1 developers-reference (3.4.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
5 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
6 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
7 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
8 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
9 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
10 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
11 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
13 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
16 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
17 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
18 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
19 release codenames in <literal>
20 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
21 doesn't exist anymore.
22 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
23 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
24 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
25 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237
26 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
27 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
28 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
29 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
31 -- Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt <he@debian.org> Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:26:33 +0200
33 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
37 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
38 - fix debian/copyright
39 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
40 - add pdf for French version.
41 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
42 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
43 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
44 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
45 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
46 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
47 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
48 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
49 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
51 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
52 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
54 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
56 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
57 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
58 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
59 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
60 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
61 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
63 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
66 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
67 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
68 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
69 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
70 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
71 * Update information concerning Alioth.
72 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
73 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
75 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
76 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
78 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
81 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
83 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
85 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
87 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
88 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
90 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
91 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
92 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
94 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
95 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
96 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
98 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
99 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
100 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
101 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
102 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
103 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
104 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
105 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
106 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
107 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
108 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
109 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
111 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
112 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
113 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
114 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
115 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
116 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
117 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
118 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
119 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
120 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
124 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
126 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
128 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
131 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
132 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
133 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
134 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
135 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
136 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
138 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
140 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
142 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
144 - non-us discontinued.
145 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
147 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
148 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
149 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
150 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
151 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
152 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
153 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
154 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
155 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
156 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
157 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
158 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
159 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
160 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
161 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
162 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
163 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
164 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
166 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
167 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
169 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
172 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
174 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
176 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
179 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
180 - madison is on merkel.
181 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
182 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
183 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
184 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
185 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
186 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
188 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
189 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
190 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
191 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
192 - sync NM rules with reality.
194 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
196 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
198 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
201 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
202 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
203 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
204 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
205 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
206 - spelling, grammer fixes.
207 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
208 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
209 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
210 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
211 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
212 - add myself to uploaders.
213 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
214 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
215 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
216 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
217 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
218 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
219 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
220 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
221 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
222 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
223 - rewrote the NMU section, and
224 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
225 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
226 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
227 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
228 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
229 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
230 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
231 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
233 - Security uploads get urgency=high
234 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
236 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
238 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
240 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
243 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
244 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
245 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
246 - documented Alioth, somewhat
248 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
249 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
251 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
252 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
253 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
254 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
258 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
260 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
261 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
262 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
263 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
266 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
268 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
271 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
273 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
274 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
275 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
277 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
278 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
279 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
280 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
283 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
285 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
286 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
287 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
288 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
289 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
291 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
292 it clear these are special cases
293 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
295 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
297 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
299 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
302 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
303 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
305 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
307 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
309 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
312 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
314 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
315 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
316 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
318 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
319 - the synopsis formula changed to either
320 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
322 <package-name> is <synopsis>
324 <package-name> are <synopsis>
326 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
327 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
328 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
329 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
330 package; closes: #187143
332 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
334 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
337 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
338 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
340 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
342 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
343 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
344 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
345 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
346 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
347 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
348 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
349 right places in the document, closes: #172897
350 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
354 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
356 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
357 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
358 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
359 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
360 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
361 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
362 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
364 - editorial changes on material added in this version
365 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
366 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
367 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
368 closes: #139957, #108416
369 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
370 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
372 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
374 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
377 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
379 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
380 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
381 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
382 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
384 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
385 for best practices for documentation
386 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
387 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
388 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
389 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
391 - spell-checking pass
393 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
395 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
398 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
399 descriptions" moved under there
400 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
401 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
402 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
403 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
404 the document where these tools are discussed
405 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
406 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
407 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
408 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
409 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
410 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
412 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
413 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
414 that can be fixed by DDP folks
415 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
416 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
417 - simply PS and PDF building rules
419 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
421 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
424 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
425 section and adjusted links
426 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
428 - ChangeLog attribution updates
429 - fix typos, closes: #171781
430 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
431 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
432 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
433 for debian/rules", and write an intro
434 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
435 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
436 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
437 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
438 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
439 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
440 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
441 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
442 "Internationalization"
443 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
444 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
445 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
446 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
447 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
448 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
449 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
450 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
451 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
453 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
454 rather useless and broken
455 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
456 names and the first word
457 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
458 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
459 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
461 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
462 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
463 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
465 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
467 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
470 - DDP publishing update
472 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
473 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
474 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
475 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
477 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
479 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
482 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
483 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
484 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
486 - added myself as co-author
487 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
489 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
490 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
492 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
493 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
495 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
497 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
500 - Corrected several errors with —
501 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
502 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
503 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
504 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
505 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
506 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
507 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
509 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
510 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
511 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
512 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
513 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
514 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
515 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
516 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
517 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
519 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
520 descriptions". closes: #158609
521 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
522 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
523 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
524 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
525 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
527 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
528 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
529 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
530 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
531 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
532 - updated the mailing lists section
534 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
535 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
538 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
540 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
543 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
544 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
546 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
548 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
549 Ch "The Debian Archive"
551 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
553 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
554 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
555 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
556 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
557 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
559 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
560 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
561 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
562 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
563 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
564 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
565 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
567 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
568 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
571 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
572 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
573 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
574 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
575 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
576 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
577 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
578 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
579 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
580 work-around with <...>
581 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
582 - update copyright date
583 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
584 - spell check and grammar corrections
588 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
590 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
591 recompile"; closes: #102626
592 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
593 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
594 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
595 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
596 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
598 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
599 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
600 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
602 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
604 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
605 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
606 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
607 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
608 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
609 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
610 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
611 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
612 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
614 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
616 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
618 - updated the list of available architectures.
