1 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
4 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
6 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
7 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
8 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
10 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
11 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
12 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
13 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
16 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
18 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
19 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
20 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
21 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
22 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
24 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
25 it clear these are special cases
26 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
28 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
30 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
32 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
35 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
36 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
38 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
40 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
42 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
45 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
47 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
48 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
49 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
51 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
52 - the synopsis formula changed to either
53 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
55 <package-name> is <synopsis>
57 <package-name> are <synopsis>
59 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
60 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
61 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
62 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
63 package; closes: #187143
65 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
67 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
70 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
71 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
73 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
75 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
76 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
77 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
78 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
79 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
80 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
81 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
82 right places in the document, closes: #172897
83 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
87 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
89 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
90 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
91 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
92 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
93 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
94 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
95 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
97 - editorial changes on material added in this version
98 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
99 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
100 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
101 closes: #139957, #108416
102 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
103 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
105 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
107 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
110 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
112 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
113 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
114 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
115 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
117 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
118 for best practices for documentation
119 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
120 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
121 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
122 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
124 - spell-checking pass
126 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
128 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
131 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
132 descriptions" moved under there
133 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
134 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
135 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
136 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
137 the document where these tools are discussed
138 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
139 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
140 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
141 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
142 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
143 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
145 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
146 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
147 that can be fixed by DDP folks
148 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
149 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
150 - simply PS and PDF building rules
152 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
154 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
157 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
158 section and adjusted links
159 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
161 - ChangeLog attribution updates
162 - fix typos, closes: #171781
163 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
164 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
165 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
166 for debian/rules", and write an intro
167 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
168 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
169 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
170 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
171 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
172 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
173 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
174 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
175 "Internationalization"
176 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
177 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
178 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
179 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
180 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
181 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
182 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
183 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
184 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
186 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
187 rather useless and broken
188 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
189 names and the first word
190 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
191 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
192 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
194 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
195 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
196 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
198 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
200 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
203 - DDP publishing update
205 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
206 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
207 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
208 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
210 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
212 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
215 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
216 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
217 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
219 - added myself as co-author
220 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
222 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
223 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
225 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
226 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
228 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
230 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
233 - Corrected several errors with —
234 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
235 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
236 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
237 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
238 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
239 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
240 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
242 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
243 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
244 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
245 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
246 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
247 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
248 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
249 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
250 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
252 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
253 descriptions". closes: #158609
254 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
255 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
256 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
257 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
258 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
260 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
261 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
262 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
263 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
264 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
265 - updated the mailing lists section
267 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
268 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
271 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
273 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
276 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
277 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
279 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
281 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
282 Ch "The Debian Archive"
284 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
286 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
287 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
288 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
289 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
290 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
292 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
293 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
294 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
295 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
296 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
297 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
298 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
300 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
301 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
304 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
305 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
306 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
307 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
308 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
309 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
310 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
311 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
312 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
313 work-around with <...>
314 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
315 - update copyright date
316 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
317 - spell check and grammar corrections
321 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
323 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
324 recompile"; closes: #102626
325 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
326 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
327 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
328 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
329 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
331 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
332 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
333 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
335 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
337 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
338 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
339 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
340 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
341 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
342 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
343 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
344 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
345 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
347 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
349 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
351 - updated the list of available architectures.
352 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
353 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
354 of the package and nothing more.
355 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
356 any pain to the ftpmasters.
357 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
358 the use of the delayed queue.
359 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
360 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
362 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
363 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
364 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
365 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
366 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
367 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
368 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
370 - new Sec "Documentation"
371 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
372 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
373 "Being kind to porter" too
374 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
375 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
376 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
377 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
378 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
380 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
381 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
384 - update French translation
386 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
388 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
391 - some grammar corrections
392 - update French translation
394 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
395 anymore; closes: #135559
396 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
398 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
400 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
401 that would be welcome)
402 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
403 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
404 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
405 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
406 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
407 - other minor wording changes
408 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
409 - Ch "Package uploads":
410 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
411 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
412 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
413 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
414 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
415 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
416 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
418 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
420 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
422 * from Martin Michlmayr
423 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
424 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
425 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
427 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
429 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
431 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
433 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
434 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
435 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
438 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
440 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
443 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
445 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
448 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
450 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
451 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
452 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
453 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
454 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
455 talking about uploading to distributions
456 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
457 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
458 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
460 - French translation updated
462 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
463 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
464 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
466 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
468 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
471 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
472 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
475 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
477 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
480 * fix a typo in a link
481 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
482 update documentation accordingly
484 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
485 forwarding bugs upstream
487 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
488 entities which should be used
489 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
490 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
492 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
494 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
496 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
497 * French version: completely up-to-date now
498 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
499 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
501 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
504 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
506 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
508 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
510 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
511 this translation needs updating
512 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
513 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
514 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
516 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
517 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
518 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
520 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
521 included yet, however
523 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
525 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
527 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
529 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
530 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
532 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
534 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
536 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
538 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
539 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
540 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
542 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
544 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
546 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
549 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
550 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
551 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
552 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
553 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
554 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
555 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
556 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
557 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
558 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
559 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
560 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
562 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
563 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
564 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
565 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
566 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
568 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
570 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
571 * update copyright notice for 2001
572 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
573 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
574 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
576 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
578 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
580 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
582 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
584 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
586 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
588 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
590 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
591 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
593 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
594 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
595 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
596 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
597 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
598 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
599 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
600 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
601 could be used if necessary
602 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
603 mention the rsync dupload method
604 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
606 * other small corrections
607 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
608 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
609 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
610 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
612 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
614 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
615 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
617 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
619 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
621 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
622 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
623 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
624 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
626 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
627 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
628 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
629 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
630 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
632 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
634 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
635 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
636 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
637 team (closes: Bug#52906)
638 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
639 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
640 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
642 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
643 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
644 - added a section about the LDAP database
645 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
646 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
648 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
649 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
651 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
653 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
655 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
656 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
657 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
659 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
660 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
661 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
662 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
663 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
664 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
665 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
666 description from developers-reference.sgml
668 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
670 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
672 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
673 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
675 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
677 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
678 releases are available at archive.debian.org
679 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
680 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
681 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
682 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
683 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
684 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
685 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
686 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
688 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
689 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
690 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
691 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
693 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
694 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
695 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
696 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
697 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
698 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
699 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
700 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
701 suggestion from James Troup
702 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
703 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
704 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
705 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
708 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
710 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
712 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
713 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
715 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
717 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
719 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
720 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
721 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
722 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
723 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
724 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
725 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
727 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
729 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
731 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
732 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
733 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
734 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
735 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
736 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
738 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
739 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
741 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
743 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
745 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
747 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
749 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
750 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
751 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
752 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
753 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
755 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
756 with intro; demoted server sections under that
757 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
758 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
760 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
761 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
762 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
763 a normal developer may have access.
