1 developers-reference (3.4.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
5 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
6 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
7 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
8 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
9 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
10 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
11 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
13 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
16 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
17 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
18 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
19 release codenames in <literal>
20 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
21 doesn't exist anymore.
22 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
23 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
25 -- Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt <he@debian.org> Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:26:33 +0200
27 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
31 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
32 - fix debian/copyright
33 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
34 - add pdf for French version.
35 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
36 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
37 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
38 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
39 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
40 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
41 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
42 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
43 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
45 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
46 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
48 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
50 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
51 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
52 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
53 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
54 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
55 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
57 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
60 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
61 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
62 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
63 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
64 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
65 * Update information concerning Alioth.
66 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
67 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
69 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
70 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
72 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
75 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
77 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
79 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
81 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
82 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
84 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
85 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
86 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
88 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
89 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
90 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
92 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
93 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
94 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
95 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
96 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
97 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
98 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
99 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
100 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
101 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
102 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
103 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
105 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
106 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
107 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
108 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
109 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
110 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
111 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
112 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
113 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
114 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
118 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
120 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
122 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
125 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
126 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
127 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
128 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
129 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
130 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
132 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
134 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
136 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
138 - non-us discontinued.
139 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
141 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
142 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
143 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
144 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
145 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
146 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
147 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
148 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
149 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
150 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
151 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
152 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
153 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
154 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
155 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
156 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
157 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
158 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
160 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
161 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
163 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
166 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
168 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
170 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
173 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
174 - madison is on merkel.
175 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
176 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
177 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
178 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
179 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
180 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
182 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
183 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
184 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
185 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
186 - sync NM rules with reality.
188 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
190 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
192 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
195 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
196 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
197 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
198 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
199 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
200 - spelling, grammer fixes.
201 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
202 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
203 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
204 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
205 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
206 - add myself to uploaders.
207 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
208 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
209 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
210 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
211 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
212 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
213 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
214 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
215 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
216 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
217 - rewrote the NMU section, and
218 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
219 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
220 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
221 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
222 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
223 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
224 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
225 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
227 - Security uploads get urgency=high
228 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
230 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
232 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
234 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
237 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
238 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
239 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
240 - documented Alioth, somewhat
242 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
243 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
245 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
246 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
247 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
248 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
252 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
254 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
255 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
256 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
257 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
260 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
262 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
265 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
267 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
268 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
269 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
271 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
272 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
273 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
274 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
277 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
279 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
280 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
281 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
282 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
283 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
285 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
286 it clear these are special cases
287 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
289 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
291 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
293 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
296 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
297 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
299 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
301 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
303 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
306 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
308 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
309 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
310 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
312 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
313 - the synopsis formula changed to either
314 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
316 <package-name> is <synopsis>
318 <package-name> are <synopsis>
320 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
321 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
322 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
323 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
324 package; closes: #187143
326 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
328 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
331 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
332 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
334 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
336 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
337 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
338 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
339 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
340 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
341 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
342 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
343 right places in the document, closes: #172897
344 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
348 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
350 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
351 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
352 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
353 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
354 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
355 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
356 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
358 - editorial changes on material added in this version
359 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
360 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
361 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
362 closes: #139957, #108416
363 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
364 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
366 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
368 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
371 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
373 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
374 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
375 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
376 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
378 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
379 for best practices for documentation
380 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
381 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
382 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
383 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
385 - spell-checking pass
387 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
389 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
392 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
393 descriptions" moved under there
394 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
395 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
396 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
397 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
398 the document where these tools are discussed
399 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
400 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
401 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
402 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
403 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
404 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
406 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
407 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
408 that can be fixed by DDP folks
409 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
410 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
411 - simply PS and PDF building rules
413 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
415 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
418 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
419 section and adjusted links
420 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
422 - ChangeLog attribution updates
423 - fix typos, closes: #171781
424 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
425 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
426 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
427 for debian/rules", and write an intro
428 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
429 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
430 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
431 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
432 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
433 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
434 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
435 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
436 "Internationalization"
437 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
438 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
439 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
440 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
441 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
442 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
443 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
444 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
445 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
447 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
448 rather useless and broken
449 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
450 names and the first word
451 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
452 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
453 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
455 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
456 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
457 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
459 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
461 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
464 - DDP publishing update
466 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
467 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
468 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
469 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
471 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
473 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
476 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
477 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
478 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
480 - added myself as co-author
481 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
483 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
484 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
486 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
487 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
489 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
491 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
494 - Corrected several errors with —
495 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
496 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
497 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
498 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
499 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
500 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
501 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
503 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
504 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
505 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
506 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
507 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
508 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
509 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
510 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
511 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
513 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
514 descriptions". closes: #158609
515 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
516 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
517 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
518 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
519 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
521 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
522 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
523 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
524 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
525 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
526 - updated the mailing lists section
528 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
529 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
532 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
534 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
537 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
538 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
540 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
542 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
543 Ch "The Debian Archive"
545 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
547 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
548 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
549 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
550 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
551 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
553 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
554 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
555 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
556 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
557 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
558 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
559 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
561 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
562 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
565 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
566 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
567 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
568 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
569 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
570 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
571 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
572 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
573 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
574 work-around with <...>
575 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
576 - update copyright date
577 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
578 - spell check and grammar corrections
582 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
584 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
585 recompile"; closes: #102626
586 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
587 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
588 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
589 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
590 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
592 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
593 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
594 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
596 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
598 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
599 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
600 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
601 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
602 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
603 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
604 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
605 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
606 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
608 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
610 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
612 - updated the list of available architectures.
