1 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
3 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
5 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
6 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
8 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
9 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
10 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
12 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
13 Closes: #339552, #353447
14 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
16 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
17 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
19 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
21 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
24 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
25 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
26 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
27 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
28 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
29 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
31 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
33 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
35 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
37 - non-us discontinued.
38 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
40 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
41 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
42 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
43 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
44 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
45 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
46 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
47 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
48 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
49 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
50 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
51 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
52 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
53 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
54 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
55 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
56 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
57 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
59 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
60 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
62 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
65 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
67 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
69 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
72 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
73 - madison is on merkel.
74 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
75 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
76 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
77 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
78 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
79 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
81 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
82 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
83 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
84 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
85 - sync NM rules with reality.
87 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
89 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
91 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
94 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
95 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
96 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
97 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
98 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
99 - spelling, grammer fixes.
100 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
101 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
102 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
103 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
104 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
105 - add myself to uploaders.
106 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
107 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
108 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
109 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
110 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
111 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
112 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
113 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
114 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
115 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
116 - rewrote the NMU section, and
117 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
118 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
119 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
120 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
121 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
122 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
123 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
124 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
126 - Security uploads get urgency=high
127 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
129 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
131 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
133 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
136 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
137 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
138 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
139 - documented Alioth, somewhat
141 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
142 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
144 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
145 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
146 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
147 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
151 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
153 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
154 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
155 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
156 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
159 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
161 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
164 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
166 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
167 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
168 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
170 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
171 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
172 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
173 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
176 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
178 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
179 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
180 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
181 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
182 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
184 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
185 it clear these are special cases
186 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
188 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
190 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
192 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
195 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
196 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
198 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
200 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
202 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
205 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
207 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
208 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
209 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
211 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
212 - the synopsis formula changed to either
213 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
215 <package-name> is <synopsis>
217 <package-name> are <synopsis>
219 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
220 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
221 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
222 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
223 package; closes: #187143
225 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
227 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
230 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
231 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
233 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
235 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
236 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
237 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
238 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
239 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
240 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
241 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
242 right places in the document, closes: #172897
243 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
247 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
249 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
250 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
251 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
252 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
253 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
254 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
255 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
257 - editorial changes on material added in this version
258 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
259 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
260 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
261 closes: #139957, #108416
262 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
263 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
265 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
267 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
270 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
272 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
273 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
274 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
275 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
277 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
278 for best practices for documentation
279 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
280 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
281 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
282 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
284 - spell-checking pass
286 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
288 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
291 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
292 descriptions" moved under there
293 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
294 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
295 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
296 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
297 the document where these tools are discussed
298 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
299 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
300 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
301 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
302 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
303 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
305 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
306 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
307 that can be fixed by DDP folks
308 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
309 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
310 - simply PS and PDF building rules
312 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
314 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
317 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
318 section and adjusted links
319 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
321 - ChangeLog attribution updates
322 - fix typos, closes: #171781
323 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
324 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
325 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
326 for debian/rules", and write an intro
327 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
328 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
329 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
330 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
331 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
332 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
333 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
334 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
335 "Internationalization"
336 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
337 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
338 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
339 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
340 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
341 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
342 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
343 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
344 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
346 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
347 rather useless and broken
348 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
349 names and the first word
350 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
351 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
352 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
354 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
355 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
356 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
358 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
360 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
363 - DDP publishing update
365 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
366 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
367 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
368 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
370 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
372 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
375 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
376 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
377 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
379 - added myself as co-author
380 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
382 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
383 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
385 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
386 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
388 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
390 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
393 - Corrected several errors with —
394 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
395 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
396 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
397 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
398 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
399 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
400 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
402 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
403 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
404 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
405 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
406 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
407 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
408 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
409 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
410 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
412 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
413 descriptions". closes: #158609
414 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
415 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
416 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
417 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
418 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
420 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
421 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
422 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
423 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
424 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
425 - updated the mailing lists section
427 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
428 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
431 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
433 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
436 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
437 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
439 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
441 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
442 Ch "The Debian Archive"
444 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
446 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
447 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
448 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
449 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
450 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
452 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
453 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
454 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
455 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
456 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
457 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
458 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
460 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
461 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
464 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
465 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
466 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
467 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
468 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
469 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
470 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
471 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
472 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
473 work-around with <...>
474 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
475 - update copyright date
476 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
477 - spell check and grammar corrections
481 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
483 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
484 recompile"; closes: #102626
485 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
486 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
487 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
488 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
489 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
491 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
492 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
493 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
495 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
497 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
498 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
499 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
500 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
501 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
502 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
503 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
504 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
505 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
507 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
509 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
511 - updated the list of available architectures.
