1 developers-reference (3.4.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
5 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
8 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
9 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
10 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
11 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
12 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
13 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
14 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
15 patch. Closes: #540231
16 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
17 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
18 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
19 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
20 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
21 for the patch. Closes: #548823
22 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
23 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
24 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
25 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
26 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
27 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
28 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
29 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
30 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
31 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
32 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
33 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
34 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
36 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:49:40 +0900
38 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
40 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
41 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
43 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
45 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
47 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
48 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
50 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
52 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
54 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
55 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
56 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
57 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
58 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
59 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
60 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
61 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
62 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
63 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
64 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
65 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
66 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
67 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
68 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
69 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
70 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
71 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
72 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
73 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
74 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
75 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
77 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
79 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
82 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
86 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
87 The most important changes are:
88 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
89 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
92 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
93 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
94 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
95 distinction. Closes: #464230.
96 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
97 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
98 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
99 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
100 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
101 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
103 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
104 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
106 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
107 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
109 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
110 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
112 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
114 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
115 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
117 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
118 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
119 Closes: #512620, #510783.
121 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
123 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
126 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
127 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
128 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
129 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
130 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
131 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
132 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
133 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
135 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
137 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
140 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
141 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
142 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
143 release codenames in <literal>
144 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
145 doesn't exist anymore.
146 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
147 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
148 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
149 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
150 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
151 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
152 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
153 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
154 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
155 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
156 team before upload. Closes: #459343
157 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
158 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
159 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
160 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
161 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
162 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
163 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
165 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
166 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
168 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
169 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
170 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
171 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
172 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
173 Thomas. Closes: #485837
175 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
176 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
178 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
180 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
184 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
185 - fix debian/copyright
186 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
187 - add pdf for French version.
188 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
189 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
190 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
191 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
192 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
193 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
194 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
195 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
196 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
198 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
199 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
201 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
203 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
204 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
205 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
206 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
207 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
208 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
210 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
213 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
214 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
215 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
216 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
217 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
218 * Update information concerning Alioth.
219 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
220 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
222 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
223 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
225 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
228 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
230 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
232 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
234 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
235 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
237 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
238 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
239 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
241 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
242 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
243 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
245 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
246 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
247 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
248 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
249 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
250 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
251 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
252 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
253 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
254 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
255 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
256 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
258 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
259 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
260 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
261 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
262 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
263 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
264 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
265 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
266 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
267 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
271 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
273 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
275 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
278 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
279 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
280 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
281 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
282 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
283 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
285 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
287 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
289 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
291 - non-us discontinued.
292 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
294 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
295 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
296 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
297 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
298 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
299 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
300 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
301 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
302 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
303 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
304 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
305 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
306 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
307 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
308 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
309 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
310 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
311 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
313 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
314 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
316 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
319 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
321 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
323 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
326 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
327 - madison is on merkel.
328 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
329 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
330 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
331 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
332 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
333 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
335 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
336 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
337 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
338 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
339 - sync NM rules with reality.
341 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
343 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
345 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
348 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
349 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
350 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
351 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
352 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
353 - spelling, grammer fixes.
354 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
355 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
356 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
357 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
358 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
359 - add myself to uploaders.
360 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
361 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
362 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
363 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
364 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
365 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
366 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
367 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
368 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
369 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
370 - rewrote the NMU section, and
371 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
372 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
373 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
374 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
375 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
376 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
377 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
378 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
380 - Security uploads get urgency=high
381 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
383 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
385 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
387 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
390 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
391 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
392 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
393 - documented Alioth, somewhat
395 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
396 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
398 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
399 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
400 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
401 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
405 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
407 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
408 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
409 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
410 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
413 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
415 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
418 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
420 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
421 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
422 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
424 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
425 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
426 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
427 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
430 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
432 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
433 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
434 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
435 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
436 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
438 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
439 it clear these are special cases
440 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
442 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
444 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
446 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
449 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
450 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
452 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
454 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
456 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
459 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
461 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
462 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
463 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
465 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
466 - the synopsis formula changed to either
467 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
469 <package-name> is <synopsis>
471 <package-name> are <synopsis>
473 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
474 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
475 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
476 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
477 package; closes: #187143
479 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
481 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
484 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
485 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
487 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
489 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
490 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
491 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
492 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
493 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
494 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
495 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
496 right places in the document, closes: #172897
497 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
501 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
503 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
504 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
505 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
506 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
507 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
508 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
509 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
511 - editorial changes on material added in this version
512 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
513 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
514 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
515 closes: #139957, #108416
516 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
517 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
519 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
521 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
524 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
526 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
527 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
528 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
529 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
531 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
532 for best practices for documentation
533 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
534 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
535 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
536 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
538 - spell-checking pass
540 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
542 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
545 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
546 descriptions" moved under there
547 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
548 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
549 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
550 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
551 the document where these tools are discussed
552 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
553 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
554 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
555 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
556 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
557 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
559 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
560 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
561 that can be fixed by DDP folks
562 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
563 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
564 - simply PS and PDF building rules
566 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
568 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
571 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
572 section and adjusted links
573 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
575 - ChangeLog attribution updates
576 - fix typos, closes: #171781
577 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
578 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
579 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
580 for debian/rules", and write an intro
581 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
582 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
583 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
