1 developers-reference (3.4.2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
4 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
5 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
6 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
7 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
8 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
9 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
10 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
11 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
12 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
13 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
14 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
15 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
16 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
17 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
18 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
19 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
20 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
21 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
22 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
24 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:44:56 +0200
26 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
29 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
33 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
34 The most important changes are:
35 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
36 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
39 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
40 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
41 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
42 distinction. Closes: #464230.
43 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
44 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
45 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
46 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
47 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
48 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
50 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
51 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
53 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
54 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
56 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
57 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
59 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
61 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
62 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
64 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
65 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
66 Closes: #512620, #510783.
68 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
70 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
73 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
74 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
75 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
76 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
77 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
78 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
79 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
80 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
82 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
84 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
87 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
88 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
89 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
90 release codenames in <literal>
91 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
92 doesn't exist anymore.
93 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
94 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
95 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
96 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
97 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
98 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
99 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
100 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
101 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
102 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
103 team before upload. Closes: #459343
104 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
105 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
106 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
107 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
108 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
109 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
110 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
112 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
113 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
115 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
116 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
117 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
118 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
119 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
120 Thomas. Closes: #485837
122 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
123 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
125 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
127 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
131 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
132 - fix debian/copyright
133 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
134 - add pdf for French version.
135 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
136 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
137 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
138 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
139 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
140 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
141 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
142 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
143 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
145 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
146 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
148 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
150 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
151 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
152 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
153 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
154 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
155 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
157 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
160 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
161 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
162 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
163 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
164 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
165 * Update information concerning Alioth.
166 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
167 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
169 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
170 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
172 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
175 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
177 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
179 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
181 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
182 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
184 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
185 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
186 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
188 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
189 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
190 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
192 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
193 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
194 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
195 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
196 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
197 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
198 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
199 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
200 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
201 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
202 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
203 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
205 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
206 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
207 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
208 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
209 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
210 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
211 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
212 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
213 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
214 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
218 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
220 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
222 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
225 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
226 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
227 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
228 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
229 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
230 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
232 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
234 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
236 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
238 - non-us discontinued.
239 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
241 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
242 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
243 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
244 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
245 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
246 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
247 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
248 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
249 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
250 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
251 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
252 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
253 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
254 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
255 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
256 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
257 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
258 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
260 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
261 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
263 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
266 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
268 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
270 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
273 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
274 - madison is on merkel.
275 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
276 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
277 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
278 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
279 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
280 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
282 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
283 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
284 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
285 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
286 - sync NM rules with reality.
288 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
290 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
292 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
295 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
296 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
297 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
298 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
299 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
300 - spelling, grammer fixes.
301 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
302 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
303 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
304 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
305 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
306 - add myself to uploaders.
307 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
308 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
309 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
310 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
311 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
312 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
313 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
314 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
315 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
316 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
317 - rewrote the NMU section, and
318 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
319 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
320 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
321 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
322 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
323 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
324 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
325 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
327 - Security uploads get urgency=high
328 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
330 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
332 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
334 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
337 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
338 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
339 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
340 - documented Alioth, somewhat
342 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
343 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
345 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
346 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
347 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
348 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
352 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
354 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
355 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
356 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
357 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
360 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
362 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
365 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
367 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
368 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
369 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
371 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
372 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
373 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
374 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
377 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
379 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
380 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
381 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
382 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
383 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
385 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
386 it clear these are special cases
387 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
389 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
391 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
393 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
396 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
397 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
399 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
401 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
403 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
406 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
408 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
409 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
410 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
412 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
413 - the synopsis formula changed to either
414 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
416 <package-name> is <synopsis>
418 <package-name> are <synopsis>
420 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
421 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
422 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
423 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
424 package; closes: #187143
426 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
428 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
431 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
432 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
434 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
436 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
437 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
438 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
439 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
440 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
441 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
442 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
443 right places in the document, closes: #172897
444 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
448 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
450 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
451 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
452 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
453 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
454 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
455 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
456 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
458 - editorial changes on material added in this version
459 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
460 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
461 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
462 closes: #139957, #108416
463 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
464 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
466 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
468 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
471 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
473 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
474 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
475 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
476 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
478 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
479 for best practices for documentation
480 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
481 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
482 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
483 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
485 - spell-checking pass
487 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
489 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
492 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
493 descriptions" moved under there
494 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
495 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
496 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
497 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
498 the document where these tools are discussed
499 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
500 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
501 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
502 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
503 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
504 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
506 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
507 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
508 that can be fixed by DDP folks
509 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
510 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
511 - simply PS and PDF building rules
513 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
515 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
518 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
519 section and adjusted links
520 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
522 - ChangeLog attribution updates
523 - fix typos, closes: #171781
524 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
525 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
526 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
527 for debian/rules", and write an intro
528 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
529 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
530 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
531 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
532 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
533 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
534 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
535 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
536 "Internationalization"
537 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
538 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
539 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
540 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
541 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
542 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
543 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
544 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
545 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
547 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
548 rather useless and broken
549 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
550 names and the first word
551 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
552 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
