1 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
5 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
7 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
10 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
12 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
13 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
14 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
16 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
17 - the synopsis formula changed to either
18 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
20 <package-name> is <synopsis>
22 <package-name> are <synopsis>
24 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
25 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
26 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
27 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
28 package; closes: #187143
30 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
32 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
35 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
36 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
38 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
40 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
41 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
42 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
43 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
44 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
45 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
46 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
47 right places in the document, closes: #172897
48 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
52 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
54 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
55 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
56 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
57 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
58 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
59 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
60 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
62 - editorial changes on material added in this version
63 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
64 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
65 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
66 closes: #139957, #108416
67 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
68 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
70 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
72 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
75 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
77 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
78 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
79 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
80 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
82 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
83 for best practices for documentation
84 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
85 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
86 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
87 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
91 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
93 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
96 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
97 descriptions" moved under there
98 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
99 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
100 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
101 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
102 the document where these tools are discussed
103 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
104 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
105 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
106 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
107 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
108 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
110 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
111 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
112 that can be fixed by DDP folks
113 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
114 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
115 - simply PS and PDF building rules
117 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
119 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
122 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
123 section and adjusted links
124 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
126 - ChangeLog attribution updates
127 - fix typos, closes: #171781
128 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
129 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
130 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
131 for debian/rules", and write an intro
132 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
133 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
134 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
135 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
136 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
137 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
138 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
139 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
140 "Internationalization"
141 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
142 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
143 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
144 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
145 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
146 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
147 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
148 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
149 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
151 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
152 rather useless and broken
153 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
154 names and the first word
155 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
156 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
157 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
159 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
160 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
161 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
163 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
165 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
168 - DDP publishing update
170 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
171 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
172 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
173 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
175 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
177 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
180 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
181 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
182 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
184 - added myself as co-author
185 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
187 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
188 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
190 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
191 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
193 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
195 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
198 - Corrected several errors with —
199 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
200 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
201 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
202 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
203 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
204 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
205 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
207 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
208 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
209 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
210 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
211 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
212 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
213 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
214 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
215 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
217 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
218 descriptions". closes: #158609
219 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
220 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
221 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
222 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
223 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
225 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
226 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
227 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
228 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
229 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
230 - updated the mailing lists section
232 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
233 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
236 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
238 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
241 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
242 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
244 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
246 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
247 Ch "The Debian Archive"
249 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
251 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
252 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
253 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
254 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
255 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
257 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
258 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
259 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
260 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
261 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
262 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
263 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
265 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
266 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
269 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
270 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
271 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
272 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
273 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
274 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
275 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
276 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
277 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
278 work-around with <...>
279 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
280 - update copyright date
281 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
282 - spell check and grammar corrections
286 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
288 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
289 recompile"; closes: #102626
290 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
291 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
292 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
293 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
294 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
296 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
297 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
298 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
300 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
302 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
303 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
304 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
305 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
306 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
307 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
308 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
309 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
310 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
312 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
314 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
316 - updated the list of available architectures.
317 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
318 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
319 of the package and nothing more.
320 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
321 any pain to the ftpmasters.
322 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
323 the use of the delayed queue.
324 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
325 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
327 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
328 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
329 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
330 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
331 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
332 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
333 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
335 - new Sec "Documentation"
336 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
337 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
338 "Being kind to porter" too
339 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
340 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
341 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
342 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
343 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
345 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
346 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
349 - update French translation
351 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
353 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
356 - some grammar corrections
357 - update French translation
359 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
360 anymore; closes: #135559
361 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
363 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
365 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
366 that would be welcome)
367 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
368 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
369 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
370 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
371 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
372 - other minor wording changes
373 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
374 - Ch "Package uploads":
375 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
376 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
377 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
378 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
379 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
380 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
381 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
383 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
385 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
387 * from Martin Michlmayr
388 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
389 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
390 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
392 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
394 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
396 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
398 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
399 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
400 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
403 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
405 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
408 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
410 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
413 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
415 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
416 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
417 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
418 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
419 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
420 talking about uploading to distributions
421 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
422 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
423 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
425 - French translation updated
427 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
428 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
429 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
431 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
433 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
436 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
437 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
440 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
442 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
445 * fix a typo in a link
446 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
447 update documentation accordingly
449 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
450 forwarding bugs upstream
452 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
453 entities which should be used
454 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
455 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
457 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
459 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
461 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
462 * French version: completely up-to-date now
463 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
464 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
466 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
469 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
471 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
473 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
475 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
476 this translation needs updating
477 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
478 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
479 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
481 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
482 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
483 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
485 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
486 included yet, however
488 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
490 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
492 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
494 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
495 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
497 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
499 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
501 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
503 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
504 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
505 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
507 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
509 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
511 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
514 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
515 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
516 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
517 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
518 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
519 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
520 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
521 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
522 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
523 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
524 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
525 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
527 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
528 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
529 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
530 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
531 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
533 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
535 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
536 * update copyright notice for 2001
537 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
538 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
539 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
541 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
543 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
545 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
547 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
549 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
551 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
553 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
555 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
556 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
558 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
559 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
560 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
561 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
562 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
563 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
564 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
565 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
566 could be used if necessary
567 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
568 mention the rsync dupload method
569 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
571 * other small corrections
572 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
573 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
574 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
575 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
577 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
579 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
580 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
582 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
584 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
586 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
587 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
588 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
589 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
591 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
592 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
593 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
594 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
595 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
597 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
599 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
600 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
601 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
602 team (closes: Bug#52906)
603 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
604 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
605 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
607 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
608 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
609 - added a section about the LDAP database
610 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
611 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
613 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
614 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
616 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
618 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
620 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
621 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
622 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
624 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
625 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
626 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
627 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
628 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
629 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
630 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
631 description from developers-reference.sgml
633 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
635 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
637 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
638 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
640 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
642 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
643 releases are available at archive.debian.org
644 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
645 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
646 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
647 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
648 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
649 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
650 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
651 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
653 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
654 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
655 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
656 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
658 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
659 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
660 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
661 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
662 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
663 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
664 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
665 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
666 suggestion from James Troup
667 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
668 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
669 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
670 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
673 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
675 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
677 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
678 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
680 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
682 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
684 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
685 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
686 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
687 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
688 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
689 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
690 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
692 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
694 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
696 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
697 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
698 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
699 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
700 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
701 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
703 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
704 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
706 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
708 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
710 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
712 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
714 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
715 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
716 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
717 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
718 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
720 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
721 with intro; demoted server sections under that
722 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
723 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
725 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
726 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
727 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
728 a normal developer may have access.
