1 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
3 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
5 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Franks Küster. Closes: #365994
7 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
9 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
12 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
13 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
14 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
15 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
16 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
17 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
19 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
21 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
23 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
25 - non-us discontinued.
26 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
28 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
29 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
30 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
31 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
32 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
33 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
34 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
35 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
36 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
37 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
38 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
39 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
40 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
41 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
42 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
43 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
44 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
45 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
47 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
48 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
50 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
53 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
55 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
57 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
60 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
61 - madison is on merkel.
62 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
63 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
64 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
65 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
66 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
67 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
69 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
70 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
71 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
72 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
73 - sync NM rules with reality.
75 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
77 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
79 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
82 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
83 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
84 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
85 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
86 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
87 - spelling, grammer fixes.
88 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
89 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
90 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
91 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
92 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
93 - add myself to uploaders.
94 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
95 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
96 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
97 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
98 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
99 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
100 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
101 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
102 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
103 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
104 - rewrote the NMU section, and
105 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
106 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
107 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
108 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
109 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
110 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
111 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
112 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
114 - Security uploads get urgency=high
115 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
117 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
119 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
121 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
124 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
125 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
126 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
127 - documented Alioth, somewhat
129 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
130 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
132 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
133 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
134 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
135 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
139 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
141 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
142 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
143 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
144 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
147 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
149 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
152 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
154 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
155 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
156 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
158 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
159 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
160 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
161 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
164 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
166 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
167 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
168 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
169 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
170 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
172 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
173 it clear these are special cases
174 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
176 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
178 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
180 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
183 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
184 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
186 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
188 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
190 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
193 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
195 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
196 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
197 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
199 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
200 - the synopsis formula changed to either
201 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
203 <package-name> is <synopsis>
205 <package-name> are <synopsis>
207 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
208 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
209 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
210 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
211 package; closes: #187143
213 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
215 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
218 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
219 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
221 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
223 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
224 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
225 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
226 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
227 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
228 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
229 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
230 right places in the document, closes: #172897
231 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
235 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
237 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
238 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
239 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
240 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
241 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
242 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
243 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
245 - editorial changes on material added in this version
246 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
247 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
248 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
249 closes: #139957, #108416
250 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
251 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
253 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
255 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
258 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
260 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
261 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
262 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
263 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
265 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
266 for best practices for documentation
267 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
268 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
269 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
270 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
272 - spell-checking pass
274 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
276 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
279 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
280 descriptions" moved under there
281 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
282 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
283 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
284 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
285 the document where these tools are discussed
286 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
287 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
288 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
289 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
290 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
291 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
293 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
294 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
295 that can be fixed by DDP folks
296 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
297 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
298 - simply PS and PDF building rules
300 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
302 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
305 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
306 section and adjusted links
307 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
309 - ChangeLog attribution updates
310 - fix typos, closes: #171781
311 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
312 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
313 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
314 for debian/rules", and write an intro
315 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
316 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
317 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
318 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
319 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
320 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
321 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
322 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
323 "Internationalization"
324 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
325 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
326 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
327 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
328 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
329 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
330 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
331 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
332 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
334 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
335 rather useless and broken
336 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
337 names and the first word
338 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
339 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
340 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
342 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
343 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
344 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
346 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
348 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
351 - DDP publishing update
353 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
354 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
355 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
356 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
358 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
360 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
363 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
364 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
365 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
367 - added myself as co-author
368 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
370 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
371 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
373 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
374 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
376 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
378 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
381 - Corrected several errors with —
382 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
383 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
384 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
385 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
386 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
387 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
388 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
390 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
391 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
392 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
393 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
394 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
395 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
396 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
397 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
398 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
400 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
401 descriptions". closes: #158609
402 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
403 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
404 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
405 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
406 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
408 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
409 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
410 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
411 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
412 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
413 - updated the mailing lists section
415 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
416 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
419 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
421 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
424 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
425 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
427 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
429 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
430 Ch "The Debian Archive"
432 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
434 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
435 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
436 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
437 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
438 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
440 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
441 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
442 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
443 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
444 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
445 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
446 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
448 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
449 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
452 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
453 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
454 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
455 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
456 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
457 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
458 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
459 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
460 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
461 work-around with <...>
462 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
463 - update copyright date
464 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
465 - spell check and grammar corrections
469 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
471 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
472 recompile"; closes: #102626
473 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
474 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
475 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
476 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
477 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
479 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
480 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
481 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
483 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
485 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
486 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
487 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
488 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
489 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
490 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
491 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
492 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
493 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
495 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
497 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
499 - updated the list of available architectures.
