1 developers-reference (3.4.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
8 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
9 The most important changes are:
10 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
11 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
14 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
15 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
16 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
17 distinction. Closes: #464230.
18 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
19 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
20 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
21 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
22 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
23 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
25 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
26 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
28 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
29 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
31 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
32 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
35 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:20:12 +0100
37 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
40 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
41 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
42 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
43 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
44 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
45 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
46 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
47 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
49 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
51 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
54 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
55 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
56 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
57 release codenames in <literal>
58 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
59 doesn't exist anymore.
60 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
61 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
62 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
63 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
64 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
65 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
66 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
67 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
68 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
69 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
70 team before upload. Closes: #459343
71 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
72 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
73 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
74 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
75 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
76 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
77 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
79 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
80 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
82 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
83 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
84 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
85 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
86 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
87 Thomas. Closes: #485837
89 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
90 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
92 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
94 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
98 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
99 - fix debian/copyright
100 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
101 - add pdf for French version.
102 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
103 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
104 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
105 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
106 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
107 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
108 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
109 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
110 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
112 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
113 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
115 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
117 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
118 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
119 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
120 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
121 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
122 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
124 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
127 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
128 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
129 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
130 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
131 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
132 * Update information concerning Alioth.
133 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
134 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
136 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
137 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
139 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
142 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
144 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
146 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
148 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
149 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
151 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
152 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
153 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
155 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
156 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
157 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
159 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
160 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
161 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
162 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
163 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
164 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
165 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
166 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
167 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
168 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
169 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
170 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
172 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
173 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
174 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
175 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
176 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
177 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
178 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
179 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
180 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
181 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
185 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
187 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
189 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
192 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
193 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
194 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
195 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
196 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
197 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
199 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
201 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
203 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
205 - non-us discontinued.
206 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
208 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
209 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
210 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
211 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
212 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
213 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
214 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
215 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
216 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
217 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
218 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
219 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
220 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
221 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
222 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
223 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
224 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
225 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
227 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
228 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
230 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
233 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
235 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
237 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
240 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
241 - madison is on merkel.
242 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
243 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
244 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
245 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
246 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
247 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
249 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
250 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
251 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
252 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
253 - sync NM rules with reality.
255 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
257 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
259 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
262 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
263 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
264 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
265 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
266 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
267 - spelling, grammer fixes.
268 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
269 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
270 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
271 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
272 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
273 - add myself to uploaders.
274 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
275 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
276 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
277 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
278 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
279 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
280 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
281 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
282 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
283 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
284 - rewrote the NMU section, and
285 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
286 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
287 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
288 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
289 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
290 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
291 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
292 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
294 - Security uploads get urgency=high
295 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
297 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
299 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
301 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
304 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
305 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
306 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
307 - documented Alioth, somewhat
309 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
310 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
312 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
313 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
314 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
315 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
319 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
321 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
322 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
323 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
324 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
327 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
329 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
332 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
334 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
335 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
336 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
338 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
339 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
340 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
341 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
344 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
346 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
347 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
348 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
349 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
350 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
352 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
353 it clear these are special cases
354 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
356 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
358 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
360 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
363 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
364 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
366 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
368 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
370 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
373 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
375 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
376 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
377 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
379 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
380 - the synopsis formula changed to either
381 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
383 <package-name> is <synopsis>
385 <package-name> are <synopsis>
387 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
388 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
389 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
390 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
391 package; closes: #187143
393 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
395 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
398 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
399 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
401 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
403 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
404 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
405 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
406 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
407 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
408 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
409 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
410 right places in the document, closes: #172897
411 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
415 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
417 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
418 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
419 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
420 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
421 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
422 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
423 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
425 - editorial changes on material added in this version
426 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
427 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
428 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
429 closes: #139957, #108416
430 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
431 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
433 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
435 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
438 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
440 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
441 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
442 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
443 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
445 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
446 for best practices for documentation
447 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
448 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
449 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
450 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
452 - spell-checking pass
454 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
456 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
459 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
460 descriptions" moved under there
461 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
462 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
463 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
464 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
465 the document where these tools are discussed
466 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
467 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
468 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
469 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
470 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
471 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
473 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
474 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
475 that can be fixed by DDP folks
476 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
477 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
478 - simply PS and PDF building rules
480 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
482 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
485 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
486 section and adjusted links
487 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
489 - ChangeLog attribution updates
490 - fix typos, closes: #171781
491 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
492 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
493 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
494 for debian/rules", and write an intro
495 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
496 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
497 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
498 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
499 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
500 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
501 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
502 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
503 "Internationalization"
504 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
505 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
506 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
507 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
508 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
509 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
510 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
511 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
512 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
514 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
515 rather useless and broken
516 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
517 names and the first word
518 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
519 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
520 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
522 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
523 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
524 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
526 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
528 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
531 - DDP publishing update
533 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
534 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
535 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
536 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
538 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
540 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
543 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
544 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
