1 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
3 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
5 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
6 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
8 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
9 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
10 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
12 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
13 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
14 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
16 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
17 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
18 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
19 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
20 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
21 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
22 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
23 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
24 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
25 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
26 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
27 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
29 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
30 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
31 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
32 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
33 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
34 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
35 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
36 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
38 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
40 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
43 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
44 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
45 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
46 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
47 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
48 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
50 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
52 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
54 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
56 - non-us discontinued.
57 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
59 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
60 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
61 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
62 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
63 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
64 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
65 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
66 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
67 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
68 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
69 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
70 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
71 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
72 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
73 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
74 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
75 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
76 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
78 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
79 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
81 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
84 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
86 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
88 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
91 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
92 - madison is on merkel.
93 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
94 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
95 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
96 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
97 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
98 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
100 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
101 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
102 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
103 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
104 - sync NM rules with reality.
106 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
108 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
110 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
113 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
114 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
115 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
116 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
117 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
118 - spelling, grammer fixes.
119 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
120 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
121 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
122 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
123 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
124 - add myself to uploaders.
125 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
126 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
127 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
128 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
129 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
130 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
131 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
132 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
133 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
134 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
135 - rewrote the NMU section, and
136 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
137 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
138 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
139 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
140 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
141 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
142 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
143 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
145 - Security uploads get urgency=high
146 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
148 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
150 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
152 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
155 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
156 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
157 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
158 - documented Alioth, somewhat
160 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
161 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
163 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
164 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
165 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
166 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
170 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
172 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
173 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
174 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
175 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
178 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
180 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
183 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
185 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
186 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
187 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
189 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
190 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
191 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
192 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
195 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
197 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
198 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
199 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
200 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
201 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
203 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
204 it clear these are special cases
205 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
207 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
209 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
211 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
214 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
215 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
217 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
219 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
221 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
224 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
226 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
227 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
228 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
230 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
231 - the synopsis formula changed to either
232 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
234 <package-name> is <synopsis>
236 <package-name> are <synopsis>
238 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
239 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
240 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
241 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
242 package; closes: #187143
244 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
246 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
249 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
250 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
252 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
254 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
255 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
256 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
257 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
258 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
259 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
260 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
261 right places in the document, closes: #172897
262 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
266 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
268 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
269 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
270 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
271 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
272 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
273 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
274 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
276 - editorial changes on material added in this version
277 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
278 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
279 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
280 closes: #139957, #108416
281 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
282 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
284 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
286 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
289 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
291 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
292 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
293 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
294 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
296 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
297 for best practices for documentation
298 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
299 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
300 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
301 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
303 - spell-checking pass
305 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
307 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
310 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
311 descriptions" moved under there
312 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
313 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
314 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
315 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
316 the document where these tools are discussed
317 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
318 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
319 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
320 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
321 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
322 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
324 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
325 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
326 that can be fixed by DDP folks
327 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
328 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
329 - simply PS and PDF building rules
331 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
333 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
336 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
337 section and adjusted links
338 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
340 - ChangeLog attribution updates
341 - fix typos, closes: #171781
342 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
343 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
344 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
345 for debian/rules", and write an intro
346 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
347 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
348 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
349 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
350 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
351 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
352 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
353 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
354 "Internationalization"
355 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
356 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
357 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
358 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
359 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
360 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
361 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
362 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
363 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
365 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
366 rather useless and broken
367 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
368 names and the first word
369 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
370 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
371 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
373 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
374 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
375 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
377 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
379 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
382 - DDP publishing update
384 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
385 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
386 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
387 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
389 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
391 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
394 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
395 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
396 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
398 - added myself as co-author
399 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
401 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
402 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
404 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
405 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
407 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
409 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
412 - Corrected several errors with —
413 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
414 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
415 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
416 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
417 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
418 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
419 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
421 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
422 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
423 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
424 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
425 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
426 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
427 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
428 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
429 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
431 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
432 descriptions". closes: #158609
433 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
434 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
435 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
436 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
437 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
439 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
440 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
441 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
442 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
443 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
444 - updated the mailing lists section
446 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
447 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
450 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
452 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
455 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
456 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
458 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
460 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
461 Ch "The Debian Archive"
463 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
465 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
466 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
467 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
468 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
469 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
471 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
472 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
473 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
474 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
475 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
476 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
477 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
479 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
480 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
483 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
484 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
485 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
486 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
487 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
488 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
489 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
490 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
491 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
492 work-around with <...>
493 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
494 - update copyright date
495 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
496 - spell check and grammar corrections
500 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
502 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
503 recompile"; closes: #102626
504 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
505 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
506 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
507 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
508 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
510 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
511 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
512 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
514 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
516 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
517 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
518 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
519 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
520 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
521 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
522 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
523 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
524 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
526 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
528 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
530 - updated the list of available architectures.