619 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
620 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
621 of the package and nothing more.
622 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
623 any pain to the ftpmasters.
624 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
625 the use of the delayed queue.
626 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
627 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
629 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
630 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
631 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
632 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
633 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
634 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
635 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
637 - new Sec "Documentation"
638 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
639 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
640 "Being kind to porter" too
641 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
642 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
643 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
644 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
645 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
647 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
648 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
651 - update French translation
653 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
655 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
658 - some grammar corrections
659 - update French translation
661 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
662 anymore; closes: #135559
663 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
665 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
667 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
668 that would be welcome)
669 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
670 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
671 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
672 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
673 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
674 - other minor wording changes
675 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
676 - Ch "Package uploads":
677 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
678 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
679 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
680 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
681 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
682 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
683 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
685 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
687 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
689 * from Martin Michlmayr
690 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
691 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
692 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
694 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
696 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
698 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
700 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
701 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
702 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
705 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
707 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
710 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
712 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
715 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
717 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
718 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
719 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
720 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
721 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
722 talking about uploading to distributions
723 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
724 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
725 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
727 - French translation updated
729 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
730 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
731 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
733 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
735 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
738 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
739 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
742 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
744 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
747 * fix a typo in a link
748 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
749 update documentation accordingly
751 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
752 forwarding bugs upstream
754 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
755 entities which should be used
756 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
757 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
759 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
761 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
763 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
764 * French version: completely up-to-date now
765 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
766 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
768 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
771 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
773 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
775 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
777 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
778 this translation needs updating
779 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
780 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
781 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
783 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
784 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
785 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
787 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
788 included yet, however
790 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
792 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
794 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
796 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
797 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
799 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
801 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
803 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
805 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
806 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
807 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
809 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
811 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
813 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
816 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
817 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
818 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
819 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
820 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
821 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
822 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
823 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
824 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
825 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
826 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
827 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
829 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
830 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
831 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
832 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
833 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
835 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
837 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
838 * update copyright notice for 2001
839 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
840 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
841 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
843 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
845 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
847 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
849 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
851 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
853 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
855 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
857 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
858 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
860 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
861 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
862 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
863 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
864 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
865 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
866 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
867 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
868 could be used if necessary
869 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
870 mention the rsync dupload method
871 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
873 * other small corrections
874 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
875 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
876 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
877 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
879 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
881 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
882 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
884 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
886 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
888 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
889 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
890 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
891 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
893 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
894 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
895 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
896 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
897 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
899 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
901 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
902 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
903 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
904 team (closes: Bug#52906)
905 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
906 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
907 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
909 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
910 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
911 - added a section about the LDAP database
912 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
913 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
915 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
916 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
918 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
920 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
922 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
923 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
924 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
926 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
927 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
928 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
929 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
930 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
931 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
932 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
933 description from developers-reference.sgml
935 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
937 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
939 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
940 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
942 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
944 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
945 releases are available at archive.debian.org
946 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
947 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
948 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
949 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
950 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
951 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
952 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
953 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
955 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
956 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
957 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
958 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
960 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
961 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
962 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
963 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
964 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
965 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
966 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
967 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
968 suggestion from James Troup
969 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
970 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
971 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
972 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
975 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
977 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
979 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
980 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
982 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
984 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
986 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
987 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
988 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
989 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
990 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
991 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
992 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
994 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
996 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
998 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
999 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1000 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1001 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1002 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1003 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1005 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1006 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1008 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1010 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1012 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1014 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1016 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1017 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1018 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1019 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1020 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1022 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1023 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1024 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1025 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1027 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1028 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1029 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1030 a normal developer may have access.
