1 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
4 - bump standards-version to 3.7.2 (no change)
6 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
7 - add pdf for French version.
8 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
9 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
10 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
11 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
12 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
13 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
14 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
15 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
17 -- Andreas Barth <aba@gluck.debian.org> Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:41:41 -0600
19 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
21 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
23 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
24 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
26 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
27 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
28 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
30 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
31 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
32 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
34 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
35 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
36 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
37 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
38 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
39 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
40 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
41 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
42 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
43 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
44 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
45 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
47 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
48 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
49 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
50 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
51 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
52 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
53 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
54 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
55 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
56 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
60 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
62 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
64 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
67 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
68 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
69 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
70 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
71 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
72 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
74 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
76 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
78 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
80 - non-us discontinued.
81 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
83 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
84 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
85 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
86 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
87 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
88 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
89 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
90 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
91 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
92 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
93 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
94 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
95 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
96 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
97 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
98 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
99 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
100 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
102 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
103 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
105 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
108 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
110 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
112 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
115 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
116 - madison is on merkel.
117 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
118 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
119 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
120 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
121 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
122 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
124 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
125 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
126 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
127 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
128 - sync NM rules with reality.
130 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
132 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
134 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
137 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
138 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
139 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
140 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
141 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
142 - spelling, grammer fixes.
143 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
144 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
145 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
146 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
147 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
148 - add myself to uploaders.
149 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
150 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
151 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
152 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
153 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
154 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
155 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
156 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
157 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
158 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
159 - rewrote the NMU section, and
160 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
161 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
162 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
163 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
164 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
165 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
166 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
167 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
169 - Security uploads get urgency=high
170 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
172 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
174 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
176 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
179 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
180 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
181 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
182 - documented Alioth, somewhat
184 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
185 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
187 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
188 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
189 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
190 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
194 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
196 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
197 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
198 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
199 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
202 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
204 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
207 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
209 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
210 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
211 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
213 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
214 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
215 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
216 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
219 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
221 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
222 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
223 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
224 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
225 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
227 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
228 it clear these are special cases
229 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
231 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
233 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
235 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
238 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
239 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
241 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
243 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
245 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
248 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
250 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
251 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
252 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
254 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
255 - the synopsis formula changed to either
256 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
258 <package-name> is <synopsis>
260 <package-name> are <synopsis>
262 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
263 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
264 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
265 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
266 package; closes: #187143
268 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
270 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
273 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
274 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
276 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
278 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
279 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
280 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
281 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
282 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
283 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
284 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
285 right places in the document, closes: #172897
286 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
290 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
292 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
293 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
294 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
295 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
296 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
297 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
298 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
300 - editorial changes on material added in this version
301 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
302 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
303 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
304 closes: #139957, #108416
305 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
306 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
308 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
310 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
313 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
315 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
316 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
317 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
318 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
320 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
321 for best practices for documentation
322 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
323 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
324 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
325 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
327 - spell-checking pass
329 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
331 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
334 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
335 descriptions" moved under there
336 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
337 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
338 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
339 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
340 the document where these tools are discussed
341 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
342 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
343 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
344 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
345 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
346 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
348 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
349 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
350 that can be fixed by DDP folks
351 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
352 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
353 - simply PS and PDF building rules
355 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
357 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
360 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
361 section and adjusted links
362 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
364 - ChangeLog attribution updates
365 - fix typos, closes: #171781
366 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
367 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
368 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
369 for debian/rules", and write an intro
370 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
371 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
372 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
373 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
374 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
375 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
376 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
377 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
378 "Internationalization"
379 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
380 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
381 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
382 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
383 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
384 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
385 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
386 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
387 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
389 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
390 rather useless and broken
391 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
392 names and the first word
393 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
394 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
395 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
397 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
398 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
399 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
401 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
403 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
406 - DDP publishing update
408 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
409 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
410 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
411 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
413 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
415 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
418 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
419 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
420 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
422 - added myself as co-author
423 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
425 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
426 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
428 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
429 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
431 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
433 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
436 - Corrected several errors with —
437 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
438 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
439 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
440 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
441 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
442 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
443 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
445 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
446 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
447 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
448 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
449 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
450 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
451 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
452 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
453 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
455 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
456 descriptions". closes: #158609
457 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
458 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
459 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
460 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
461 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
463 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
464 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
465 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
466 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
467 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
468 - updated the mailing lists section
470 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
471 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
474 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
476 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
479 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
480 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
482 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
484 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
485 Ch "The Debian Archive"
487 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
489 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
490 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
491 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
492 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
493 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
495 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
496 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
497 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
498 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
499 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
500 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
501 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
503 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
504 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
507 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
508 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
509 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
510 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
511 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
512 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
513 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
514 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
515 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
516 work-around with <...>
517 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
518 - update copyright date
519 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
520 - spell check and grammar corrections
524 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
526 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
527 recompile"; closes: #102626
528 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
529 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
530 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
531 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
532 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
534 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
535 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
536 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
538 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
540 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
541 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
542 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
543 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
544 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
545 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
546 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
547 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
548 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
550 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
552 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
554 - updated the list of available architectures.
