1 developers-reference (3.4.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
5 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
8 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
9 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
10 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
11 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
12 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
13 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
14 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
15 patch. Closes: #540231
16 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
17 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
18 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
19 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
20 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
21 for the patch. Closes: #548823
22 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
23 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
24 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
25 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
26 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
27 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
28 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
29 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
30 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
31 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
32 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
33 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
34 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
35 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
37 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
38 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
39 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
41 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
42 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
43 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
44 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
46 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:49:40 +0900
48 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
50 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
51 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
53 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
55 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
57 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
58 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
60 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
62 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
64 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
65 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
66 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
67 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
68 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
69 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
70 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
71 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
72 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
73 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
74 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
75 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
76 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
77 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
78 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
79 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
80 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
81 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
82 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
83 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
84 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
85 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
87 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
89 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
92 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
96 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
97 The most important changes are:
98 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
99 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
102 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
103 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
104 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
105 distinction. Closes: #464230.
106 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
107 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
108 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
109 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
110 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
111 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
113 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
114 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
116 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
117 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
119 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
120 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
122 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
124 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
125 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
127 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
128 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
129 Closes: #512620, #510783.
131 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
133 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
136 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
137 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
138 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
139 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
140 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
141 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
142 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
143 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
145 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
147 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
150 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
151 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
152 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
153 release codenames in <literal>
154 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
155 doesn't exist anymore.
156 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
157 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
158 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
159 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
160 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
161 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
162 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
163 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
164 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
165 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
166 team before upload. Closes: #459343
167 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
168 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
169 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
170 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
171 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
172 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
173 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
175 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
176 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
178 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
179 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
180 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
181 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
182 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
183 Thomas. Closes: #485837
185 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
186 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
188 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
190 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
194 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
195 - fix debian/copyright
196 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
197 - add pdf for French version.
198 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
199 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
200 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
201 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
202 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
203 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
204 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
205 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
206 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
208 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
209 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
211 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
213 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
214 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
215 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
216 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
217 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
218 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
220 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
223 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
224 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
225 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
226 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
227 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
228 * Update information concerning Alioth.
229 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
230 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
232 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
233 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
235 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
238 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
240 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
242 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
244 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
245 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
247 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
248 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
249 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
251 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
252 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
253 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
255 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
256 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
257 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
258 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
259 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
260 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
261 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
262 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
263 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
264 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
265 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
266 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
268 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
269 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
270 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
271 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
272 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
273 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
274 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
275 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
276 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
277 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
281 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
283 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
285 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
288 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
289 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
290 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
291 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
292 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
293 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
295 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
297 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
299 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
301 - non-us discontinued.
302 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
304 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
305 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
306 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
307 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
308 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
309 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
310 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
311 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
312 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
313 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
314 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
315 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
316 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
317 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
318 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
319 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
320 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
321 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
323 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
324 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
326 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
329 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
331 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
333 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
336 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
337 - madison is on merkel.
338 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
339 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
340 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
341 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
342 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
343 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
345 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
346 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
347 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
348 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
349 - sync NM rules with reality.
351 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
353 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
355 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
358 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
359 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
360 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
361 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
362 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
363 - spelling, grammer fixes.
364 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
365 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
366 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
367 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
368 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
369 - add myself to uploaders.
370 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
371 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
372 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
373 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
374 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
375 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
376 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
377 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
378 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
379 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
380 - rewrote the NMU section, and
381 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
382 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
383 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
384 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
385 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
386 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
387 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
388 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
390 - Security uploads get urgency=high
391 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
393 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
395 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
397 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
400 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
401 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
402 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
403 - documented Alioth, somewhat
405 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
406 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
408 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
409 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
410 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
411 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
415 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
417 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
418 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
419 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
420 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
423 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
425 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
428 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
430 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
431 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
432 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
434 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
435 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
436 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
437 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
440 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
442 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
443 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
444 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
445 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
446 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
448 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
449 it clear these are special cases
450 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
452 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
454 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
456 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
459 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
460 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
462 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
464 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
466 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
469 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
471 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
472 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
473 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
475 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
476 - the synopsis formula changed to either
477 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
479 <package-name> is <synopsis>
481 <package-name> are <synopsis>
483 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
484 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
485 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
486 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
487 package; closes: #187143
489 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
491 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
494 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
495 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
497 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
499 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
500 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
501 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
502 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
503 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
504 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
505 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
506 right places in the document, closes: #172897
507 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
511 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
513 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
514 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
515 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
516 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
517 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
518 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
519 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
521 - editorial changes on material added in this version
522 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
523 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
524 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
525 closes: #139957, #108416
526 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
527 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
529 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
531 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
534 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
536 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
537 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
538 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
539 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
541 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
542 for best practices for documentation
543 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
544 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
545 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
546 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
548 - spell-checking pass
550 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
552 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
555 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
556 descriptions" moved under there
557 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
558 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
559 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
560 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
561 the document where these tools are discussed
562 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
563 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
564 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
565 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
566 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
567 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
569 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
570 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
571 that can be fixed by DDP folks
572 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
573 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
574 - simply PS and PDF building rules
576 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
578 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
581 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
582 section and adjusted links
583 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
585 - ChangeLog attribution updates
586 - fix typos, closes: #171781
587 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
588 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
589 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