553 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
555 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
556 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
557 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
559 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
561 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
564 - DDP publishing update
566 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
567 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
568 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
569 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
571 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
573 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
576 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
577 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
578 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
580 - added myself as co-author
581 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
583 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
584 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
586 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
587 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
589 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
591 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
594 - Corrected several errors with —
595 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
596 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
597 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
598 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
599 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
600 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
601 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
603 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
604 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
605 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
606 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
607 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
608 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
609 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
610 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
611 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
613 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
614 descriptions". closes: #158609
615 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
616 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
617 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
618 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
619 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
621 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
622 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
623 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
624 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
625 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
626 - updated the mailing lists section
628 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
629 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
632 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
634 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
637 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
638 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
640 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
642 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
643 Ch "The Debian Archive"
645 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
647 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
648 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
649 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
650 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
651 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
653 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
654 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
655 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
656 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
657 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
658 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
659 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
661 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
662 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
665 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
666 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
667 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
668 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
669 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
670 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
671 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
672 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
673 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
674 work-around with <...>
675 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
676 - update copyright date
677 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
678 - spell check and grammar corrections
682 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
684 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
685 recompile"; closes: #102626
686 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
687 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
688 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
689 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
690 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
692 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
693 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
694 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
696 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
698 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
699 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
700 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
701 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
702 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
703 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
704 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
705 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
706 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
708 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
710 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
712 - updated the list of available architectures.
713 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
714 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
715 of the package and nothing more.
716 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
717 any pain to the ftpmasters.
718 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
719 the use of the delayed queue.
720 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
721 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
723 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
724 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
725 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
726 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
727 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
728 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
729 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
731 - new Sec "Documentation"
732 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
733 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
734 "Being kind to porter" too
735 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
736 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
737 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
738 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
739 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
741 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
742 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
745 - update French translation
747 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
749 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
752 - some grammar corrections
753 - update French translation
755 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
756 anymore; closes: #135559
757 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
759 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
761 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
762 that would be welcome)
763 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
764 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
765 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
766 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
767 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
768 - other minor wording changes
769 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
770 - Ch "Package uploads":
771 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
772 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
773 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
774 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
775 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
776 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
777 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
779 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
781 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
783 * from Martin Michlmayr
784 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
785 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
786 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
788 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
790 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
792 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
794 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
795 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
796 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
799 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
801 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
804 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
806 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
809 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
811 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
812 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
813 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
814 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
815 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
816 talking about uploading to distributions
817 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
818 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
819 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
821 - French translation updated
823 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
824 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
825 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
827 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
829 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
832 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
833 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
836 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
838 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
841 * fix a typo in a link
842 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
843 update documentation accordingly
845 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
846 forwarding bugs upstream
848 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
849 entities which should be used
850 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
851 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
853 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
855 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
857 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
858 * French version: completely up-to-date now
859 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
860 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
862 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
865 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
867 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
869 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
871 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
872 this translation needs updating
873 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
874 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
875 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
877 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
878 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
879 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
881 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
882 included yet, however
884 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
886 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
888 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
890 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
891 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
893 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
895 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
897 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
899 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
900 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
901 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
903 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
905 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
907 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
910 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
911 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
912 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
913 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
914 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
915 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
916 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
917 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
918 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
919 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
920 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
921 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
923 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
924 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
925 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
926 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
927 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
929 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
931 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
932 * update copyright notice for 2001
933 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
934 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
935 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
937 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
939 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
941 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
943 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
945 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
947 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
949 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
951 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
952 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
954 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
955 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
956 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
957 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
958 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
959 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
960 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
961 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
962 could be used if necessary
963 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
964 mention the rsync dupload method
965 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
967 * other small corrections
968 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
969 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
970 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
971 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
973 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
975 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
976 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
978 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
980 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
982 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
983 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
984 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
985 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
987 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
988 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
989 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
990 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
991 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
993 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
995 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
996 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
997 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
998 team (closes: Bug#52906)
999 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1000 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1001 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1003 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1004 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1005 - added a section about the LDAP database
1006 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1007 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1009 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1010 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1012 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1014 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1016 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1017 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1018 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1020 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1021 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1022 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1023 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1024 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1025 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1026 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1027 description from developers-reference.sgml
1029 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1031 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1033 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1034 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1036 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1038 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1039 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1040 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1041 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1042 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1043 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1044 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1045 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1046 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1047 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1049 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1050 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1051 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1052 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1054 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1055 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1056 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1057 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1058 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1059 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1060 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1061 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1062 suggestion from James Troup
1063 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1064 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1065 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1066 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1069 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1071 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1073 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1074 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1076 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1078 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1080 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1081 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1082 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1083 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1084 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1085 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1086 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1088 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1090 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1092 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1093 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1094 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1095 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1096 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1097 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1099 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1100 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1102 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1104 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1106 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1108 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1110 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1111 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1112 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1113 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1114 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1116 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1117 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1118 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1119 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1121 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1122 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1123 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1124 a normal developer may have access.