555 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
556 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
557 of the package and nothing more.
558 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
559 any pain to the ftpmasters.
560 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
561 the use of the delayed queue.
562 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
563 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
565 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
566 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
567 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
568 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
569 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
570 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
571 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
573 - new Sec "Documentation"
574 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
575 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
576 "Being kind to porter" too
577 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
578 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
579 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
580 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
581 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
583 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
584 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
587 - update French translation
589 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
591 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
594 - some grammar corrections
595 - update French translation
597 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
598 anymore; closes: #135559
599 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
601 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
603 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
604 that would be welcome)
605 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
606 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
607 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
608 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
609 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
610 - other minor wording changes
611 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
612 - Ch "Package uploads":
613 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
614 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
615 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
616 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
617 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
618 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
619 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
621 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
623 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
625 * from Martin Michlmayr
626 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
627 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
628 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
630 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
632 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
634 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
636 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
637 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
638 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
641 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
643 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
646 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
648 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
651 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
653 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
654 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
655 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
656 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
657 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
658 talking about uploading to distributions
659 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
660 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
661 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
663 - French translation updated
665 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
666 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
667 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
669 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
671 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
674 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
675 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
678 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
680 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
683 * fix a typo in a link
684 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
685 update documentation accordingly
687 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
688 forwarding bugs upstream
690 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
691 entities which should be used
692 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
693 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
695 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
697 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
699 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
700 * French version: completely up-to-date now
701 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
702 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
704 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
707 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
709 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
711 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
713 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
714 this translation needs updating
715 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
716 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
717 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
719 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
720 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
721 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
723 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
724 included yet, however
726 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
728 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
730 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
732 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
733 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
735 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
737 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
739 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
741 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
742 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
743 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
745 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
747 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
749 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
752 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
753 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
754 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
755 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
756 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
757 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
758 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
759 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
760 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
761 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
762 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
763 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
765 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
766 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
767 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
768 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
769 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
771 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
773 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
774 * update copyright notice for 2001
775 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
776 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
777 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
779 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
781 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
783 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
785 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
787 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
789 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
791 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
793 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
794 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
796 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
797 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
798 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
799 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
800 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
801 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
802 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
803 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
804 could be used if necessary
805 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
806 mention the rsync dupload method
807 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
809 * other small corrections
810 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
811 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
812 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
813 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
815 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
817 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
818 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
820 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
822 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
824 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
825 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
826 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
827 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
829 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
830 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
831 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
832 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
833 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
835 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
837 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
838 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
839 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
840 team (closes: Bug#52906)
841 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
842 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
843 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
845 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
846 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
847 - added a section about the LDAP database
848 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
849 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
851 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
852 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
854 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
856 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
858 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
859 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
860 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
862 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
863 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
864 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
865 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
866 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
867 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
868 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
869 description from developers-reference.sgml
871 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
873 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
875 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
876 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
878 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
880 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
881 releases are available at archive.debian.org
882 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
883 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
884 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
885 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
886 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
887 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
888 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
889 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
891 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
892 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
893 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
894 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
896 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
897 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
898 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
899 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
900 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
901 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
902 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
903 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
904 suggestion from James Troup
905 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
906 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
907 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
908 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
911 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
913 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
915 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
916 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
918 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
920 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
922 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
923 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
924 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
925 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
926 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
927 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
928 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
930 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
932 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
934 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
935 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
936 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
937 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
938 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
939 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
941 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
942 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
944 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
946 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
948 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
950 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
952 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
953 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
954 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
955 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
956 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
958 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
959 with intro; demoted server sections under that
960 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
961 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
963 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
964 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
965 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
966 a normal developer may have access.
