1 developers-reference (3.4.5) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
5 version tracking removed that requirement.
7 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Wed, 24 Nov 2010 23:54:39 +0100
9 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
12 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
13 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
16 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
17 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
18 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
19 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
20 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
21 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
22 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
23 patch. Closes: #540231
24 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
25 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
26 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
27 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
28 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
29 for the patch. Closes: #548823
30 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
31 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
32 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
33 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
34 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
35 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
36 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
37 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
38 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
39 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
40 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
41 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
42 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
43 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
45 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
46 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
47 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
49 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
50 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
51 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
52 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
53 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
55 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
57 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
58 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
59 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
60 patch. Closes: #573110
61 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
63 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
64 multi-lines substitution variables.
67 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
68 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
69 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
70 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
71 * Activate Japanese package.
72 * Handle addendum if it exists.
74 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
76 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
78 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
79 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
81 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
83 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
85 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
86 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
88 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
90 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
92 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
93 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
94 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
95 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
96 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
97 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
98 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
99 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
100 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
101 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
102 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
103 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
104 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
105 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
106 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
107 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
108 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
109 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
110 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
111 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
112 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
113 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
115 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
117 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
120 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
124 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
125 The most important changes are:
126 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
127 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
130 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
131 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
132 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
133 distinction. Closes: #464230.
134 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
135 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
136 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
137 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
138 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
139 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
141 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
142 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
144 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
145 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
147 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
148 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
150 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
152 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
153 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
155 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
156 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
157 Closes: #512620, #510783.
159 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
161 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
164 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
165 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
166 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
167 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
168 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
169 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
170 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
171 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
173 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
175 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
178 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
179 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
180 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
181 release codenames in <literal>
182 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
183 doesn't exist anymore.
184 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
185 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
186 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
187 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
188 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
189 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
190 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
191 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
192 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
193 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
194 team before upload. Closes: #459343
195 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
196 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
197 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
198 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
199 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
200 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
201 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
203 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
204 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
206 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
207 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
208 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
209 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
210 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
211 Thomas. Closes: #485837
213 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
214 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
216 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
218 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
222 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
223 - fix debian/copyright
224 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
225 - add pdf for French version.
226 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
227 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
228 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
229 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
230 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
231 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
232 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
233 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
234 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
236 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
237 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
239 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
241 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
242 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
243 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
244 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
245 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
246 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
248 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
251 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
252 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
253 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
254 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
255 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
256 * Update information concerning Alioth.
257 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
258 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
260 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
261 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
263 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
266 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
268 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
270 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
272 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
273 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
275 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
276 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
277 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
279 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
280 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
281 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
283 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
284 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
285 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
286 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
287 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
288 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
289 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
290 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
291 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
292 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
293 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
294 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
296 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
297 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
298 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
299 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
300 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
301 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
302 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
303 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
304 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
305 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
309 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
311 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
313 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
316 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
317 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
318 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
319 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
320 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
321 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
323 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
325 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
327 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
329 - non-us discontinued.
330 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
332 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
333 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
334 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
335 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
336 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
337 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
338 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
339 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
340 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
341 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
342 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
343 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
344 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
345 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
346 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
347 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
348 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
349 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
351 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
352 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
354 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
357 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
359 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
361 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
364 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
365 - madison is on merkel.
366 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
367 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
368 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
369 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
370 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
371 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
373 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
374 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
375 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
376 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
377 - sync NM rules with reality.
379 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
381 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
383 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
386 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
387 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
388 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
389 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
390 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
391 - spelling, grammer fixes.
392 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
393 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
394 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
395 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
396 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
397 - add myself to uploaders.
