1 developers-reference (3.4.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring.
4 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
5 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
6 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
8 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Wed, 28 May 2008 22:41:56 +0200
10 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
14 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
15 - fix debian/copyright
16 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
17 - add pdf for French version.
18 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
19 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
20 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
21 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
22 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
23 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
24 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
25 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
26 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
28 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
29 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
31 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
33 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
34 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
35 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
36 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
37 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
38 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
40 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
43 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
44 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
45 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
46 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
47 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
48 * Update information concerning Alioth.
49 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
50 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
52 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
53 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
55 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
58 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
60 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
62 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
64 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
65 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
67 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
68 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
69 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
71 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
72 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
73 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
75 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
76 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
77 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
78 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
79 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
80 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
81 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
82 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
83 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
84 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
85 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
86 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
88 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
89 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
90 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
91 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
92 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
93 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
94 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
95 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
96 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
97 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
101 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
103 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
105 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
108 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
109 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
110 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
111 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
112 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
113 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
115 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
117 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
119 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
121 - non-us discontinued.
122 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
124 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
125 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
126 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
127 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
128 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
129 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
130 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
131 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
132 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
133 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
134 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
135 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
136 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
137 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
138 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
139 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
140 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
141 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
143 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
144 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
146 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
149 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
151 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
153 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
156 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
157 - madison is on merkel.
158 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
159 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
160 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
161 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
162 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
163 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
165 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
166 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
167 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
168 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
169 - sync NM rules with reality.
171 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
173 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
175 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
178 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
179 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
180 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
181 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
182 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
183 - spelling, grammer fixes.
184 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
185 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
186 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
187 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
188 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
189 - add myself to uploaders.
190 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
191 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
192 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
193 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
194 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
195 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
196 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
197 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
198 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
199 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
200 - rewrote the NMU section, and
201 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
202 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
203 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
204 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
205 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
206 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
207 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
208 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
210 - Security uploads get urgency=high
211 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
213 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
215 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
217 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
220 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
221 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
222 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
223 - documented Alioth, somewhat
225 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
226 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
228 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
229 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
230 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
231 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
235 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
237 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
238 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
239 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
240 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
243 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
245 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
248 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
250 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
251 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
252 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
254 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
255 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
256 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
257 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
260 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
262 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
263 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
264 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
265 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
266 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
268 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
269 it clear these are special cases
270 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
272 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
274 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
276 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
279 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
280 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
282 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
284 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
286 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
289 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
291 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
292 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
293 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
295 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
296 - the synopsis formula changed to either
297 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
299 <package-name> is <synopsis>
301 <package-name> are <synopsis>
303 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
304 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
305 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
306 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
307 package; closes: #187143
309 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
311 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
314 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
315 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
317 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
319 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
320 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
321 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
322 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
323 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
324 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
325 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
326 right places in the document, closes: #172897
327 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
331 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
333 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
334 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
335 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
336 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
337 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
338 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
339 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
341 - editorial changes on material added in this version
342 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
343 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
344 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
345 closes: #139957, #108416
346 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
347 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
349 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
351 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
354 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
356 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
357 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
358 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
359 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
361 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
362 for best practices for documentation
363 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
364 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
365 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
366 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
368 - spell-checking pass
370 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
372 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
375 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
376 descriptions" moved under there
377 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
378 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
379 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
380 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
381 the document where these tools are discussed
382 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
383 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
384 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
385 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
386 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
387 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
389 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
390 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
391 that can be fixed by DDP folks
392 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
393 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
394 - simply PS and PDF building rules
396 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
398 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
401 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
402 section and adjusted links
403 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
405 - ChangeLog attribution updates
406 - fix typos, closes: #171781
407 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
408 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
409 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
410 for debian/rules", and write an intro
411 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
412 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
413 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
414 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
415 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
416 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
417 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
418 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
419 "Internationalization"
420 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
421 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
422 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
423 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
424 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
425 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
426 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