545 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
547 - added myself as co-author
548 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
550 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
551 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
553 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
554 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
556 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
558 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
561 - Corrected several errors with —
562 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
563 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
564 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
565 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
566 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
567 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
568 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
570 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
571 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
572 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
573 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
574 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
575 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
576 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
577 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
578 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
580 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
581 descriptions". closes: #158609
582 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
583 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
584 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
585 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
586 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
588 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
589 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
590 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
591 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
592 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
593 - updated the mailing lists section
595 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
596 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
599 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
601 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
604 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
605 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
607 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
609 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
610 Ch "The Debian Archive"
612 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
614 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
615 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
616 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
617 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
618 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
620 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
621 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
622 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
623 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
624 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
625 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
626 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
628 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
629 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
632 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
633 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
634 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
635 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
636 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
637 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
638 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
639 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
640 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
641 work-around with <...>
642 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
643 - update copyright date
644 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
645 - spell check and grammar corrections
649 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
651 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
652 recompile"; closes: #102626
653 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
654 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
655 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
656 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
657 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
659 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
660 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
661 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
663 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
665 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
666 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
667 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
668 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
669 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
670 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
671 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
672 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
673 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
675 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
677 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
679 - updated the list of available architectures.
680 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
681 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
682 of the package and nothing more.
683 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
684 any pain to the ftpmasters.
685 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
686 the use of the delayed queue.
687 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
688 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
690 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
691 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
692 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
693 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
694 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
695 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
696 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
698 - new Sec "Documentation"
699 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
700 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
701 "Being kind to porter" too
702 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
703 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
704 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
705 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
706 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
708 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
709 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
712 - update French translation
714 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
716 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
719 - some grammar corrections
720 - update French translation
722 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
723 anymore; closes: #135559
724 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
726 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
728 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
729 that would be welcome)
730 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
731 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
732 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
733 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
734 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
735 - other minor wording changes
736 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
737 - Ch "Package uploads":
738 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
739 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
740 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
741 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
742 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
743 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
744 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
746 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
748 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
750 * from Martin Michlmayr
751 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
752 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
753 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
755 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
757 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
759 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
761 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
762 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
763 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
766 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
768 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
771 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
773 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
776 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
778 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
779 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
780 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
781 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
782 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
783 talking about uploading to distributions
784 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
785 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
786 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
788 - French translation updated
790 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
791 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
792 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
794 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
796 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
799 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
800 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
803 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
805 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
808 * fix a typo in a link
809 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
810 update documentation accordingly
812 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
813 forwarding bugs upstream
815 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
816 entities which should be used
817 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
818 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
820 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
822 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
824 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
825 * French version: completely up-to-date now
826 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
827 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
829 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
832 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
834 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
836 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
838 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
839 this translation needs updating
840 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
841 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
842 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
844 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
845 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
846 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
848 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
849 included yet, however
851 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
853 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
855 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
857 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
858 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
860 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
862 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
864 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
866 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
867 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
868 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
870 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
872 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
874 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
877 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
878 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
879 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
880 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
881 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
882 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
883 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
884 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
885 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
886 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
887 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
888 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
890 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
891 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
892 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
893 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
894 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
896 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
898 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
899 * update copyright notice for 2001
900 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
901 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
902 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
904 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
906 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
908 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
910 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
912 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
914 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
916 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
918 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
919 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
921 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
922 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
923 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
924 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
925 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
926 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
927 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
928 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
929 could be used if necessary
930 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
931 mention the rsync dupload method
932 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
934 * other small corrections
935 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
936 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
937 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
938 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
940 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
942 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
943 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
945 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
947 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
949 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
950 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
951 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
952 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
954 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
955 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
956 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
957 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
958 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
960 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
962 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
963 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
964 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
965 team (closes: Bug#52906)
966 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
967 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
968 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
970 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
971 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
972 - added a section about the LDAP database
973 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
974 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
976 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
977 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
979 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
981 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
983 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
984 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
985 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
987 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
988 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
989 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
990 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
991 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
992 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
993 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
994 description from developers-reference.sgml
996 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
998 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1000 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1001 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1003 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1005 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1006 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1007 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1008 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1009 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1010 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1011 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1012 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1013 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1014 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1016 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1017 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1018 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1019 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1021 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1022 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1023 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1024 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1025 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1026 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1027 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1028 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1029 suggestion from James Troup
1030 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1031 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1032 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1033 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1036 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1038 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1040 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1041 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1043 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1045 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1047 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1048 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1049 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1050 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1051 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1052 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1053 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1055 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1057 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1059 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1060 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1061 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1062 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1063 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1064 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1066 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1067 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1069 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1071 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1073 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1075 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1077 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1078 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1079 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1080 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1081 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1083 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1084 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1085 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1086 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1088 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1089 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1090 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1091 a normal developer may have access.