531 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
532 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
533 of the package and nothing more.
534 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
535 any pain to the ftpmasters.
536 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
537 the use of the delayed queue.
538 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
539 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
541 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
542 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
543 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
544 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
545 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
546 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
547 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
549 - new Sec "Documentation"
550 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
551 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
552 "Being kind to porter" too
553 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
554 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
555 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
556 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
557 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
559 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
560 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
563 - update French translation
565 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
567 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
570 - some grammar corrections
571 - update French translation
573 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
574 anymore; closes: #135559
575 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
577 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
579 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
580 that would be welcome)
581 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
582 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
583 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
584 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
585 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
586 - other minor wording changes
587 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
588 - Ch "Package uploads":
589 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
590 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
591 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
592 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
593 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
594 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
595 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
597 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
599 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
601 * from Martin Michlmayr
602 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
603 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
604 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
606 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
608 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
610 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
612 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
613 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
614 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
617 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
619 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
622 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
624 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
627 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
629 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
630 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
631 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
632 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
633 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
634 talking about uploading to distributions
635 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
636 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
637 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
639 - French translation updated
641 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
642 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
643 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
645 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
647 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
650 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
651 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
654 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
656 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
659 * fix a typo in a link
660 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
661 update documentation accordingly
663 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
664 forwarding bugs upstream
666 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
667 entities which should be used
668 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
669 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
671 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
673 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
675 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
676 * French version: completely up-to-date now
677 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
678 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
680 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
683 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
685 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
687 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
689 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
690 this translation needs updating
691 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
692 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
693 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
695 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
696 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
697 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
699 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
700 included yet, however
702 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
704 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
706 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
708 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
709 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
711 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
713 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
715 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
717 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
718 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
719 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
721 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
723 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
725 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
728 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
729 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
730 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
731 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
732 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
733 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
734 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
735 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
736 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
737 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
738 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
739 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
741 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
742 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
743 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
744 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
745 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
747 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
749 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
750 * update copyright notice for 2001
751 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
752 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
753 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
755 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
757 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
759 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
761 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
763 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
765 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
767 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
769 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
770 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
772 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
773 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
774 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
775 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
776 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
777 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
778 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
779 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
780 could be used if necessary
781 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
782 mention the rsync dupload method
783 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
785 * other small corrections
786 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
787 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
788 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
789 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
791 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
793 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
794 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
796 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
798 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
800 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
801 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
802 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
803 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
805 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
806 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
807 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
808 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
809 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
811 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
813 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
814 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
815 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
816 team (closes: Bug#52906)
817 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
818 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
819 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
821 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
822 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
823 - added a section about the LDAP database
824 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
825 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
827 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
828 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
830 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
832 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
834 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
835 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
836 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
838 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
839 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
840 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
841 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
842 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
843 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
844 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
845 description from developers-reference.sgml
847 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
849 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
851 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
852 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
854 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
856 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
857 releases are available at archive.debian.org
858 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
859 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
860 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
861 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
862 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
863 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
864 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
865 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
867 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
868 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
869 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
870 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
872 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
873 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
874 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
875 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
876 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
877 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
878 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
879 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
880 suggestion from James Troup
881 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
882 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
883 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
884 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
887 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
889 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
891 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
892 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
894 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
896 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
898 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
899 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
900 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
901 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
902 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
903 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
904 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
906 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
908 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
910 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
911 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
912 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
913 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
914 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
915 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
917 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
918 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
920 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
922 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
924 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
926 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
928 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
929 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
930 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
931 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
932 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
934 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
935 with intro; demoted server sections under that
936 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
937 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
939 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
940 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
941 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
942 a normal developer may have access.