613 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
614 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
615 of the package and nothing more.
616 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
617 any pain to the ftpmasters.
618 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
619 the use of the delayed queue.
620 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
621 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
623 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
624 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
625 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
626 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
627 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
628 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
629 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
631 - new Sec "Documentation"
632 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
633 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
634 "Being kind to porter" too
635 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
636 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
637 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
638 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
639 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
641 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
642 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
645 - update French translation
647 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
649 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
652 - some grammar corrections
653 - update French translation
655 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
656 anymore; closes: #135559
657 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
659 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
661 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
662 that would be welcome)
663 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
664 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
665 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
666 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
667 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
668 - other minor wording changes
669 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
670 - Ch "Package uploads":
671 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
672 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
673 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
674 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
675 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
676 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
677 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
679 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
681 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
683 * from Martin Michlmayr
684 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
685 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
686 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
688 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
690 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
692 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
694 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
695 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
696 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
699 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
701 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
704 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
706 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
709 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
711 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
712 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
713 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
714 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
715 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
716 talking about uploading to distributions
717 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
718 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
719 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
721 - French translation updated
723 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
724 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
725 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
727 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
729 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
732 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
733 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
736 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
738 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
741 * fix a typo in a link
742 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
743 update documentation accordingly
745 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
746 forwarding bugs upstream
748 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
749 entities which should be used
750 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
751 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
753 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
755 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
757 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
758 * French version: completely up-to-date now
759 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
760 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
762 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
765 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
767 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
769 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
771 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
772 this translation needs updating
773 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
774 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
775 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
777 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
778 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
779 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
781 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
782 included yet, however
784 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
786 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
788 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
790 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
791 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
793 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
795 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
797 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
799 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
800 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
801 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
803 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
805 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
807 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
810 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
811 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
812 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
813 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
814 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
815 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
816 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
817 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
818 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
819 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
820 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
821 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
823 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
824 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
825 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
826 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
827 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
829 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
831 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
832 * update copyright notice for 2001
833 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
834 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
835 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
837 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
839 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
841 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
843 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
845 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
847 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
849 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
851 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
852 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
854 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
855 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
856 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
857 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
858 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
859 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
860 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
861 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
862 could be used if necessary
863 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
864 mention the rsync dupload method
865 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
867 * other small corrections
868 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
869 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
870 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
871 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
873 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
875 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
876 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
878 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
880 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
882 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
883 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
884 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
885 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
887 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
888 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
889 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
890 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
891 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
893 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
895 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
896 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
897 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
898 team (closes: Bug#52906)
899 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
900 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
901 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
903 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
904 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
905 - added a section about the LDAP database
906 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
907 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
909 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
910 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
912 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
914 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
916 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
917 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
918 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
920 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
921 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
922 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
923 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
924 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
925 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
926 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
927 description from developers-reference.sgml
929 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
931 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
933 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
934 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
936 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
938 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
939 releases are available at archive.debian.org
940 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
941 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
942 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
943 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
944 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
945 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
946 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
947 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
949 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
950 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
951 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
952 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
954 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
955 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
956 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
957 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
958 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
959 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
960 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
961 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
962 suggestion from James Troup
963 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
964 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
965 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
966 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
969 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
971 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
973 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
974 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
976 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
978 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
980 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
981 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
982 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
983 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
984 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
985 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
986 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
988 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
990 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
992 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
993 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
994 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
995 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
996 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
997 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
999 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1000 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1002 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1004 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1006 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1008 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1010 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1011 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1012 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1013 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1014 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1016 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1017 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1018 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1019 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1021 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1022 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1023 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1024 a normal developer may have access.