584 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
585 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
586 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
587 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
588 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
589 "Internationalization"
590 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
591 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
592 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
593 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
594 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
595 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
596 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
597 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
598 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
600 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
601 rather useless and broken
602 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
603 names and the first word
604 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
605 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
606 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
608 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
609 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
610 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
612 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
614 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
617 - DDP publishing update
619 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
620 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
621 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
622 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
624 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
626 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
629 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
630 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
631 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
633 - added myself as co-author
634 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
636 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
637 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
639 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
640 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
642 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
644 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
647 - Corrected several errors with —
648 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
649 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
650 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
651 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
652 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
653 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
654 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
656 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
657 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
658 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
659 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
660 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
661 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
662 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
663 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
664 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
666 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
667 descriptions". closes: #158609
668 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
669 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
670 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
671 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
672 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
674 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
675 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
676 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
677 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
678 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
679 - updated the mailing lists section
681 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
682 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
685 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
687 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
690 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
691 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
693 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
695 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
696 Ch "The Debian Archive"
698 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
700 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
701 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
702 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
703 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
704 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
706 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
707 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
708 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
709 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
710 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
711 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
712 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
714 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
715 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
718 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
719 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
720 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
721 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
722 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
723 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
724 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
725 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
726 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
727 work-around with <...>
728 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
729 - update copyright date
730 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
731 - spell check and grammar corrections
735 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
737 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
738 recompile"; closes: #102626
739 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
740 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
741 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
742 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
743 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
745 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
746 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
747 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
749 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
751 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
752 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
753 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
754 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
755 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
756 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
757 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
758 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
759 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
761 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
763 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
765 - updated the list of available architectures.
766 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
767 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
768 of the package and nothing more.
769 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
770 any pain to the ftpmasters.
771 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
772 the use of the delayed queue.
773 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
774 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
776 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
777 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
778 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
779 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
780 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
781 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
782 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
784 - new Sec "Documentation"
785 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
786 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
787 "Being kind to porter" too
788 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
789 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
790 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
791 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
792 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
794 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
795 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
798 - update French translation
800 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
802 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
805 - some grammar corrections
806 - update French translation
808 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
809 anymore; closes: #135559
810 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
812 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
814 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
815 that would be welcome)
816 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
817 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
818 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
819 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
820 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
821 - other minor wording changes
822 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
823 - Ch "Package uploads":
824 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
825 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
826 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
827 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
828 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
829 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
830 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
832 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
834 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
836 * from Martin Michlmayr
837 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
838 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
839 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
841 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
843 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
845 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
847 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
848 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
849 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
852 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
854 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
857 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
859 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
862 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
864 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
865 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
866 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
867 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
868 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
869 talking about uploading to distributions
870 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
871 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
872 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
874 - French translation updated
876 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
877 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
878 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
880 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
882 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
885 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
886 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
889 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
891 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
894 * fix a typo in a link
895 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
896 update documentation accordingly
898 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
899 forwarding bugs upstream
901 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
902 entities which should be used
903 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
904 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
906 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
908 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
910 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
911 * French version: completely up-to-date now
912 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
913 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
915 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
918 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
920 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
922 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
924 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
925 this translation needs updating
926 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
927 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
928 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
930 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
931 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
932 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
934 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
935 included yet, however
937 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
939 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
941 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
943 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
944 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
946 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
948 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
950 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
952 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
953 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
954 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
956 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
958 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
960 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
963 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
964 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
965 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
966 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
967 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
968 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
969 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
970 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
971 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
972 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
973 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
974 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
976 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
977 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
978 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
979 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
980 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
982 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
984 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
985 * update copyright notice for 2001
986 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
987 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
988 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
990 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
992 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
994 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
996 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
998 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1000 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1002 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1004 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1005 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1007 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1008 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1009 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1010 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1011 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1012 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1013 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1014 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1015 could be used if necessary
1016 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1017 mention the rsync dupload method
1018 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1020 * other small corrections
1021 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1022 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1023 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1024 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1026 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1028 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1029 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1031 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1033 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1035 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1036 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1037 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1038 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1040 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1041 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1042 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1043 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1044 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1046 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1048 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1049 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1050 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1051 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1052 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1053 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1054 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1056 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1057 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1058 - added a section about the LDAP database
1059 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1060 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1062 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1063 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1065 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1067 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1069 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1070 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1071 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1073 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1074 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1075 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1076 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1077 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1078 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1079 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1080 description from developers-reference.sgml
1082 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1084 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1086 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1087 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1089 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1091 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1092 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1093 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1094 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1095 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1096 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1097 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1098 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1099 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1100 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1102 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1103 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1104 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1105 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1107 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1108 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1109 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1110 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1111 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1112 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1113 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1114 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1115 suggestion from James Troup
1116 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1117 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1118 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1119 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1122 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1124 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1126 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1127 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1129 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1131 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1133 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1134 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1135 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1136 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1137 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1138 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1139 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1141 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1143 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1145 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1146 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1147 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1148 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1149 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1150 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1152 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1153 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1155 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1157 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1159 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1161 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1163 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1164 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1165 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1166 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1167 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1169 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1170 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1171 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1172 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1174 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1175 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1176 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1177 a normal developer may have access.