398 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
399 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
400 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
401 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
402 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
403 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
404 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
405 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
406 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
407 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
408 - rewrote the NMU section, and
409 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
410 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
411 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
412 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
413 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
414 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
415 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
416 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
418 - Security uploads get urgency=high
419 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
421 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
423 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
425 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
428 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
429 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
430 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
431 - documented Alioth, somewhat
433 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
434 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
436 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
437 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
438 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
439 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
443 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
445 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
446 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
447 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
448 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
451 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
453 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
456 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
458 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
459 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
460 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
462 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
463 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
464 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
465 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
468 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
470 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
471 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
472 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
473 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
474 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
476 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
477 it clear these are special cases
478 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
480 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
482 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
484 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
487 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
488 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
490 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
492 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
494 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
497 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
499 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
500 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
501 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
503 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
504 - the synopsis formula changed to either
505 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
507 <package-name> is <synopsis>
509 <package-name> are <synopsis>
511 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
512 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
513 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
514 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
515 package; closes: #187143
517 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
519 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
522 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
523 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
525 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
527 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
528 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
529 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
530 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
531 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
532 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
533 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
534 right places in the document, closes: #172897
535 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
539 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
541 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
542 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
543 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
544 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
545 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
546 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
547 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
549 - editorial changes on material added in this version
550 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
551 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
552 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
553 closes: #139957, #108416
554 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
555 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
557 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
559 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
562 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
564 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
565 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
566 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
567 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
569 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
570 for best practices for documentation
571 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
572 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
573 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
574 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
576 - spell-checking pass
578 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
580 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
583 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
584 descriptions" moved under there
585 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
586 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
587 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
588 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
589 the document where these tools are discussed
590 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
591 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
592 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
593 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
594 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
595 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
597 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
598 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
599 that can be fixed by DDP folks
600 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
601 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
602 - simply PS and PDF building rules
604 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
606 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
609 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
610 section and adjusted links
611 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
613 - ChangeLog attribution updates
614 - fix typos, closes: #171781
615 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
616 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
617 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
618 for debian/rules", and write an intro
619 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
620 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
621 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
622 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
623 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
624 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
625 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
626 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
627 "Internationalization"
628 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
629 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
630 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
631 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
632 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
633 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
634 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
635 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
636 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
638 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
639 rather useless and broken
640 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
641 names and the first word
642 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
643 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
644 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
646 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
647 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
648 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
650 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
652 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
655 - DDP publishing update
657 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
658 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
659 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
660 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
662 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
664 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
667 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
668 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
669 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
671 - added myself as co-author
672 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
674 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
675 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
677 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
678 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
680 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
682 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
685 - Corrected several errors with —
686 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
687 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
688 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
689 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
690 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
691 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
692 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
694 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
695 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
696 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
697 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
698 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
699 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
700 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
701 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
702 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
704 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
705 descriptions". closes: #158609
706 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
707 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
708 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
709 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
710 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
712 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
713 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
714 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
715 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
716 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
717 - updated the mailing lists section
719 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
720 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
723 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
725 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
728 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
729 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
731 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
733 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
734 Ch "The Debian Archive"
736 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
738 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
739 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
740 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
741 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
742 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
744 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
745 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
746 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
747 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
748 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
749 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
750 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
752 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
753 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
756 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
757 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
758 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
759 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
760 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
761 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
762 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
763 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
764 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
765 work-around with <...>
766 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
767 - update copyright date
768 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
769 - spell check and grammar corrections
773 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
775 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
776 recompile"; closes: #102626
777 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
778 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
779 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
780 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
781 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
783 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
784 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
785 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
787 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
789 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
790 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
791 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
792 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
793 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
794 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
795 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
796 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
797 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
799 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
801 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
803 - updated the list of available architectures.
804 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
805 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
806 of the package and nothing more.
807 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
808 any pain to the ftpmasters.
809 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
810 the use of the delayed queue.
811 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
812 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
814 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
815 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
816 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
817 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
818 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
819 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
820 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
822 - new Sec "Documentation"
823 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
824 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
825 "Being kind to porter" too
826 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
827 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
828 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
829 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
830 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
832 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
833 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
836 - update French translation
838 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
840 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
843 - some grammar corrections
844 - update French translation
846 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
847 anymore; closes: #135559
848 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
850 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
852 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
853 that would be welcome)
854 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
855 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
856 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
857 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
858 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
859 - other minor wording changes
860 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
861 - Ch "Package uploads":
862 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
863 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
864 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
865 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
866 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
867 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
868 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
870 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
872 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
874 * from Martin Michlmayr
875 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
876 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
877 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
879 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
881 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
883 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
885 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
886 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
887 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
890 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
892 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
895 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
897 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
900 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
902 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
903 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
904 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
905 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
906 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
907 talking about uploading to distributions
908 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
909 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
910 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
912 - French translation updated
914 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
915 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
916 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
918 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
920 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
923 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
924 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
927 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
929 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
932 * fix a typo in a link
933 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
934 update documentation accordingly
936 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
937 forwarding bugs upstream
939 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
940 entities which should be used
941 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
942 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
944 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
946 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
948 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
949 * French version: completely up-to-date now
950 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
951 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
953 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
956 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
958 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
960 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
962 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
963 this translation needs updating
964 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
965 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
966 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
968 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
969 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
970 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
972 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
973 included yet, however
975 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
977 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
979 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
981 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
982 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
984 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
986 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
988 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
990 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
991 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
992 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
994 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
996 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
998 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1001 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1002 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1003 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1004 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1005 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1006 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1007 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1008 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1009 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1010 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1011 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1012 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1014 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1015 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1016 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1017 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1018 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1020 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1022 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1023 * update copyright notice for 2001
1024 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1025 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1026 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1028 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1030 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1032 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1034 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1036 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1038 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1040 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1042 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1043 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1045 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1046 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1047 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1048 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1049 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1050 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1051 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1052 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1053 could be used if necessary
1054 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1055 mention the rsync dupload method
1056 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1058 * other small corrections
1059 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1060 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1061 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1062 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1064 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1066 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1067 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1069 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1071 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1073 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1074 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1075 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1076 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1078 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1079 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1080 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1081 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1082 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1084 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1086 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1087 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1088 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1089 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1090 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1091 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1092 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1094 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1095 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1096 - added a section about the LDAP database
1097 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1098 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1100 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1101 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1103 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1105 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1107 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1108 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1109 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1111 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1112 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1113 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1114 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1115 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1116 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1117 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1118 description from developers-reference.sgml
1120 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1122 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1124 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1125 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1127 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1129 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1130 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1131 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1132 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1133 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1134 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1135 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1136 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1137 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1138 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1140 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1141 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1142 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1143 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1145 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1146 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1147 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1148 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1149 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1150 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1151 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1152 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1153 suggestion from James Troup
1154 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1155 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1156 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1157 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1160 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1162 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1164 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1165 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1167 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1169 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1171 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1172 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1173 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1174 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1175 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1176 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1177 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1179 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1181 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1183 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1184 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1185 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1186 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1187 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1188 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1190 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1191 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1193 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1195 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1197 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1199 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1201 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1202 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1203 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1204 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1205 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1207 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1208 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1209 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1210 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1212 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1213 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1214 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1215 a normal developer may have access.
