1 developers-reference (3.4.6) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
5 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
8 * Update my email address.
9 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
10 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
12 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sat, 30 Jul 2011 15:52:49 +0200
14 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
19 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
20 version tracking removed that requirement.
23 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
24 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
25 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
26 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
27 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
28 needed. Closes: #619990
29 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
30 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
33 * Initial German translation.
36 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
37 * Update French translation.
38 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
39 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
40 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
43 * Update Japanese translation.
45 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
47 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
50 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
51 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
54 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
55 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
56 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
57 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
58 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
59 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
60 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
61 patch. Closes: #540231
62 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
63 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
64 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
65 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
66 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
67 for the patch. Closes: #548823
68 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
69 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
70 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
71 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
72 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
73 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
74 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
75 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
76 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
77 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
78 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
79 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
80 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
81 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
83 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
84 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
85 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
87 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
88 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
89 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
90 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
91 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
93 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
95 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
96 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
97 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
98 patch. Closes: #573110
99 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
101 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
102 multi-lines substitution variables.
105 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
106 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
107 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
108 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
109 * Activate Japanese package.
110 * Handle addendum if it exists.
112 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
114 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
116 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
117 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
119 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
121 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
123 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
124 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
126 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
128 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
130 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
131 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
132 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
133 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
134 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
135 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
136 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
137 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
138 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
139 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
140 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
141 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
142 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
143 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
144 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
145 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
146 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
147 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
148 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
149 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
150 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
151 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
153 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
155 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
158 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
162 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
163 The most important changes are:
164 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
165 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
168 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
169 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
170 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
171 distinction. Closes: #464230.
172 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
173 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
174 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
175 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
176 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
177 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
179 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
180 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
182 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
183 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
185 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
186 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
188 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
190 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
191 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
193 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
194 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
195 Closes: #512620, #510783.
197 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
199 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
202 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
203 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
204 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
205 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
206 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
207 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
208 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
209 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
211 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
213 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
216 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
217 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
218 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
219 release codenames in <literal>
220 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
221 doesn't exist anymore.
222 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
223 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
224 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
225 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
226 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
227 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
228 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
229 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
230 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
231 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
232 team before upload. Closes: #459343
233 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
234 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
235 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
236 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
237 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
238 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
239 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
241 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
242 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
244 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
245 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
246 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
247 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
248 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
249 Thomas. Closes: #485837
251 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
252 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
254 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
256 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
260 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
261 - fix debian/copyright
262 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
263 - add pdf for French version.
264 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
265 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
266 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
267 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
268 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
269 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
270 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
271 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
272 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
274 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
275 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
277 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
279 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
280 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
281 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
282 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
283 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
284 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
286 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
289 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
290 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
291 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
292 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
293 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
294 * Update information concerning Alioth.
295 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
296 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
298 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
299 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
301 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
304 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
306 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
308 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
310 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
311 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
313 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
314 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
315 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
317 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
318 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
319 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
321 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
322 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
323 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
324 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
325 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
326 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
327 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
328 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
329 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
330 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
331 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
332 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
334 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
335 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
336 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
337 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
338 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
339 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
340 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
341 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
342 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
343 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
347 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
349 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
351 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
354 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
355 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
356 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
357 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
358 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
359 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
361 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
363 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
365 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
367 - non-us discontinued.
368 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
370 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
371 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
372 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
373 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
374 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
375 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
376 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
377 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
378 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
379 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
380 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
381 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
382 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
383 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
384 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
385 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
386 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
387 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
389 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
390 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
392 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
395 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
397 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
399 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
402 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
403 - madison is on merkel.
404 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
405 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
406 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
407 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
408 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
409 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
411 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
412 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
413 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
414 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
415 - sync NM rules with reality.
417 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
419 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
421 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
424 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
425 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
426 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
427 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
428 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
429 - spelling, grammer fixes.
430 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
431 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
432 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
433 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
434 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
435 - add myself to uploaders.