512 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
513 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
514 of the package and nothing more.
515 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
516 any pain to the ftpmasters.
517 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
518 the use of the delayed queue.
519 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
520 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
522 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
523 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
524 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
525 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
526 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
527 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
528 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
530 - new Sec "Documentation"
531 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
532 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
533 "Being kind to porter" too
534 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
535 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
536 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
537 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
538 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
540 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
541 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
544 - update French translation
546 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
548 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
551 - some grammar corrections
552 - update French translation
554 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
555 anymore; closes: #135559
556 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
558 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
560 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
561 that would be welcome)
562 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
563 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
564 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
565 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
566 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
567 - other minor wording changes
568 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
569 - Ch "Package uploads":
570 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
571 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
572 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
573 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
574 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
575 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
576 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
578 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
580 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
582 * from Martin Michlmayr
583 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
584 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
585 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
587 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
589 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
591 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
593 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
594 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
595 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
598 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
600 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
603 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
605 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
608 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
610 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
611 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
612 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
613 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
614 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
615 talking about uploading to distributions
616 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
617 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
618 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
620 - French translation updated
622 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
623 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
624 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
626 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
628 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
631 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
632 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
635 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
637 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
640 * fix a typo in a link
641 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
642 update documentation accordingly
644 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
645 forwarding bugs upstream
647 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
648 entities which should be used
649 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
650 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
652 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
654 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
656 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
657 * French version: completely up-to-date now
658 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
659 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
661 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
664 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
666 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
668 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
670 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
671 this translation needs updating
672 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
673 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
674 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
676 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
677 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
678 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
680 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
681 included yet, however
683 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
685 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
687 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
689 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
690 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
692 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
694 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
696 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
698 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
699 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
700 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
702 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
704 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
706 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
709 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
710 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
711 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
712 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
713 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
714 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
715 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
716 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
717 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
718 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
719 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
720 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
722 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
723 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
724 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
725 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
726 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
728 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
730 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
731 * update copyright notice for 2001
732 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
733 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
734 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
736 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
738 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
740 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
742 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
744 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
746 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
748 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
750 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
751 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
753 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
754 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
755 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
756 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
757 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
758 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
759 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
760 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
761 could be used if necessary
762 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
763 mention the rsync dupload method
764 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
766 * other small corrections
767 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
768 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
769 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
770 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
772 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
774 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
775 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
777 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
779 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
781 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
782 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
783 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
784 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
786 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
787 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
788 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
789 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
790 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
792 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
794 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
795 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
796 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
797 team (closes: Bug#52906)
798 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
799 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
800 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
802 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
803 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
804 - added a section about the LDAP database
805 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
806 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
808 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
809 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
811 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
813 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
815 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
816 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
817 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
819 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
820 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
821 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
822 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
823 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
824 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
825 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
826 description from developers-reference.sgml
828 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
830 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
832 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
833 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
835 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
837 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
838 releases are available at archive.debian.org
839 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
840 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
841 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
842 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
843 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
844 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
845 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
846 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
848 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
849 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
850 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
851 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
853 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
854 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
855 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
856 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
857 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
858 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
859 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
860 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
861 suggestion from James Troup
862 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
863 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
864 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
865 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
868 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
870 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
872 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
873 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
875 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
877 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
879 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
880 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
881 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
882 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
883 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
884 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
885 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
887 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
889 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
891 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
892 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
893 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
894 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
895 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
896 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
898 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
899 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
901 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
903 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
905 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
907 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
909 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
910 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
911 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
912 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
913 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
915 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
916 with intro; demoted server sections under that
917 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
918 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
920 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
921 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
922 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
923 a normal developer may have access.