1026 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1028 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1030 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1031 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1032 step all over each other
1034 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1036 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1038 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1039 address for PGP key updates
1041 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1043 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1045 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1046 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1047 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1048 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1049 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1051 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1053 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1055 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1056 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1057 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1058 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1059 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1060 <keyring-maint> instead)
1061 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1062 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1064 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1066 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1067 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1068 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1070 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1072 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1074 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1075 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1076 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1077 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1078 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1079 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1081 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1082 tighten up the language a bit
1083 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1084 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1085 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1086 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1088 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1089 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1090 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1091 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1092 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1093 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1095 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1096 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1097 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1098 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1099 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1100 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1101 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1102 number of available packages
1103 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1104 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1106 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1108 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1110 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1113 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1115 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1117 * not officially released
1118 * more spelling corrections
1119 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1121 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1123 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1125 * not officially released
1126 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1127 * some PGP-centricity removed
1128 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1129 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1130 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1131 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1132 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1133 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1135 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1137 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1139 * not officially released
1140 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1141 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1142 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1143 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1144 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1145 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1146 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1147 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1148 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1149 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1150 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1151 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1152 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1153 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1155 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1156 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1158 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1160 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1161 take a couple of weeks
1162 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1163 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1164 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1165 excited about it and can't wait
1166 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1167 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1169 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1170 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1172 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1173 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1174 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1176 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1178 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1180 * move to 3-level version number:
1181 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1182 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1183 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1184 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1185 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1188 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1189 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1190 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1192 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1194 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1195 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1196 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1197 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1198 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1199 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1201 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1203 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1204 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1205 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1206 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1207 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1208 - "The CVS server": new section added
1209 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1211 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1212 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1213 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1214 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1215 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1216 with respect to GPG.
1217 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1218 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1219 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1220 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1221 a canonical location?)
1222 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1223 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1224 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1225 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1227 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1229 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1230 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1231 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1232 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1234 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1236 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1238 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1239 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1240 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1241 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1242 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1243 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1244 and should not be included in this Reference.
1245 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1246 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1247 maintainer tools only!
1248 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1249 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1250 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1251 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1252 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1253 * Little corrections here and there.
1254 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1255 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1258 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1260 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1262 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1263 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1264 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1266 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1267 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1268 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1269 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1270 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1271 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1272 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1273 do prior to uploading
1274 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1275 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1277 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1278 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1279 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1280 duties with respect to bugs
1281 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1282 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1283 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1285 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1286 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1287 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1288 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1289 explicit what is used to build this package
1291 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1293 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1296 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1297 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1298 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1299 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1300 * utilize the new URL tag
1301 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1304 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1306 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1308 * non-maintainer release
1309 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1310 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1311 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1312 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1313 text, it can't hurt you.)
1314 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1315 reflect this packages version number
1316 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1318 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1320 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1324 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1326 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1328 * New version numbering scheme:
1330 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1331 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1332 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1335 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1336 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1337 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1338 differ between the manuals.
1340 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1341 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1342 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1343 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1345 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1346 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1348 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1350 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1352 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1354 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1356 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1357 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1359 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1360 (as requested by James Troup)
1362 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1364 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1366 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1368 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1370 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1372 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1374 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1376 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1377 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1378 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1379 the non-maintainer release
1381 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1382 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1383 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1386 - Lots of typos fixed
1388 * Compressed SGML source code
1390 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1391 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1393 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1395 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1397 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1399 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1400 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1401 - Announcing package uploads
1402 * New section about Debian Mentors
1403 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1404 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1405 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1406 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1408 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1410 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1412 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1413 of our FTP server and the development process
1414 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1415 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1416 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1418 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1419 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1420 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1421 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1422 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1423 contacting the maintainer
1424 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1425 a new manual released soon)
1426 * Some minor changes
1427 * Include SGML source in package
1428 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1429 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1431 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1433 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1437 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200