500 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
501 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
502 of the package and nothing more.
503 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
504 any pain to the ftpmasters.
505 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
506 the use of the delayed queue.
507 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
508 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
510 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
511 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
512 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
513 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
514 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
515 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
516 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
518 - new Sec "Documentation"
519 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
520 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
521 "Being kind to porter" too
522 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
523 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
524 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
525 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
526 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
528 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
529 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
532 - update French translation
534 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
536 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
539 - some grammar corrections
540 - update French translation
542 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
543 anymore; closes: #135559
544 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
546 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
548 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
549 that would be welcome)
550 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
551 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
552 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
553 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
554 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
555 - other minor wording changes
556 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
557 - Ch "Package uploads":
558 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
559 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
560 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
561 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
562 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
563 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
564 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
566 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
568 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
570 * from Martin Michlmayr
571 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
572 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
573 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
575 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
577 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
579 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
581 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
582 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
583 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
586 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
588 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
591 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
593 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
596 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
598 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
599 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
600 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
601 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
602 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
603 talking about uploading to distributions
604 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
605 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
606 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
608 - French translation updated
610 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
611 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
612 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
614 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
616 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
619 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
620 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
623 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
625 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
628 * fix a typo in a link
629 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
630 update documentation accordingly
632 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
633 forwarding bugs upstream
635 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
636 entities which should be used
637 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
638 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
640 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
642 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
644 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
645 * French version: completely up-to-date now
646 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
647 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
649 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
652 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
654 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
656 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
658 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
659 this translation needs updating
660 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
661 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
662 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
664 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
665 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
666 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
668 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
669 included yet, however
671 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
673 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
675 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
677 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
678 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
680 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
682 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
684 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
686 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
687 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
688 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
690 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
692 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
694 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
697 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
698 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
699 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
700 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
701 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
702 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
703 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
704 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
705 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
706 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
707 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
708 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
710 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
711 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
712 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
713 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
714 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
716 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
718 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
719 * update copyright notice for 2001
720 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
721 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
722 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
724 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
726 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
728 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
730 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
732 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
734 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
736 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
738 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
739 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
741 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
742 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
743 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
744 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
745 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
746 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
747 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
748 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
749 could be used if necessary
750 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
751 mention the rsync dupload method
752 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
754 * other small corrections
755 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
756 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
757 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
758 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
760 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
762 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
763 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
765 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
767 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
769 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
770 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
771 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
772 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
774 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
775 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
776 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
777 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
778 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
780 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
782 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
783 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
784 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
785 team (closes: Bug#52906)
786 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
787 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
788 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
790 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
791 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
792 - added a section about the LDAP database
793 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
794 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
796 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
797 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
799 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
801 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
803 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
804 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
805 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
807 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
808 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
809 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
810 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
811 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
812 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
813 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
814 description from developers-reference.sgml
816 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
818 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
820 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
821 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
823 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
825 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
826 releases are available at archive.debian.org
827 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
828 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
829 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
830 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
831 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
832 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
833 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
834 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
836 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
837 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
838 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
839 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
841 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
842 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
843 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
844 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
845 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
846 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
847 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
848 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
849 suggestion from James Troup
850 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
851 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
852 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
853 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
856 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
858 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
860 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
861 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
863 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
865 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
867 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
868 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
869 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
870 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
871 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
872 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
873 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
875 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
877 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
879 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
880 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
881 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
882 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
883 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
884 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
886 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
887 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
889 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
891 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
893 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
895 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
897 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
898 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
899 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
900 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
901 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
903 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
904 with intro; demoted server sections under that
905 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
906 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
908 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
909 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
910 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
911 a normal developer may have access.