590 for debian/rules", and write an intro
591 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
592 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
593 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
594 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
595 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
596 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
597 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
598 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
599 "Internationalization"
600 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
601 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
602 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
603 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
604 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
605 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
606 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
607 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
608 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
610 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
611 rather useless and broken
612 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
613 names and the first word
614 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
615 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
616 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
618 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
619 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
620 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
622 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
624 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
627 - DDP publishing update
629 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
630 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
631 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
632 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
634 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
636 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
639 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
640 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
641 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
643 - added myself as co-author
644 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
646 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
647 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
649 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
650 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
652 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
654 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
657 - Corrected several errors with —
658 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
659 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
660 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
661 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
662 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
663 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
664 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
666 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
667 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
668 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
669 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
670 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
671 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
672 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
673 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
674 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
676 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
677 descriptions". closes: #158609
678 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
679 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
680 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
681 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
682 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
684 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
685 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
686 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
687 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
688 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
689 - updated the mailing lists section
691 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
692 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
695 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
697 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
700 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
701 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
703 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
705 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
706 Ch "The Debian Archive"
708 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
710 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
711 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
712 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
713 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
714 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
716 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
717 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
718 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
719 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
720 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
721 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
722 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
724 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
725 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
728 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
729 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
730 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
731 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
732 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
733 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
734 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
735 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
736 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
737 work-around with <...>
738 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
739 - update copyright date
740 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
741 - spell check and grammar corrections
745 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
747 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
748 recompile"; closes: #102626
749 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
750 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
751 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
752 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
753 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
755 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
756 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
757 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
759 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
761 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
762 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
763 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
764 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
765 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
766 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
767 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
768 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
769 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
771 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
773 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
775 - updated the list of available architectures.
776 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
777 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
778 of the package and nothing more.
779 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
780 any pain to the ftpmasters.
781 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
782 the use of the delayed queue.
783 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
784 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
786 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
787 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
788 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
789 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
790 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
791 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
792 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
794 - new Sec "Documentation"
795 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
796 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
797 "Being kind to porter" too
798 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
799 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
800 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
801 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
802 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
804 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
805 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
808 - update French translation
810 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
812 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
815 - some grammar corrections
816 - update French translation
818 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
819 anymore; closes: #135559
820 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
822 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
824 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
825 that would be welcome)
826 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
827 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
828 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
829 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
830 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
831 - other minor wording changes
832 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
833 - Ch "Package uploads":
834 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
835 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
836 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
837 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
838 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
839 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
840 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
842 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
844 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
846 * from Martin Michlmayr
847 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
848 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
849 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
851 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
853 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
855 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
857 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
858 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
859 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
862 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
864 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
867 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
869 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
872 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
874 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
875 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
876 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
877 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
878 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
879 talking about uploading to distributions
880 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
881 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
882 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
884 - French translation updated
886 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
887 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
888 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
890 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
892 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
895 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
896 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
899 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
901 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
904 * fix a typo in a link
905 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
906 update documentation accordingly
908 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
909 forwarding bugs upstream
911 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
912 entities which should be used
913 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
914 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
916 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
918 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
920 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
921 * French version: completely up-to-date now
922 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
923 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
925 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
928 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
930 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
932 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
934 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
935 this translation needs updating
936 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
937 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
938 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
940 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
941 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
942 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
944 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
945 included yet, however
947 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
949 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
951 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
953 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
954 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
956 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
958 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
960 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
962 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
963 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
964 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
966 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
968 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
970 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
973 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
974 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
975 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
976 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
977 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
978 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
979 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
980 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
981 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
982 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
983 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
984 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
986 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
987 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
988 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
989 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
990 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
992 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
994 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
995 * update copyright notice for 2001
996 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
997 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
998 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1000 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1002 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1004 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1006 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1008 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1010 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1012 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1014 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1015 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1017 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1018 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1019 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1020 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1021 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1022 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1023 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1024 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1025 could be used if necessary
1026 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1027 mention the rsync dupload method
1028 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1030 * other small corrections
1031 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1032 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1033 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1034 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1036 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1038 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1039 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1041 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1043 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1045 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1046 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1047 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1048 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1050 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1051 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1052 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1053 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1054 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1056 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1058 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1059 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1060 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1061 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1062 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1063 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1064 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1066 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1067 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1068 - added a section about the LDAP database
1069 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1070 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1072 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1073 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1075 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1077 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1079 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1080 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1081 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1083 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1084 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1085 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1086 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1087 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1088 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1089 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1090 description from developers-reference.sgml
1092 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1094 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1096 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1097 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1099 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1101 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1102 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1103 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1104 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1105 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1106 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1107 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1108 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1109 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1110 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1112 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1113 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1114 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1115 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1117 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1118 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1119 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1120 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1121 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1122 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1123 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1124 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1125 suggestion from James Troup
1126 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1127 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1128 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1129 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1132 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1134 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1136 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1137 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1139 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1141 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1143 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1144 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1145 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1146 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1147 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1148 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1149 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1151 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1153 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1155 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1156 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1157 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1158 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1159 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1160 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1162 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1163 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1165 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1167 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1169 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1171 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1173 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1174 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1175 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1176 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1177 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1179 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1180 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1181 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1182 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1184 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1185 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1186 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1187 a normal developer may have access.
