1 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
5 - bump standards-version to 3.7.2 (no change)
7 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
8 - add pdf for French version.
9 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
10 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
11 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
12 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
13 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
14 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
15 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
16 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
17 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
19 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
20 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
22 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
24 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
25 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
26 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
27 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
28 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
31 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
33 -- Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Sat, 04 Aug 2007 17:51:06 +0200
35 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
37 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
39 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
40 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
42 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
43 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
44 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
46 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
47 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
48 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
50 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
51 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
52 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
53 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
54 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
55 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
56 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
57 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
58 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
59 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
60 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
61 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
63 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
64 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
65 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
66 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
67 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
68 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
69 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
70 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
71 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
72 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
76 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
78 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
80 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
83 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
84 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
85 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
86 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
87 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
88 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
90 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
92 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
94 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
96 - non-us discontinued.
97 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
99 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
100 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
101 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
102 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
103 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
104 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
105 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
106 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
107 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
108 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
109 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
110 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
111 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
112 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
113 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
114 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
115 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
116 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
118 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
119 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
121 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
124 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
126 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
128 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
131 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
132 - madison is on merkel.
133 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
134 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
135 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
136 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
137 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
138 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
140 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
141 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
142 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
143 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
144 - sync NM rules with reality.
146 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
148 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
150 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
153 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
154 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
155 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
156 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
157 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
158 - spelling, grammer fixes.
159 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
160 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
161 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
162 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
163 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
164 - add myself to uploaders.
165 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
166 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
167 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
168 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
169 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
170 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
171 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
172 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
173 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
174 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
175 - rewrote the NMU section, and
176 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
177 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
178 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
179 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
180 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
181 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
182 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
183 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
185 - Security uploads get urgency=high
186 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
188 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
190 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
192 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
195 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
196 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
197 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
198 - documented Alioth, somewhat
200 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
201 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
203 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
204 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
205 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
206 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
210 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
212 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
213 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
214 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
215 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
218 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
220 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
223 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
225 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
226 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
227 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
229 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
230 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
231 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
232 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
235 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
237 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
238 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
239 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
240 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
241 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
243 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
244 it clear these are special cases
245 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
247 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
249 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
251 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
254 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
255 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
257 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
259 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
261 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
264 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
266 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
267 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
268 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
270 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
271 - the synopsis formula changed to either
272 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
274 <package-name> is <synopsis>
276 <package-name> are <synopsis>
278 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
279 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
280 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
281 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
282 package; closes: #187143
284 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
286 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
289 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
290 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
292 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
294 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
295 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
296 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
297 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
298 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
299 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
300 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
301 right places in the document, closes: #172897
302 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
306 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
308 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
309 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
310 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
311 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
312 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
313 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
314 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
316 - editorial changes on material added in this version
317 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
318 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
319 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
320 closes: #139957, #108416
321 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
322 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
324 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
326 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
329 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
331 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
332 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
333 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
334 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
336 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
337 for best practices for documentation
338 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
339 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
340 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
341 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
343 - spell-checking pass
345 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
347 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
350 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
351 descriptions" moved under there
352 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
353 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
354 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
355 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
356 the document where these tools are discussed
357 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
358 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
359 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
360 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
361 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
362 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
364 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
365 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
366 that can be fixed by DDP folks
367 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
368 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
369 - simply PS and PDF building rules
371 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
373 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
376 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
377 section and adjusted links
378 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
380 - ChangeLog attribution updates
381 - fix typos, closes: #171781
382 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
383 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
384 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
385 for debian/rules", and write an intro
386 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
387 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
388 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
389 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
390 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
391 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
392 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
393 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
394 "Internationalization"
395 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
396 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
397 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
398 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
399 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
400 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
401 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
402 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
403 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
405 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
406 rather useless and broken
407 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
408 names and the first word
409 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
410 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
411 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
413 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
414 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
415 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
417 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
419 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
422 - DDP publishing update
424 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
425 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
426 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
427 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
429 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
431 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
434 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
435 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
436 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
438 - added myself as co-author
439 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
441 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
442 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
444 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
445 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
447 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
449 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
452 - Corrected several errors with —
453 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
454 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
455 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
456 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
457 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
458 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
459 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
461 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
462 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
463 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
464 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
465 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
466 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
467 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
468 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
469 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
471 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
472 descriptions". closes: #158609
473 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
474 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
475 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
476 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
477 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
479 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
480 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
481 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
482 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
483 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
484 - updated the mailing lists section
486 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
487 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
490 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
492 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
495 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
496 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
498 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
500 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
501 Ch "The Debian Archive"
503 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
505 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
506 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
507 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
508 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
509 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
511 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
512 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
513 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
514 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
515 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
516 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
517 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
519 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
520 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
523 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
524 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
525 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
526 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
527 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
528 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
529 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
530 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
531 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
532 work-around with <...>
533 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
534 - update copyright date
535 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
536 - spell check and grammar corrections
540 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
542 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
543 recompile"; closes: #102626
544 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
545 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
546 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
547 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
548 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
550 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
551 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
552 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
554 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
556 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
557 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
558 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
559 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
560 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
561 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
562 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
563 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
564 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
566 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
568 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
570 - updated the list of available architectures.