913 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
915 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
917 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
918 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
919 step all over each other
921 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
923 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
925 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
926 address for PGP key updates
928 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
930 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
932 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
933 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
934 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
935 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
936 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
938 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
940 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
942 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
943 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
944 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
945 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
946 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
947 <keyring-maint> instead)
948 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
949 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
951 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
953 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
954 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
955 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
957 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
959 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
961 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
962 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
963 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
964 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
965 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
966 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
968 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
969 tighten up the language a bit
970 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
971 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
972 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
973 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
975 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
976 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
977 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
978 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
979 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
980 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
982 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
983 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
984 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
985 about how to depart Debian gracefully
986 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
987 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
988 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
989 number of available packages
990 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
991 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
993 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
995 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
997 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1000 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1002 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1004 * not officially released
1005 * more spelling corrections
1006 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1008 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1010 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1012 * not officially released
1013 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1014 * some PGP-centricity removed
1015 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1016 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1017 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1018 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1019 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1020 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1022 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1024 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1026 * not officially released
1027 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1028 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1029 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1030 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1031 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1032 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1033 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1034 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1035 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1036 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1037 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1038 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1039 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1040 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1042 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1043 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1045 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1047 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1048 take a couple of weeks
1049 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1050 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1051 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1052 excited about it and can't wait
1053 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1054 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1056 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1057 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1059 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1060 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1061 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1063 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1065 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1067 * move to 3-level version number:
1068 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1069 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1070 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1071 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1072 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1075 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1076 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1077 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1079 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1081 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1082 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1083 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1084 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1085 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1086 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1088 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1090 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1091 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1092 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1093 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1094 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1095 - "The CVS server": new section added
1096 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1098 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1099 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1100 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1101 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1102 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1103 with respect to GPG.
1104 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1105 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1106 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1107 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1108 a canonical location?)
1109 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1110 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1111 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1112 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1114 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1116 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1117 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1118 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1119 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1121 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1123 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1125 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1126 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1127 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1128 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1129 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1130 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1131 and should not be included in this Reference.
1132 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1133 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1134 maintainer tools only!
1135 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1136 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1137 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1138 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1139 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1140 * Little corrections here and there.
1141 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1142 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1145 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1147 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1149 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1150 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1151 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1153 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1154 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1155 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1156 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1157 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1158 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1159 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1160 do prior to uploading
1161 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1162 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1164 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1165 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1166 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1167 duties with respect to bugs
1168 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1169 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1170 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1172 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1173 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1174 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1175 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1176 explicit what is used to build this package
1178 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1180 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1183 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1184 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1185 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1186 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1187 * utilize the new URL tag
1188 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1191 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1193 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1195 * non-maintainer release
1196 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1197 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1198 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1199 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1200 text, it can't hurt you.)
1201 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1202 reflect this packages version number
1203 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1205 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1207 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1211 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1213 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1215 * New version numbering scheme:
1217 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1218 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1219 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1222 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1223 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1224 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1225 differ between the manuals.
1227 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1228 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1229 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1230 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1232 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1233 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1235 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1237 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1239 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1241 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1243 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1244 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1246 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1247 (as requested by James Troup)
1249 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1251 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1253 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1255 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1257 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1259 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1261 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1263 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1264 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1265 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1266 the non-maintainer release
1268 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1269 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1270 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1273 - Lots of typos fixed
1275 * Compressed SGML source code
1277 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1278 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1280 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1282 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1284 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1286 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1287 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1288 - Announcing package uploads
1289 * New section about Debian Mentors
1290 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1291 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1292 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1293 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1295 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1297 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1299 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1300 of our FTP server and the development process
1301 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1302 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1303 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1305 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1306 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1307 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1308 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1309 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1310 contacting the maintainer
1311 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1312 a new manual released soon)
1313 * Some minor changes
1314 * Include SGML source in package
1315 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1316 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1318 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1320 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1324 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200