1189 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1191 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1193 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1194 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1195 step all over each other
1197 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1199 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1201 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1202 address for PGP key updates
1204 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1206 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1208 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1209 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1210 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1211 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1212 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1214 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1216 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1218 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1219 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1220 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1221 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1222 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1223 <keyring-maint> instead)
1224 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1225 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1227 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1229 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1230 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1231 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1233 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1235 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1237 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1238 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1239 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1240 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1241 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1242 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1244 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1245 tighten up the language a bit
1246 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1247 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1248 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1249 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1251 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1252 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1253 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1254 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1255 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1256 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1258 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1259 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1260 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1261 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1262 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1263 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1264 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1265 number of available packages
1266 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1267 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1269 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1271 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1273 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1276 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1278 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1280 * not officially released
1281 * more spelling corrections
1282 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1284 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1286 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1288 * not officially released
1289 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1290 * some PGP-centricity removed
1291 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1292 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1293 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1294 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1295 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1296 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1298 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1300 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1302 * not officially released
1303 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1304 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1305 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1306 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1307 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1308 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1309 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1310 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1311 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1312 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1313 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1314 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1315 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1316 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1318 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1319 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1321 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1323 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1324 take a couple of weeks
1325 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1326 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1327 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1328 excited about it and can't wait
1329 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1330 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1332 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1333 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1335 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1336 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1337 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1339 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1341 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1343 * move to 3-level version number:
1344 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1345 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1346 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1347 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1348 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1351 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1352 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1353 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1355 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1357 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1358 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1359 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1360 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1361 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1362 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1364 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1366 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1367 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1368 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1369 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1370 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1371 - "The CVS server": new section added
1372 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1374 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1375 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1376 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1377 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1378 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1379 with respect to GPG.
1380 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1381 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1382 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1383 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1384 a canonical location?)
1385 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1386 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1387 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1388 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1390 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1392 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1393 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1394 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1395 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1397 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1399 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1401 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1402 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1403 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1404 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1405 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1406 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1407 and should not be included in this Reference.
1408 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1409 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1410 maintainer tools only!
1411 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1412 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1413 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1414 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1415 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1416 * Little corrections here and there.
1417 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1418 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1421 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1423 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1425 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1426 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1427 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1429 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1430 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1431 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1432 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1433 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1434 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1435 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1436 do prior to uploading
1437 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1438 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1440 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1441 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1442 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1443 duties with respect to bugs
1444 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1445 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1446 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1448 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1449 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1450 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1451 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1452 explicit what is used to build this package
1454 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1456 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1459 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1460 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1461 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1462 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1463 * utilize the new URL tag
1464 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1467 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1469 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1471 * non-maintainer release
1472 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1473 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1474 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1475 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1476 text, it can't hurt you.)
1477 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1478 reflect this packages version number
1479 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1481 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1483 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1487 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1489 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1491 * New version numbering scheme:
1493 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1494 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1495 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1498 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1499 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1500 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1501 differ between the manuals.
1503 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1504 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1505 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1506 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1508 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1509 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1511 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1513 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1515 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1517 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1519 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1520 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1522 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1523 (as requested by James Troup)
1525 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1527 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1529 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1531 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1533 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1535 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1537 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1539 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1540 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1541 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1542 the non-maintainer release
1544 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1545 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1546 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1549 - Lots of typos fixed
1551 * Compressed SGML source code
1553 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1554 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1556 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1558 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1560 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1562 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1563 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1564 - Announcing package uploads
1565 * New section about Debian Mentors
1566 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1567 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1568 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1569 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1571 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1573 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1575 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1576 of our FTP server and the development process
1577 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1578 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1579 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1581 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1582 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1583 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1584 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1585 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1586 contacting the maintainer
1587 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1588 a new manual released soon)
1589 * Some minor changes
1590 * Include SGML source in package
1591 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1592 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1594 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1596 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1600 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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