1032 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1034 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1036 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1037 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1038 step all over each other
1040 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1042 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1044 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1045 address for PGP key updates
1047 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1049 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1051 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1052 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1053 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1054 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1055 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1057 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1059 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1061 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1062 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1063 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1064 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1065 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1066 <keyring-maint> instead)
1067 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1068 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1070 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1072 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1073 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1074 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1076 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1078 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1080 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1081 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1082 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1083 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1084 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1085 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1087 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1088 tighten up the language a bit
1089 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1090 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1091 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1092 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1094 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1095 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1096 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1097 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1098 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1099 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1101 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1102 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1103 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1104 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1105 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1106 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1107 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1108 number of available packages
1109 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1110 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1112 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1114 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1116 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1119 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1121 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1123 * not officially released
1124 * more spelling corrections
1125 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1127 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1129 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1131 * not officially released
1132 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1133 * some PGP-centricity removed
1134 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1135 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1136 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1137 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1138 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1139 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1141 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1143 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1145 * not officially released
1146 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1147 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1148 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1149 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1150 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1151 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1152 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1153 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1154 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1155 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1156 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1157 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1158 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1159 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1161 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1162 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1164 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1166 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1167 take a couple of weeks
1168 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1169 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1170 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1171 excited about it and can't wait
1172 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1173 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1175 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1176 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1178 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1179 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1180 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1182 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1184 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1186 * move to 3-level version number:
1187 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1188 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1189 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1190 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1191 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1194 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1195 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1196 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1198 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1200 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1201 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1202 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1203 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1204 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1205 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1207 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1209 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1210 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1211 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1212 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1213 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1214 - "The CVS server": new section added
1215 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1217 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1218 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1219 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1220 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1221 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1222 with respect to GPG.
1223 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1224 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1225 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1226 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1227 a canonical location?)
1228 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1229 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1230 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1231 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1233 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1235 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1236 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1237 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1238 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1240 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1242 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1244 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1245 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1246 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1247 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1248 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1249 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1250 and should not be included in this Reference.
1251 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1252 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1253 maintainer tools only!
1254 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1255 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1256 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1257 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1258 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1259 * Little corrections here and there.
1260 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1261 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1264 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1266 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1268 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1269 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1270 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1272 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1273 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1274 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1275 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1276 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1277 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1278 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1279 do prior to uploading
1280 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1281 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1283 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1284 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1285 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1286 duties with respect to bugs
1287 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1288 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1289 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1291 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1292 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1293 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1294 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1295 explicit what is used to build this package
1297 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1299 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1302 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1303 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1304 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1305 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1306 * utilize the new URL tag
1307 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1310 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1312 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1314 * non-maintainer release
1315 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1316 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1317 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1318 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1319 text, it can't hurt you.)
1320 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1321 reflect this packages version number
1322 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1324 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1326 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1330 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1332 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1334 * New version numbering scheme:
1336 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1337 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1338 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1341 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1342 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1343 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1344 differ between the manuals.
1346 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1347 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1348 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1349 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1351 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1352 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1354 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1356 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1358 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1360 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1362 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1363 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1365 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1366 (as requested by James Troup)
1368 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1370 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1372 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1374 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1376 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1378 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1380 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1382 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1383 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1384 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1385 the non-maintainer release
1387 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1388 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1389 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1392 - Lots of typos fixed
1394 * Compressed SGML source code
1396 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1397 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1399 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1401 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1403 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1405 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1406 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1407 - Announcing package uploads
1408 * New section about Debian Mentors
1409 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1410 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1411 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1412 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1414 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1416 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1418 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1419 of our FTP server and the development process
1420 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1421 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1422 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1424 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1425 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1426 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1427 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1428 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1429 contacting the maintainer
1430 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1431 a new manual released soon)
1432 * Some minor changes
1433 * Include SGML source in package
1434 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1435 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1437 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1439 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1443 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200