1217 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1219 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1221 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1222 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1223 step all over each other
1225 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1227 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1229 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1230 address for PGP key updates
1232 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1234 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1236 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1237 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1238 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1239 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1240 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1242 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1244 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1246 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1247 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1248 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1249 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1250 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1251 <keyring-maint> instead)
1252 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1253 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1255 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1257 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1258 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1259 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1261 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1263 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1265 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1266 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1267 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1268 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1269 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1270 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1272 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1273 tighten up the language a bit
1274 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1275 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1276 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1277 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1279 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1280 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1281 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1282 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1283 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1284 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1286 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1287 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1288 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1289 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1290 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1291 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1292 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1293 number of available packages
1294 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1295 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1297 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1299 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1301 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1304 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1306 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1308 * not officially released
1309 * more spelling corrections
1310 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1312 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1314 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1316 * not officially released
1317 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1318 * some PGP-centricity removed
1319 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1320 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1321 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1322 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1323 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1324 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1326 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1328 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1330 * not officially released
1331 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1332 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1333 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1334 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1335 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1336 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1337 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1338 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1339 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1340 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1341 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1342 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1343 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1344 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1346 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1347 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1349 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1351 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1352 take a couple of weeks
1353 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1354 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1355 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1356 excited about it and can't wait
1357 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1358 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1360 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1361 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1363 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1364 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1365 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1367 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1369 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1371 * move to 3-level version number:
1372 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1373 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1374 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1375 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1376 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1379 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1380 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1381 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1383 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1385 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1386 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1387 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1388 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1389 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1390 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1392 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1394 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1395 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1396 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1397 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1398 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1399 - "The CVS server": new section added
1400 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1402 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1403 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1404 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1405 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1406 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1407 with respect to GPG.
1408 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1409 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1410 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1411 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1412 a canonical location?)
1413 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1414 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1415 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1416 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1418 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1420 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1421 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1422 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1423 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1425 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1427 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1429 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1430 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1431 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1432 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1433 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1434 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1435 and should not be included in this Reference.
1436 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1437 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1438 maintainer tools only!
1439 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1440 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1441 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1442 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1443 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1444 * Little corrections here and there.
1445 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1446 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1449 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1451 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1453 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1454 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1455 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1457 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1458 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1459 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1460 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1461 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1462 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1463 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1464 do prior to uploading
1465 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1466 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1468 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1469 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1470 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1471 duties with respect to bugs
1472 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1473 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1474 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1476 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1477 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1478 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1479 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1480 explicit what is used to build this package
1482 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1484 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1487 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1488 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1489 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1490 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1491 * utilize the new URL tag
1492 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1495 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1497 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1499 * non-maintainer release
1500 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1501 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1502 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1503 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1504 text, it can't hurt you.)
1505 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1506 reflect this packages version number
1507 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1509 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1511 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1515 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1517 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1519 * New version numbering scheme:
1521 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1522 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1523 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1526 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1527 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1528 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1529 differ between the manuals.
1531 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1532 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1533 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1534 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1536 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1537 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1539 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1541 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1543 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1545 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1547 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1548 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1550 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1551 (as requested by James Troup)
1553 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1555 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1557 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1559 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1561 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1563 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1565 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1567 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1568 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1569 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1570 the non-maintainer release
1572 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1573 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1574 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1577 - Lots of typos fixed
1579 * Compressed SGML source code
1581 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1582 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1584 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1586 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1588 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1590 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1591 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1592 - Announcing package uploads
1593 * New section about Debian Mentors
1594 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1595 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1596 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1597 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1599 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1601 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1603 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1604 of our FTP server and the development process
1605 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1606 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1607 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1609 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1610 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1611 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1612 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1613 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1614 contacting the maintainer
1615 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1616 a new manual released soon)
1617 * Some minor changes
1618 * Include SGML source in package
1619 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1620 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1622 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1624 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1628 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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