571 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
572 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
573 of the package and nothing more.
574 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
575 any pain to the ftpmasters.
576 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
577 the use of the delayed queue.
578 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
579 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
581 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
582 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
583 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
584 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
585 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
586 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
587 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
589 - new Sec "Documentation"
590 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
591 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
592 "Being kind to porter" too
593 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
594 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
595 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
596 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
597 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
599 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
600 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
603 - update French translation
605 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
607 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
610 - some grammar corrections
611 - update French translation
613 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
614 anymore; closes: #135559
615 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
617 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
619 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
620 that would be welcome)
621 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
622 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
623 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
624 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
625 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
626 - other minor wording changes
627 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
628 - Ch "Package uploads":
629 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
630 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
631 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
632 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
633 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
634 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
635 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
637 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
639 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
641 * from Martin Michlmayr
642 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
643 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
644 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
646 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
648 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
650 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
652 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
653 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
654 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
657 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
659 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
662 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
664 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
667 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
669 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
670 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
671 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
672 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
673 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
674 talking about uploading to distributions
675 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
676 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
677 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
679 - French translation updated
681 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
682 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
683 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
685 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
687 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
690 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
691 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
694 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
696 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
699 * fix a typo in a link
700 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
701 update documentation accordingly
703 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
704 forwarding bugs upstream
706 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
707 entities which should be used
708 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
709 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
711 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
713 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
715 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
716 * French version: completely up-to-date now
717 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
718 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
720 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
723 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
725 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
727 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
729 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
730 this translation needs updating
731 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
732 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
733 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
735 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
736 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
737 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
739 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
740 included yet, however
742 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
744 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
746 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
748 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
749 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
751 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
753 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
755 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
757 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
758 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
759 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
761 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
763 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
765 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
768 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
769 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
770 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
771 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
772 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
773 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
774 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
775 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
776 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
777 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
778 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
779 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
781 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
782 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
783 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
784 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
785 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
787 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
789 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
790 * update copyright notice for 2001
791 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
792 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
793 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
795 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
797 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
799 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
801 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
803 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
805 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
807 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
809 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
810 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
812 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
813 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
814 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
815 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
816 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
817 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
818 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
819 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
820 could be used if necessary
821 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
822 mention the rsync dupload method
823 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
825 * other small corrections
826 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
827 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
828 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
829 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
831 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
833 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
834 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
836 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
838 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
840 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
841 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
842 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
843 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
845 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
846 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
847 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
848 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
849 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
851 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
853 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
854 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
855 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
856 team (closes: Bug#52906)
857 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
858 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
859 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
861 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
862 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
863 - added a section about the LDAP database
864 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
865 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
867 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
868 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
870 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
872 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
874 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
875 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
876 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
878 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
879 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
880 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
881 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
882 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
883 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
884 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
885 description from developers-reference.sgml
887 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
889 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
891 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
892 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
894 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
896 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
897 releases are available at archive.debian.org
898 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
899 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
900 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
901 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
902 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
903 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
904 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
905 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
907 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
908 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
909 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
910 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
912 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
913 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
914 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
915 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
916 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
917 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
918 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
919 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
920 suggestion from James Troup
921 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
922 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
923 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
924 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
927 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
929 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
931 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
932 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
934 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
936 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
938 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
939 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
940 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
941 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
942 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
943 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
944 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
946 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
948 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
950 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
951 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
952 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
953 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
954 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
955 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
957 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
958 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
960 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
962 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
964 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
966 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
968 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
969 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
970 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
971 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
972 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
974 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
975 with intro; demoted server sections under that
976 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
977 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
979 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
980 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
981 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
982 a normal developer may have access.