944 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
946 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
948 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
949 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
950 step all over each other
952 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
954 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
956 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
957 address for PGP key updates
959 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
961 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
963 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
964 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
965 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
966 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
967 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
969 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
971 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
973 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
974 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
975 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
976 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
977 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
978 <keyring-maint> instead)
979 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
980 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
982 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
984 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
985 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
986 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
988 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
990 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
992 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
993 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
994 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
995 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
996 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
997 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
999 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1000 tighten up the language a bit
1001 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1002 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1003 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1004 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1006 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1007 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1008 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1009 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1010 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1011 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1013 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1014 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1015 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1016 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1017 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1018 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1019 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1020 number of available packages
1021 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1022 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1024 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1026 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1028 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1031 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1033 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1035 * not officially released
1036 * more spelling corrections
1037 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1039 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1041 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1043 * not officially released
1044 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1045 * some PGP-centricity removed
1046 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1047 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1048 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1049 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1050 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1051 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1053 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1055 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1057 * not officially released
1058 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1059 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1060 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1061 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1062 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1063 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1064 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1065 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1066 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1067 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1068 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1069 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1070 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1071 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1073 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1074 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1076 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1078 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1079 take a couple of weeks
1080 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1081 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1082 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1083 excited about it and can't wait
1084 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1085 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1087 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1088 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1090 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1091 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1092 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1094 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1096 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1098 * move to 3-level version number:
1099 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1100 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1101 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1102 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1103 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1106 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1107 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1108 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1110 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1112 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1113 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1114 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1115 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1116 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1117 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1119 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1121 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1122 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1123 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1124 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1125 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1126 - "The CVS server": new section added
1127 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1129 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1130 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1131 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1132 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1133 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1134 with respect to GPG.
1135 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1136 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1137 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1138 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1139 a canonical location?)
1140 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1141 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1142 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1143 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1145 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1147 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1148 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1149 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1150 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1152 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1154 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1156 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1157 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1158 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1159 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1160 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1161 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1162 and should not be included in this Reference.
1163 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1164 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1165 maintainer tools only!
1166 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1167 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1168 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1169 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1170 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1171 * Little corrections here and there.
1172 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1173 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1176 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1178 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1180 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1181 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1182 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1184 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1185 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1186 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1187 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1188 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1189 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1190 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1191 do prior to uploading
1192 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1193 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1195 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1196 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1197 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1198 duties with respect to bugs
1199 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1200 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1201 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1203 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1204 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1205 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1206 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1207 explicit what is used to build this package
1209 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1211 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1214 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1215 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1216 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1217 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1218 * utilize the new URL tag
1219 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1222 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1224 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1226 * non-maintainer release
1227 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1228 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1229 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1230 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1231 text, it can't hurt you.)
1232 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1233 reflect this packages version number
1234 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1236 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1238 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1242 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1244 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1246 * New version numbering scheme:
1248 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1249 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1250 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1253 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1254 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1255 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1256 differ between the manuals.
1258 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1259 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1260 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1261 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1263 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1264 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1266 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1268 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1270 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1272 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1274 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1275 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1277 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1278 (as requested by James Troup)
1280 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1282 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1284 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1286 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1288 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1290 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1292 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1294 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1295 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1296 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1297 the non-maintainer release
1299 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1300 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1301 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1304 - Lots of typos fixed
1306 * Compressed SGML source code
1308 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1309 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1311 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1313 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1315 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1317 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1318 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1319 - Announcing package uploads
1320 * New section about Debian Mentors
1321 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1322 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1323 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1324 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1326 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1328 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1330 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1331 of our FTP server and the development process
1332 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1333 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1334 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1336 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1337 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1338 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1339 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1340 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1341 contacting the maintainer
1342 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1343 a new manual released soon)
1344 * Some minor changes
1345 * Include SGML source in package
1346 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1347 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1349 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1351 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1355 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200