730 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
732 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
734 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
735 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
736 step all over each other
738 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
740 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
742 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
743 address for PGP key updates
745 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
747 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
749 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
750 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
751 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
752 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
753 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
755 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
757 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
759 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
760 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
761 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
762 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
763 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
764 <keyring-maint> instead)
765 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
766 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
768 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
770 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
771 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
772 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
774 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
776 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
778 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
779 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
780 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
781 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
782 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
783 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
785 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
786 tighten up the language a bit
787 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
788 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
789 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
790 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
792 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
793 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
794 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
795 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
796 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
797 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
799 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
800 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
801 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
802 about how to depart Debian gracefully
803 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
804 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
805 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
806 number of available packages
807 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
808 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
810 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
812 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
814 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
817 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
819 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
821 * not officially released
822 * more spelling corrections
823 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
825 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
827 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
829 * not officially released
830 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
831 * some PGP-centricity removed
832 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
833 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
834 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
835 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
836 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
837 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
839 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
841 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
843 * not officially released
844 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
845 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
846 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
847 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
848 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
849 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
850 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
851 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
852 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
853 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
854 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
855 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
856 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
857 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
859 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
860 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
862 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
864 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
865 take a couple of weeks
866 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
867 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
868 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
869 excited about it and can't wait
870 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
871 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
873 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
874 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
876 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
877 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
878 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
880 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
882 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
884 * move to 3-level version number:
885 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
886 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
887 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
888 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
889 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
892 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
893 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
894 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
896 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
898 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
899 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
900 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
901 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
902 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
903 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
905 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
907 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
908 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
909 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
910 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
911 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
912 - "The CVS server": new section added
913 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
915 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
916 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
917 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
918 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
919 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
921 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
922 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
923 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
924 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
925 a canonical location?)
926 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
927 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
928 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
929 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
931 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
933 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
934 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
935 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
936 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
938 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
940 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
942 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
943 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
944 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
945 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
946 them. (closes Bug#26948)
947 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
948 and should not be included in this Reference.
949 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
950 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
951 maintainer tools only!
952 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
953 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
954 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
955 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
956 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
957 * Little corrections here and there.
958 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
959 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
962 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
964 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
966 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
967 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
968 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
970 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
971 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
972 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
973 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
974 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
975 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
976 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
977 do prior to uploading
978 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
979 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
981 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
982 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
983 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
984 duties with respect to bugs
985 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
986 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
987 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
989 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
990 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
991 * grammar and markup changes throughout
992 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
993 explicit what is used to build this package
995 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
997 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1000 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1001 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1002 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1003 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1004 * utilize the new URL tag
1005 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1008 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1010 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1012 * non-maintainer release
1013 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1014 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1015 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1016 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1017 text, it can't hurt you.)
1018 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1019 reflect this packages version number
1020 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1022 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1024 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1028 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1030 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1032 * New version numbering scheme:
1034 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1035 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1036 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1039 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1040 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1041 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1042 differ between the manuals.
1044 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1045 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1046 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1047 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1049 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1050 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1052 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1054 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1056 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1058 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1060 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1061 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1063 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1064 (as requested by James Troup)
1066 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1068 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1070 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1072 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1074 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1076 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1078 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1080 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1081 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1082 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1083 the non-maintainer release
1085 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1086 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1087 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1090 - Lots of typos fixed
1092 * Compressed SGML source code
1094 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1095 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1097 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1099 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1101 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1103 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1104 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1105 - Announcing package uploads
1106 * New section about Debian Mentors
1107 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1108 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1109 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1110 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1112 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1114 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1116 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1117 of our FTP server and the development process
1118 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1119 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1120 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1122 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1123 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1124 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1125 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1126 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1127 contacting the maintainer
1128 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1129 a new manual released soon)
1130 * Some minor changes
1131 * Include SGML source in package
1132 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1133 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1135 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1137 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1141 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200