436 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
437 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
438 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
439 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
440 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
441 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
442 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
443 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
444 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
445 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
446 - rewrote the NMU section, and
447 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
448 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
449 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
450 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
451 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
452 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
453 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
454 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
456 - Security uploads get urgency=high
457 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
459 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
461 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
463 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
466 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
467 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
468 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
469 - documented Alioth, somewhat
471 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
472 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
474 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
475 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
476 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
477 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
481 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
483 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
484 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
485 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
486 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
489 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
491 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
494 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
496 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
497 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
498 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
500 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
501 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
502 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
503 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
506 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
508 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
509 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
510 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
511 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
512 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
514 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
515 it clear these are special cases
516 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
518 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
520 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
522 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
525 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
526 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
528 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
530 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
532 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
535 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
537 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
538 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
539 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
541 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
542 - the synopsis formula changed to either
543 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
545 <package-name> is <synopsis>
547 <package-name> are <synopsis>
549 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
550 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
551 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
552 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
553 package; closes: #187143
555 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
557 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
560 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
561 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
563 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
565 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
566 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
567 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
568 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
569 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
570 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
571 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
572 right places in the document, closes: #172897
573 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
577 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
579 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
580 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
581 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
582 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
583 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
584 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
585 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
587 - editorial changes on material added in this version
588 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
589 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
590 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
591 closes: #139957, #108416
592 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
593 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
595 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
597 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
600 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
602 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
603 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
604 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
605 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
607 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
608 for best practices for documentation
609 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
610 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
611 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
612 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
614 - spell-checking pass
616 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
618 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
621 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
622 descriptions" moved under there
623 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
624 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
625 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
626 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
627 the document where these tools are discussed
628 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
629 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
630 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
631 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
632 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
633 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
635 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
636 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
637 that can be fixed by DDP folks
638 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
639 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
640 - simply PS and PDF building rules
642 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
644 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
647 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
648 section and adjusted links
649 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
651 - ChangeLog attribution updates
652 - fix typos, closes: #171781
653 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
654 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
655 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
656 for debian/rules", and write an intro
657 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
658 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
659 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
660 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
661 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
662 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
663 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
664 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
665 "Internationalization"
666 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
667 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
668 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
669 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
670 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
671 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
672 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
673 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
674 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
676 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
677 rather useless and broken
678 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
679 names and the first word
680 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
681 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
682 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
684 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
685 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
686 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
688 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
690 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
693 - DDP publishing update
695 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
696 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
697 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
698 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
700 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
702 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
705 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
706 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
707 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
709 - added myself as co-author
710 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
712 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
713 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
715 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
716 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
718 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
720 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
723 - Corrected several errors with —
724 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
725 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
726 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
727 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
728 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
729 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
730 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
732 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
733 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
734 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
735 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
736 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
737 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
738 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
739 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
740 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
742 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
743 descriptions". closes: #158609
744 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
745 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
746 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
747 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
748 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
750 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
751 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
752 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
753 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
754 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
755 - updated the mailing lists section
757 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
758 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
761 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
763 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
766 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
767 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
769 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
771 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
772 Ch "The Debian Archive"
774 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
776 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
777 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
778 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
779 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
780 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
782 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
783 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
784 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
785 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
786 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
787 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
788 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
790 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
791 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
794 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
795 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
796 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
797 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
798 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
799 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
800 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
801 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
802 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
803 work-around with <...>
804 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
805 - update copyright date
806 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
807 - spell check and grammar corrections
811 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
813 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
814 recompile"; closes: #102626
815 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
816 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
817 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
818 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
819 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
821 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
822 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
823 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
825 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
827 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
828 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
829 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
830 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
831 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
832 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
833 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
834 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
835 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
837 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
839 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
841 - updated the list of available architectures.
842 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
843 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
844 of the package and nothing more.
845 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
846 any pain to the ftpmasters.
847 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
848 the use of the delayed queue.
849 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
850 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
852 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
853 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
854 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
855 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
856 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
857 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
858 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
860 - new Sec "Documentation"
861 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
862 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
863 "Being kind to porter" too
864 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
865 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
866 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
867 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
868 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
870 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
871 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
874 - update French translation
876 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
878 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
881 - some grammar corrections
882 - update French translation
884 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
885 anymore; closes: #135559
886 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
888 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
890 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
891 that would be welcome)
892 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
893 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
894 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
895 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
896 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
897 - other minor wording changes
898 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
899 - Ch "Package uploads":
900 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
901 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
902 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
903 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
904 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
905 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
906 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
908 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
910 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
912 * from Martin Michlmayr
913 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
914 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
915 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
917 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
919 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
921 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
923 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
924 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
925 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
928 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
930 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
933 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
935 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
938 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
940 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
941 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
942 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
943 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
944 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
945 talking about uploading to distributions
946 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
947 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
948 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
950 - French translation updated
952 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
953 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
954 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
956 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
958 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
961 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
962 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
965 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
967 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
970 * fix a typo in a link
971 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
972 update documentation accordingly
974 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
975 forwarding bugs upstream
977 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
978 entities which should be used
979 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
980 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
982 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
984 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
986 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
987 * French version: completely up-to-date now
988 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
989 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
991 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
994 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
996 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
998 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1000 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1001 this translation needs updating
1002 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1003 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1004 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1006 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1007 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1008 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1010 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1011 included yet, however
1013 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1015 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1017 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1019 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1020 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1022 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1024 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1026 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1028 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1029 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1030 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1032 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1034 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1036 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1039 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1040 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1041 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1042 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1043 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1044 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1045 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1046 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1047 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1048 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1049 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1050 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1052 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1053 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1054 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1055 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1056 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1058 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1060 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1061 * update copyright notice for 2001
1062 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1063 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1064 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1066 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1068 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1070 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1072 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1074 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1076 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1078 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1080 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1081 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1083 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1084 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1085 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1086 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1087 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1088 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1089 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1090 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1091 could be used if necessary
1092 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1093 mention the rsync dupload method
1094 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1096 * other small corrections
1097 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1098 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1099 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1100 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1102 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1104 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1105 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1107 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1109 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1111 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1112 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1113 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1114 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1116 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1117 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1118 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1119 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1120 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1122 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1124 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1125 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1126 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1127 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1128 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1129 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1130 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1132 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1133 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1134 - added a section about the LDAP database
1135 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1136 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1138 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1139 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1141 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1143 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1145 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1146 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1147 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1149 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1150 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1151 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1152 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1153 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1154 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1155 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1156 description from developers-reference.sgml
1158 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1160 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1162 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1163 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1165 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1167 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1168 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1169 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1170 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1171 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1172 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1173 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1174 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1175 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1176 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1178 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1179 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1180 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1181 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1183 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1184 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1185 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1186 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1187 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1188 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1189 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1190 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1191 suggestion from James Troup
1192 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1193 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1194 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1195 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1198 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1200 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1202 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1203 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1205 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1207 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1209 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1210 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1211 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1212 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1213 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1214 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1215 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1217 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1219 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1221 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1222 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1223 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1224 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1225 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1226 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1228 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1229 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1231 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1233 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1235 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1237 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1239 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1240 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1241 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1242 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1243 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1245 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1246 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1247 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1248 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1250 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1251 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1252 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1253 a normal developer may have access.