1093 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1095 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1097 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1098 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1099 step all over each other
1101 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1103 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1105 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1106 address for PGP key updates
1108 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1110 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1112 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1113 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1114 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1115 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1116 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1118 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1120 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1122 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1123 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1124 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1125 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1126 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1127 <keyring-maint> instead)
1128 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1129 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1131 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1133 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1134 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1135 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1137 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1139 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1141 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1142 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1143 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1144 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1145 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1146 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1148 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1149 tighten up the language a bit
1150 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1151 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1152 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1153 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1155 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1156 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1157 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1158 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1159 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1160 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1162 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1163 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1164 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1165 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1166 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1167 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1168 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1169 number of available packages
1170 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1171 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1173 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1175 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1177 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1180 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1182 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1184 * not officially released
1185 * more spelling corrections
1186 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1188 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1190 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1192 * not officially released
1193 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1194 * some PGP-centricity removed
1195 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1196 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1197 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1198 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1199 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1200 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1202 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1204 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1206 * not officially released
1207 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1208 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1209 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1210 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1211 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1212 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1213 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1214 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1215 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1216 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1217 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1218 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1219 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1220 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1222 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1223 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1225 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1227 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1228 take a couple of weeks
1229 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1230 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1231 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1232 excited about it and can't wait
1233 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1234 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1236 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1237 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1239 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1240 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1241 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1243 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1245 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1247 * move to 3-level version number:
1248 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1249 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1250 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1251 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1252 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1255 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1256 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1257 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1259 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1261 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1262 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1263 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1264 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1265 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1266 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1268 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1270 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1271 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1272 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1273 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1274 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1275 - "The CVS server": new section added
1276 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1278 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1279 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1280 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1281 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1282 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1283 with respect to GPG.
1284 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1285 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1286 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1287 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1288 a canonical location?)
1289 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1290 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1291 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1292 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1294 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1296 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1297 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1298 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1299 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1301 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1303 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1305 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1306 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1307 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1308 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1309 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1310 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1311 and should not be included in this Reference.
1312 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1313 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1314 maintainer tools only!
1315 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1316 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1317 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1318 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1319 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1320 * Little corrections here and there.
1321 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1322 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1325 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1327 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1329 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1330 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1331 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1333 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1334 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1335 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1336 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1337 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1338 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1339 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1340 do prior to uploading
1341 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1342 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1344 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1345 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1346 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1347 duties with respect to bugs
1348 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1349 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1350 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1352 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1353 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1354 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1355 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1356 explicit what is used to build this package
1358 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1360 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1363 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1364 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1365 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1366 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1367 * utilize the new URL tag
1368 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1371 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1373 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1375 * non-maintainer release
1376 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1377 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1378 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1379 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1380 text, it can't hurt you.)
1381 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1382 reflect this packages version number
1383 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1385 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1387 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1391 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1393 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1395 * New version numbering scheme:
1397 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1398 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1399 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1402 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1403 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1404 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1405 differ between the manuals.
1407 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1408 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1409 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1410 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1412 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1413 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1415 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1417 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1419 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1421 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1423 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1424 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1426 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1427 (as requested by James Troup)
1429 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1431 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1433 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1435 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1437 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1439 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1441 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1443 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1444 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1445 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1446 the non-maintainer release
1448 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1449 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1450 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1453 - Lots of typos fixed
1455 * Compressed SGML source code
1457 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1458 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1460 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1462 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1464 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1466 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1467 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1468 - Announcing package uploads
1469 * New section about Debian Mentors
1470 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1471 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1472 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1473 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1475 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1477 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1479 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1480 of our FTP server and the development process
1481 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1482 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1483 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1485 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1486 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1487 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1488 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1489 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1490 contacting the maintainer
1491 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1492 a new manual released soon)
1493 * Some minor changes
1494 * Include SGML source in package
1495 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1496 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1498 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1500 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1504 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200