968 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
970 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
972 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
973 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
974 step all over each other
976 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
978 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
980 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
981 address for PGP key updates
983 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
985 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
987 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
988 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
989 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
990 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
991 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
993 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
995 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
997 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
998 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
999 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1000 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1001 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1002 <keyring-maint> instead)
1003 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1004 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1006 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1008 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1009 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1010 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1012 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1014 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1016 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1017 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1018 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1019 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1020 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1021 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1023 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1024 tighten up the language a bit
1025 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1026 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1027 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1028 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1030 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1031 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1032 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1033 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1034 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1035 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1037 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1038 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1039 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1040 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1041 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1042 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1043 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1044 number of available packages
1045 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1046 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1048 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1050 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1052 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1055 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1057 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1059 * not officially released
1060 * more spelling corrections
1061 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1063 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1065 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1067 * not officially released
1068 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1069 * some PGP-centricity removed
1070 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1071 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1072 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1073 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1074 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1075 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1077 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1079 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1081 * not officially released
1082 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1083 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1084 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1085 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1086 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1087 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1088 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1089 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1090 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1091 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1092 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1093 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1094 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1095 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1097 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1098 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1100 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1102 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1103 take a couple of weeks
1104 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1105 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1106 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1107 excited about it and can't wait
1108 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1109 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1111 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1112 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1114 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1115 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1116 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1118 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1120 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1122 * move to 3-level version number:
1123 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1124 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1125 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1126 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1127 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1130 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1131 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1132 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1134 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1136 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1137 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1138 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1139 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1140 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1141 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1143 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1145 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1146 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1147 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1148 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1149 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1150 - "The CVS server": new section added
1151 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1153 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1154 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1155 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1156 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1157 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1158 with respect to GPG.
1159 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1160 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1161 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1162 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1163 a canonical location?)
1164 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1165 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1166 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1167 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1169 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1171 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1172 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1173 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1174 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1176 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1178 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1180 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1181 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1182 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1183 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1184 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1185 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1186 and should not be included in this Reference.
1187 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1188 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1189 maintainer tools only!
1190 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1191 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1192 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1193 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1194 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1195 * Little corrections here and there.
1196 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1197 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1200 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1202 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1204 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1205 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1206 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1208 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1209 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1210 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1211 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1212 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1213 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1214 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1215 do prior to uploading
1216 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1217 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1219 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1220 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1221 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1222 duties with respect to bugs
1223 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1224 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1225 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1227 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1228 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1229 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1230 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1231 explicit what is used to build this package
1233 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1235 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1238 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1239 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1240 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1241 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1242 * utilize the new URL tag
1243 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1246 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1248 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1250 * non-maintainer release
1251 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1252 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1253 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1254 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1255 text, it can't hurt you.)
1256 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1257 reflect this packages version number
1258 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1260 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1262 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1266 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1268 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1270 * New version numbering scheme:
1272 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1273 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1274 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1277 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1278 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1279 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1280 differ between the manuals.
1282 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1283 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1284 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1285 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1287 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1288 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1290 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1292 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1294 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1296 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1298 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1299 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1301 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1302 (as requested by James Troup)
1304 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1306 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1308 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1310 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1312 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1314 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1316 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1318 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1319 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1320 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1321 the non-maintainer release
1323 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1324 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1325 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1328 - Lots of typos fixed
1330 * Compressed SGML source code
1332 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1333 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1335 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1337 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1339 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1341 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1342 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1343 - Announcing package uploads
1344 * New section about Debian Mentors
1345 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1346 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1347 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1348 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1350 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1352 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1354 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1355 of our FTP server and the development process
1356 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1357 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1358 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1360 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1361 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1362 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1363 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1364 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1365 contacting the maintainer
1366 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1367 a new manual released soon)
1368 * Some minor changes
1369 * Include SGML source in package
1370 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1371 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1373 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1375 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1379 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200