1255 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1257 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1259 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1260 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1261 step all over each other
1263 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1265 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1267 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1268 address for PGP key updates
1270 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1272 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1274 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1275 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1276 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1277 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1278 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1280 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1282 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1284 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1285 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1286 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1287 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1288 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1289 <keyring-maint> instead)
1290 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1291 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1293 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1295 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1296 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1297 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1299 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1301 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1303 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1304 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1305 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1306 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1307 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1308 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1310 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1311 tighten up the language a bit
1312 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1313 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1314 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1315 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1317 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1318 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1319 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1320 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1321 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1322 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1324 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1325 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1326 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1327 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1328 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1329 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1330 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1331 number of available packages
1332 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1333 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1335 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1337 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1339 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1342 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1344 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1346 * not officially released
1347 * more spelling corrections
1348 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1350 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1352 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1354 * not officially released
1355 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1356 * some PGP-centricity removed
1357 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1358 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1359 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1360 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1361 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1362 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1364 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1366 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1368 * not officially released
1369 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1370 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1371 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1372 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1373 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1374 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1375 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1376 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1377 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1378 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1379 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1380 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1381 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1382 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1384 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1385 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1387 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1389 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1390 take a couple of weeks
1391 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1392 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1393 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1394 excited about it and can't wait
1395 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1396 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1398 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1399 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1401 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1402 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1403 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1405 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1407 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1409 * move to 3-level version number:
1410 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1411 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1412 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1413 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1414 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1417 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1418 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1419 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1421 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1423 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1424 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1425 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1426 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1427 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1428 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1430 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1432 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1433 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1434 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1435 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1436 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1437 - "The CVS server": new section added
1438 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1440 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1441 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1442 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1443 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1444 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1445 with respect to GPG.
1446 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1447 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1448 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1449 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1450 a canonical location?)
1451 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1452 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1453 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1454 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1456 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1458 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1459 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1460 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1461 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1463 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1465 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1467 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1468 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1469 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1470 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1471 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1472 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1473 and should not be included in this Reference.
1474 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1475 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1476 maintainer tools only!
1477 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1478 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1479 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1480 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1481 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1482 * Little corrections here and there.
1483 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1484 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1487 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1489 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1491 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1492 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1493 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1495 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1496 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1497 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1498 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1499 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1500 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1501 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1502 do prior to uploading
1503 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1504 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1506 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1507 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1508 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1509 duties with respect to bugs
1510 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1511 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1512 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1514 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1515 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1516 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1517 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1518 explicit what is used to build this package
1520 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1522 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1525 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1526 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1527 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1528 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1529 * utilize the new URL tag
1530 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1533 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1535 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1537 * non-maintainer release
1538 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1539 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1540 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1541 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1542 text, it can't hurt you.)
1543 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1544 reflect this packages version number
1545 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1547 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1549 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1553 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1555 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1557 * New version numbering scheme:
1559 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1560 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1561 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1564 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1565 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1566 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1567 differ between the manuals.
1569 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1570 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1571 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1572 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1574 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1575 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1577 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1579 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1581 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1583 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1585 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1586 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1588 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1589 (as requested by James Troup)
1591 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1593 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1595 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1597 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1599 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1601 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1603 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1605 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1606 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1607 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1608 the non-maintainer release
1610 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1611 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1612 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1615 - Lots of typos fixed
1617 * Compressed SGML source code
1619 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1620 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1622 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1624 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1626 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1628 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1629 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1630 - Announcing package uploads
1631 * New section about Debian Mentors
1632 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1633 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1634 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1635 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1637 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1639 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1641 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1642 of our FTP server and the development process
1643 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1644 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1645 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1647 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1648 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1649 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1650 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1651 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1652 contacting the maintainer
1653 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1654 a new manual released soon)
1655 * Some minor changes
1656 * Include SGML source in package
1657 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1658 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1660 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1662 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1666 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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