1179 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1181 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1183 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1184 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1185 step all over each other
1187 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1189 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1191 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1192 address for PGP key updates
1194 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1196 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1198 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1199 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1200 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1201 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1202 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1204 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1206 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1208 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1209 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1210 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1211 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1212 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1213 <keyring-maint> instead)
1214 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1215 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1217 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1219 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1220 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1221 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1223 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1225 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1227 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1228 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1229 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1230 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1231 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1232 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1234 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1235 tighten up the language a bit
1236 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1237 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1238 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1239 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1241 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1242 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1243 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1244 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1245 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1246 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1248 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1249 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1250 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1251 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1252 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1253 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1254 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1255 number of available packages
1256 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1257 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1259 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1261 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1263 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1266 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1268 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1270 * not officially released
1271 * more spelling corrections
1272 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1274 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1276 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1278 * not officially released
1279 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1280 * some PGP-centricity removed
1281 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1282 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1283 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1284 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1285 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1286 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1288 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1290 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1292 * not officially released
1293 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1294 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1295 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1296 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1297 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1298 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1299 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1300 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1301 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1302 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1303 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1304 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1305 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1306 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1308 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1309 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1311 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1313 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1314 take a couple of weeks
1315 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1316 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1317 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1318 excited about it and can't wait
1319 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1320 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1322 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1323 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1325 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1326 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1327 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1329 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1331 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1333 * move to 3-level version number:
1334 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1335 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1336 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1337 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1338 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1341 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1342 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1343 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1345 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1347 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1348 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1349 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1350 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1351 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1352 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1354 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1356 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1357 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1358 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1359 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1360 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1361 - "The CVS server": new section added
1362 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1364 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1365 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1366 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1367 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1368 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1369 with respect to GPG.
1370 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1371 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1372 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1373 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1374 a canonical location?)
1375 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1376 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1377 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1378 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1380 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1382 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1383 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1384 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1385 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1387 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1389 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1391 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1392 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1393 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1394 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1395 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1396 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1397 and should not be included in this Reference.
1398 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1399 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1400 maintainer tools only!
1401 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1402 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1403 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1404 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1405 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1406 * Little corrections here and there.
1407 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1408 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1411 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1413 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1415 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1416 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1417 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1419 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1420 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1421 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1422 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1423 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1424 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1425 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1426 do prior to uploading
1427 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1428 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1430 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1431 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1432 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1433 duties with respect to bugs
1434 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1435 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1436 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1438 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1439 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1440 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1441 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1442 explicit what is used to build this package
1444 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1446 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1449 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1450 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1451 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1452 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1453 * utilize the new URL tag
1454 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1457 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1459 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1461 * non-maintainer release
1462 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1463 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1464 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1465 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1466 text, it can't hurt you.)
1467 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1468 reflect this packages version number
1469 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1471 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1473 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1477 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1479 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1481 * New version numbering scheme:
1483 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1484 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1485 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1488 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1489 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1490 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1491 differ between the manuals.
1493 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1494 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1495 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1496 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1498 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1499 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1501 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1503 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1505 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1507 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1509 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1510 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1512 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1513 (as requested by James Troup)
1515 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1517 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1519 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1521 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1523 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1525 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1527 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1529 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1530 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1531 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1532 the non-maintainer release
1534 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1535 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1536 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1539 - Lots of typos fixed
1541 * Compressed SGML source code
1543 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1544 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1546 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1548 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1550 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1552 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1553 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1554 - Announcing package uploads
1555 * New section about Debian Mentors
1556 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1557 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1558 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1559 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1561 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1563 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1565 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1566 of our FTP server and the development process
1567 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1568 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1569 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1571 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1572 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1573 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1574 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1575 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1576 contacting the maintainer
1577 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1578 a new manual released soon)
1579 * Some minor changes
1580 * Include SGML source in package
1581 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1582 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1584 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1586 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1590 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200