984 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
986 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
988 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
989 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
990 step all over each other
992 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
994 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
996 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
997 address for PGP key updates
999 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1001 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1003 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1004 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1005 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1006 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1007 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1009 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1011 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1013 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1014 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1015 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1016 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1017 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1018 <keyring-maint> instead)
1019 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1020 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1022 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1024 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1025 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1026 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1028 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1030 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1032 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1033 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1034 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1035 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1036 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1037 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1039 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1040 tighten up the language a bit
1041 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1042 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1043 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1044 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1046 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1047 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1048 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1049 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1050 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1051 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1053 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1054 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1055 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1056 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1057 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1058 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1059 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1060 number of available packages
1061 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1062 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1064 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1066 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1068 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1071 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1073 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1075 * not officially released
1076 * more spelling corrections
1077 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1079 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1081 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1083 * not officially released
1084 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1085 * some PGP-centricity removed
1086 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1087 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1088 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1089 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1090 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1091 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1093 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1095 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1097 * not officially released
1098 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1099 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1100 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1101 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1102 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1103 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1104 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1105 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1106 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1107 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1108 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1109 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1110 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1111 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1113 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1114 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1116 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1118 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1119 take a couple of weeks
1120 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1121 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1122 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1123 excited about it and can't wait
1124 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1125 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1127 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1128 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1130 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1131 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1132 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1134 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1136 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1138 * move to 3-level version number:
1139 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1140 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1141 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1142 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1143 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1146 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1147 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1148 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1150 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1152 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1153 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1154 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1155 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1156 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1157 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1159 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1161 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1162 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1163 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1164 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1165 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1166 - "The CVS server": new section added
1167 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1169 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1170 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1171 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1172 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1173 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1174 with respect to GPG.
1175 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1176 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1177 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1178 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1179 a canonical location?)
1180 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1181 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1182 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1183 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1185 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1187 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1188 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1189 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1190 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1192 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1194 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1196 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1197 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1198 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1199 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1200 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1201 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1202 and should not be included in this Reference.
1203 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1204 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1205 maintainer tools only!
1206 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1207 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1208 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1209 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1210 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1211 * Little corrections here and there.
1212 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1213 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1216 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1218 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1220 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1221 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1222 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1224 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1225 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1226 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1227 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1228 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1229 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1230 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1231 do prior to uploading
1232 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1233 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1235 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1236 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1237 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1238 duties with respect to bugs
1239 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1240 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1241 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1243 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1244 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1245 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1246 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1247 explicit what is used to build this package
1249 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1251 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1254 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1255 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1256 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1257 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1258 * utilize the new URL tag
1259 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1262 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1264 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1266 * non-maintainer release
1267 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1268 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1269 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1270 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1271 text, it can't hurt you.)
1272 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1273 reflect this packages version number
1274 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1276 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1278 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1282 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1284 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1286 * New version numbering scheme:
1288 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1289 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1290 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1293 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1294 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1295 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1296 differ between the manuals.
1298 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1299 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1300 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1301 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1303 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1304 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1306 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1308 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1310 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1312 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1314 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1315 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1317 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1318 (as requested by James Troup)
1320 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1322 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1324 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1326 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1328 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1330 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1332 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1334 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1335 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1336 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1337 the non-maintainer release
1339 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1340 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1341 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1344 - Lots of typos fixed
1346 * Compressed SGML source code
1348 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1349 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1351 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1353 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1355 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1357 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1358 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1359 - Announcing package uploads
1360 * New section about Debian Mentors
1361 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1362 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1363 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1364 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1366 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1368 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1370 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1371 of our FTP server and the development process
1372 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1373 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1374 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1376 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1377 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1378 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1379 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1380 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1381 contacting the maintainer
1382 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1383 a new manual released soon)
1384 * Some minor changes
1385 * Include SGML source in package
1386 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1387 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1389 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1391 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1395 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200