1126 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1128 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1130 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1131 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1132 step all over each other
1134 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1136 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1138 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1139 address for PGP key updates
1141 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1143 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1145 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1146 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1147 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1148 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1149 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1151 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1153 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1155 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1156 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1157 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1158 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1159 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1160 <keyring-maint> instead)
1161 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1162 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1164 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1166 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1167 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1168 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1170 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1172 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1174 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1175 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1176 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1177 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1178 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1179 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1181 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1182 tighten up the language a bit
1183 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1184 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1185 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1186 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1188 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1189 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1190 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1191 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1192 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1193 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1195 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1196 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1197 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1198 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1199 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1200 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1201 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1202 number of available packages
1203 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1204 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1206 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1208 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1210 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1213 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1215 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1217 * not officially released
1218 * more spelling corrections
1219 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1221 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1223 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1225 * not officially released
1226 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1227 * some PGP-centricity removed
1228 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1229 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1230 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1231 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1232 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1233 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1235 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1237 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1239 * not officially released
1240 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1241 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1242 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1243 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1244 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1245 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1246 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1247 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1248 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1249 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1250 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1251 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1252 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1253 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1255 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1256 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1258 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1260 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1261 take a couple of weeks
1262 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1263 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1264 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1265 excited about it and can't wait
1266 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1267 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1269 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1270 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1272 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1273 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1274 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1276 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1278 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1280 * move to 3-level version number:
1281 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1282 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1283 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1284 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1285 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1288 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1289 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1290 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1292 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1294 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1295 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1296 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1297 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1298 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1299 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1301 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1303 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1304 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1305 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1306 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1307 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1308 - "The CVS server": new section added
1309 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1311 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1312 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1313 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1314 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1315 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1316 with respect to GPG.
1317 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1318 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1319 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1320 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1321 a canonical location?)
1322 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1323 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1324 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1325 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1327 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1329 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1330 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1331 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1332 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1334 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1336 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1338 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1339 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1340 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1341 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1342 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1343 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1344 and should not be included in this Reference.
1345 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1346 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1347 maintainer tools only!
1348 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1349 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1350 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1351 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1352 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1353 * Little corrections here and there.
1354 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1355 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1358 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1360 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1362 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1363 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1364 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1366 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1367 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1368 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1369 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1370 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1371 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1372 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1373 do prior to uploading
1374 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1375 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1377 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1378 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1379 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1380 duties with respect to bugs
1381 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1382 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1383 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1385 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1386 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1387 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1388 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1389 explicit what is used to build this package
1391 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1393 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1396 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1397 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1398 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1399 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1400 * utilize the new URL tag
1401 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1404 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1406 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1408 * non-maintainer release
1409 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1410 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1411 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1412 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1413 text, it can't hurt you.)
1414 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1415 reflect this packages version number
1416 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1418 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1420 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1424 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1426 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1428 * New version numbering scheme:
1430 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1431 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1432 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1435 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1436 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1437 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1438 differ between the manuals.
1440 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1441 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1442 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1443 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1445 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1446 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1448 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1450 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1452 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1454 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1456 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1457 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1459 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1460 (as requested by James Troup)
1462 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1464 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1466 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1468 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1470 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1472 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1474 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1476 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1477 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1478 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1479 the non-maintainer release
1481 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1482 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1483 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1486 - Lots of typos fixed
1488 * Compressed SGML source code
1490 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1491 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1493 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1495 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1497 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1499 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1500 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1501 - Announcing package uploads
1502 * New section about Debian Mentors
1503 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1504 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1505 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1506 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1508 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1510 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1512 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1513 of our FTP server and the development process
1514 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1515 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1516 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1518 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1519 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1520 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1521 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1522 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1523 contacting the maintainer
1524 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1525 a new manual released soon)
1526 * Some minor changes
1527 * Include SGML source in package
1528 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1529 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1531 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1533 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1537 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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