925 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
927 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
929 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
930 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
931 step all over each other
933 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
935 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
937 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
938 address for PGP key updates
940 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
942 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
944 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
945 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
946 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
947 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
948 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
950 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
952 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
954 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
955 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
956 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
957 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
958 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
959 <keyring-maint> instead)
960 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
961 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
963 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
965 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
966 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
967 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
969 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
971 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
973 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
974 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
975 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
976 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
977 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
978 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
980 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
981 tighten up the language a bit
982 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
983 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
984 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
985 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
987 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
988 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
989 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
990 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
991 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
992 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
994 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
995 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
996 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
997 about how to depart Debian gracefully
998 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
999 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1000 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1001 number of available packages
1002 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1003 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1005 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1007 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1009 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1012 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1014 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1016 * not officially released
1017 * more spelling corrections
1018 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1020 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1022 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1024 * not officially released
1025 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1026 * some PGP-centricity removed
1027 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1028 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1029 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1030 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1031 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1032 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1034 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1036 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1038 * not officially released
1039 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1040 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1041 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1042 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1043 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1044 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1045 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1046 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1047 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1048 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1049 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1050 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1051 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1052 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1054 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1055 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1057 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1059 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1060 take a couple of weeks
1061 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1062 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1063 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1064 excited about it and can't wait
1065 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1066 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1068 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1069 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1071 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1072 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1073 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1075 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1077 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1079 * move to 3-level version number:
1080 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1081 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1082 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1083 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1084 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1087 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1088 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1089 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1091 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1093 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1094 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1095 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1096 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1097 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1098 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1100 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1102 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1103 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1104 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1105 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1106 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1107 - "The CVS server": new section added
1108 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1110 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1111 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1112 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1113 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1114 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1115 with respect to GPG.
1116 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1117 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1118 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1119 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1120 a canonical location?)
1121 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1122 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1123 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1124 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1126 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1128 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1129 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1130 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1131 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1133 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1135 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1137 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1138 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1139 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1140 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1141 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1142 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1143 and should not be included in this Reference.
1144 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1145 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1146 maintainer tools only!
1147 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1148 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1149 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1150 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1151 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1152 * Little corrections here and there.
1153 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1154 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1157 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1159 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1161 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1162 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1163 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1165 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1166 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1167 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1168 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1169 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1170 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1171 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1172 do prior to uploading
1173 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1174 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1176 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1177 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1178 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1179 duties with respect to bugs
1180 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1181 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1182 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1184 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1185 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1186 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1187 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1188 explicit what is used to build this package
1190 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1192 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1195 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1196 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1197 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1198 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1199 * utilize the new URL tag
1200 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1203 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1205 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1207 * non-maintainer release
1208 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1209 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1210 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1211 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1212 text, it can't hurt you.)
1213 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1214 reflect this packages version number
1215 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1217 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1219 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1223 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1225 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1227 * New version numbering scheme:
1229 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1230 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1231 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1234 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1235 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1236 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1237 differ between the manuals.
1239 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1240 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1241 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1242 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1244 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1245 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1247 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1249 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1251 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1253 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1255 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1256 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1258 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1259 (as requested by James Troup)
1261 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1263 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1265 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1267 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1269 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1271 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1273 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1275 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1276 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1277 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1278 the non-maintainer release
1280 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1281 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1282 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1285 - Lots of typos fixed
1287 * Compressed SGML source code
1289 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1290 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1292 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1294 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1296 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1298 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1299 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1300 - Announcing package uploads
1301 * New section about Debian Mentors
1302 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1303 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1304 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1305 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1307 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1309 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1311 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1312 of our FTP server and the development process
1313 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1314 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1315 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1317 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1318 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1319 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1320 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1321 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1322 contacting the maintainer
1323 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1324 a new manual released soon)
1325 * Some minor changes
1326 * Include SGML source in package
1327 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1328 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1330 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1332 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1336 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200