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
745 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
747 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
748 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
749 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
751 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
753 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
754 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
755 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
756 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
757 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
758 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
759 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
760 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
761 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
763 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
765 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
767 - updated the list of available architectures.
768 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
769 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
770 of the package and nothing more.
771 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
772 any pain to the ftpmasters.
773 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
774 the use of the delayed queue.
775 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
776 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
778 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
779 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
780 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
781 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
782 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
783 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
784 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
786 - new Sec "Documentation"
787 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
788 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
789 "Being kind to porter" too
790 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
791 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
792 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
793 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
794 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
796 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
797 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
800 - update French translation
802 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
804 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
807 - some grammar corrections
808 - update French translation
810 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
811 anymore; closes: #135559
812 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
814 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
816 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
817 that would be welcome)
818 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
819 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
820 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
821 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
822 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
823 - other minor wording changes
824 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
825 - Ch "Package uploads":
826 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
827 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
828 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
829 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
830 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
831 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
832 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
834 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
836 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
838 * from Martin Michlmayr
839 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
840 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
841 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
843 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
845 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
847 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
849 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
850 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
851 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
854 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
856 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
859 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
861 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
864 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
866 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
867 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
868 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
869 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
870 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
871 talking about uploading to distributions
872 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
873 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
874 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
876 - French translation updated
878 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
879 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
880 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
882 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
884 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
887 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
888 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
891 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
893 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
896 * fix a typo in a link
897 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
898 update documentation accordingly
900 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
901 forwarding bugs upstream
903 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
904 entities which should be used
905 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
906 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
908 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
910 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
912 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
913 * French version: completely up-to-date now
914 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
915 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
917 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
920 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
922 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
924 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
926 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
927 this translation needs updating
928 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
929 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
930 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
932 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
933 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
934 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
936 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
937 included yet, however
939 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
941 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
943 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
945 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
946 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
948 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
950 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
952 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
954 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
955 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
956 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
958 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
960 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
962 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
965 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
966 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
967 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
968 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
969 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
970 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
971 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
972 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
973 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
974 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
975 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
976 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
978 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
979 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
980 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
981 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
982 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
984 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
986 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
987 * update copyright notice for 2001
988 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
989 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
990 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
992 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
994 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
996 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
998 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1000 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1002 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1004 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1006 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1007 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1009 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1010 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1011 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1012 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1013 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1014 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1015 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1016 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1017 could be used if necessary
1018 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1019 mention the rsync dupload method
1020 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1022 * other small corrections
1023 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1024 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1025 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1026 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1028 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1030 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1031 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1033 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1035 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1037 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1038 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1039 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1040 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1042 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1043 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1044 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1045 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1046 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1048 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1050 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1051 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1052 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1053 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1054 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1055 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1056 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1058 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1059 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1060 - added a section about the LDAP database
1061 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1062 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1064 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1065 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1067 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1069 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1071 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1072 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1073 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1075 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1076 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1077 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1078 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1079 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1080 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1081 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1082 description from developers-reference.sgml
1084 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1086 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1088 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1089 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1091 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1093 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1094 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1095 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1096 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1097 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1098 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1099 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1100 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1101 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1102 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1104 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1105 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1106 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1107 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1109 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1110 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1111 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1112 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1113 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1114 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1115 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1116 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1117 suggestion from James Troup
1118 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1119 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1120 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1121 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1124 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1126 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1128 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1129 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1131 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1133 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1135 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1136 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1137 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1138 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1139 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1140 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1141 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1143 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1145 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1147 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1148 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1149 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1150 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1151 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1152 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1154 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1155 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1157 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1159 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1161 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1163 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1165 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1166 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1167 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1168 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1169 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1171 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1172 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1173 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1174 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1176 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1177 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1178 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1179 a normal developer may have access.
1181 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1183 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1185 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1186 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1187 step all over each other
1189 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1191 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1193 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1194 address for PGP key updates
1196 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1198 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1200 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1201 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1202 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1203 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1204 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1206 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1208 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1210 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1211 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1212 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1213 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1214 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1215 <keyring-maint> instead)
1216 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1217 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1219 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1221 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1222 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1223 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1225 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1227 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1229 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1230 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1231 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1232 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1233 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1234 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1236 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1237 tighten up the language a bit
1238 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1239 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1240 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1241 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1243 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1244 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1245 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1246 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1247 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1248 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1250 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1251 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1252 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1253 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1254 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1255 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1256 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1257 number of available packages
1258 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1259 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1261 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1263 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1265 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1268 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1270 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1272 * not officially released
1273 * more spelling corrections
1274 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1276 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1278 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1280 * not officially released
1281 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1282 * some PGP-centricity removed
1283 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1284 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1285 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1286 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1287 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1288 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1290 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1292 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1294 * not officially released
1295 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1296 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1297 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1298 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1299 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1300 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1301 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1302 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1303 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1304 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1305 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1306 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1307 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1308 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1310 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1311 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1313 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1315 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1316 take a couple of weeks
1317 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1318 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1319 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1320 excited about it and can't wait
1321 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1322 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1324 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1325 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1327 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1328 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1329 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1331 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1333 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1335 * move to 3-level version number:
1336 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1337 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1338 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1339 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1340 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1343 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1344 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1345 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1347 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1349 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1350 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1351 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1352 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1353 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1354 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1356 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1358 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1359 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1360 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1361 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1362 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1363 - "The CVS server": new section added
1364 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1366 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1367 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1368 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1369 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1370 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1371 with respect to GPG.
1372 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1373 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1374 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1375 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1376 a canonical location?)
1377 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1378 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1379 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1380 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1382 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1384 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1385 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1386 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1387 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1389 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1391 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1393 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1394 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1395 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1396 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1397 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1398 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1399 and should not be included in this Reference.
1400 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1401 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1402 maintainer tools only!
1403 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1404 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1405 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1406 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1407 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1408 * Little corrections here and there.
1409 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1410 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1413 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1415 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1417 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1418 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1419 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1421 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1422 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1423 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1424 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1425 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1426 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1427 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1428 do prior to uploading
1429 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1430 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1432 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1433 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1434 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1435 duties with respect to bugs
1436 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1437 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1438 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1440 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1441 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1442 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1443 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1444 explicit what is used to build this package
1446 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1448 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1451 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1452 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1453 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1454 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1455 * utilize the new URL tag
1456 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1459 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1461 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1463 * non-maintainer release
1464 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1465 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1466 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1467 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1468 text, it can't hurt you.)
1469 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1470 reflect this packages version number
1471 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1473 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1475 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1479 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1481 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1483 * New version numbering scheme:
1485 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1486 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1487 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1490 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1491 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1492 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1493 differ between the manuals.
1495 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1496 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1497 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1498 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1500 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1501 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1503 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1505 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1507 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1509 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1511 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1512 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1514 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1515 (as requested by James Troup)
1517 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1519 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1521 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1523 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1525 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1527 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1529 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1531 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1532 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1533 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1534 the non-maintainer release
1536 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1537 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1538 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1541 - Lots of typos fixed
1543 * Compressed SGML source code
1545 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1546 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1548 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1550 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1552 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1554 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1555 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1556 - Announcing package uploads
1557 * New section about Debian Mentors
1558 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1559 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1560 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1561 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1563 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1565 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1567 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1568 of our FTP server and the development process
1569 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1570 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1571 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1573 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1574 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1575 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1576 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1577 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1578 contacting the maintainer
1579 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1580 a new manual released soon)
1581 * Some minor changes
1582 * Include SGML source in package
1583 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1584 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1586 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1588 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1592 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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