765 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
767 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
769 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
770 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
771 step all over each other
773 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
775 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
777 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
778 address for PGP key updates
780 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
782 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
784 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
785 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
786 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
787 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
788 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
790 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
792 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
794 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
795 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
796 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
797 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
798 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
799 <keyring-maint> instead)
800 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
801 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
803 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
805 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
806 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
807 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
809 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
811 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
813 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
814 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
815 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
816 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
817 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
818 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
820 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
821 tighten up the language a bit
822 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
823 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
824 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
825 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
827 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
828 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
829 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
830 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
831 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
832 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
834 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
835 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
836 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
837 about how to depart Debian gracefully
838 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
839 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
840 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
841 number of available packages
842 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
843 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
845 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
847 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
849 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
852 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
854 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
856 * not officially released
857 * more spelling corrections
858 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
860 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
862 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
864 * not officially released
865 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
866 * some PGP-centricity removed
867 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
868 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
869 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
870 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
871 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
872 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
874 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
876 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
878 * not officially released
879 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
880 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
881 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
882 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
883 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
884 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
885 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
886 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
887 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
888 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
889 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
890 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
891 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
892 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
894 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
895 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
897 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
899 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
900 take a couple of weeks
901 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
902 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
903 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
904 excited about it and can't wait
905 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
906 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
908 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
909 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
911 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
912 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
913 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
915 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
917 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
919 * move to 3-level version number:
920 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
921 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
922 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
923 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
924 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
927 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
928 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
929 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
931 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
933 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
934 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
935 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
936 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
937 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
938 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
940 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
942 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
943 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
944 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
945 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
946 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
947 - "The CVS server": new section added
948 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
950 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
951 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
952 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
953 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
954 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
956 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
957 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
958 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
959 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
960 a canonical location?)
961 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
962 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
963 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
964 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
966 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
968 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
969 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
970 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
971 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
973 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
975 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
977 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
978 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
979 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
980 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
981 them. (closes Bug#26948)
982 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
983 and should not be included in this Reference.
984 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
985 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
986 maintainer tools only!
987 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
988 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
989 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
990 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
991 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
992 * Little corrections here and there.
993 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
994 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
997 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
999 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1001 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1002 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1003 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1005 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1006 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1007 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1008 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1009 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1010 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1011 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1012 do prior to uploading
1013 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1014 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1016 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1017 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1018 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1019 duties with respect to bugs
1020 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1021 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1022 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1024 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1025 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1026 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1027 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1028 explicit what is used to build this package
1030 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1032 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1035 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1036 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1037 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1038 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1039 * utilize the new URL tag
1040 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1043 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1045 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1047 * non-maintainer release
1048 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1049 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1050 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1051 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1052 text, it can't hurt you.)
1053 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1054 reflect this packages version number
1055 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1057 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1059 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1063 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1065 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1067 * New version numbering scheme:
1069 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1070 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1071 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1074 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1075 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1076 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1077 differ between the manuals.
1079 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1080 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1081 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1082 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1084 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1085 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1087 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1089 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1091 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1093 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1095 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1096 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1098 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1099 (as requested by James Troup)
1101 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1103 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1105 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1107 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1109 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1111 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1113 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1115 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1116 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1117 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1118 the non-maintainer release
1120 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1121 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1122 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1125 - Lots of typos fixed
1127 * Compressed SGML source code
1129 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1130 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1132 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1134 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1136 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1138 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1139 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1140 - Announcing package uploads
1141 * New section about Debian Mentors
1142 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1143 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1144 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1145 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1147 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1149 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1151 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1152 of our FTP server and the development process
1153 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1154 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1155 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1157 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1158 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1159 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1160 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1161 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1162 contacting the maintainer
1163 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1164 a new manual released soon)
1165 * Some minor changes
1166 * Include SGML source in package
1167 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1168 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1170 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1172 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1176 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200