427 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
428 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
430 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
431 rather useless and broken
432 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
433 names and the first word
434 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
435 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
436 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
438 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
439 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
440 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
442 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
444 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
447 - DDP publishing update
449 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
450 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
451 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
452 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
454 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
456 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
459 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
460 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
461 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
463 - added myself as co-author
464 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
466 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
467 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
469 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
470 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
472 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
474 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
477 - Corrected several errors with —
478 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
479 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
480 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
481 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
482 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
483 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
484 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
486 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
487 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
488 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
489 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
490 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
491 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
492 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
493 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
494 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
496 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
497 descriptions". closes: #158609
498 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
499 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
500 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
501 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
502 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
504 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
505 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
506 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
507 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
508 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
509 - updated the mailing lists section
511 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
512 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
515 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
517 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
520 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
521 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
523 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
525 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
526 Ch "The Debian Archive"
528 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
530 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
531 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
532 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
533 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
534 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
536 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
537 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
538 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
539 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
540 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
541 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
542 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
544 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
545 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
548 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
549 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
550 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
551 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
552 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
553 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
554 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
555 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
556 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
557 work-around with <...>
558 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
559 - update copyright date
560 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
561 - spell check and grammar corrections
565 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
567 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
568 recompile"; closes: #102626
569 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
570 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
571 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
572 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
573 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
575 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
576 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
577 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
579 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
581 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
582 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
583 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
584 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
585 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
586 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
587 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
588 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
589 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
591 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
593 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
595 - updated the list of available architectures.
596 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
597 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
598 of the package and nothing more.
599 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
600 any pain to the ftpmasters.
601 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
602 the use of the delayed queue.
603 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
604 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
606 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
607 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
608 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
609 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
610 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
611 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
612 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
614 - new Sec "Documentation"
615 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
616 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
617 "Being kind to porter" too
618 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
619 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
620 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
621 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
622 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
624 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
625 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
628 - update French translation
630 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
632 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
635 - some grammar corrections
636 - update French translation
638 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
639 anymore; closes: #135559
640 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
642 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
644 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
645 that would be welcome)
646 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
647 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
648 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
649 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
650 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
651 - other minor wording changes
652 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
653 - Ch "Package uploads":
654 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
655 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
656 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
657 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
658 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
659 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
660 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
662 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
664 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
666 * from Martin Michlmayr
667 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
668 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
669 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
671 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
673 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
675 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
677 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
678 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
679 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
682 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
684 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
687 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
689 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
692 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
694 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
695 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
696 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
697 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
698 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
699 talking about uploading to distributions
700 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
701 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
702 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
704 - French translation updated
706 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
707 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
708 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
710 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
712 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
715 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
716 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
719 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
721 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
724 * fix a typo in a link
725 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
726 update documentation accordingly
728 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
729 forwarding bugs upstream
731 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
732 entities which should be used
733 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
734 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
736 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
738 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
740 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
741 * French version: completely up-to-date now
742 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
743 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
745 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
748 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
750 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
752 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
754 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
755 this translation needs updating
756 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
757 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
758 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
760 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
761 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
762 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
764 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
765 included yet, however
767 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
769 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
771 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
773 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
774 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
776 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
778 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
780 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
782 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
783 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
784 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
786 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
788 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
790 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
793 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
794 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
795 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
796 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
797 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
798 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
799 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
800 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
801 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
802 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
803 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
804 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
806 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
807 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
808 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
809 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
810 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
812 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
814 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
815 * update copyright notice for 2001
816 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
817 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
818 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
820 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
822 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
824 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
826 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
828 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
830 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
832 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
834 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
835 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
837 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
838 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
839 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
840 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
841 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
842 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
843 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
844 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
845 could be used if necessary
846 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
847 mention the rsync dupload method
848 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
850 * other small corrections
851 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
852 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
853 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
854 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
856 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
858 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
859 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
861 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
863 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
865 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
866 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
867 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
868 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
870 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
871 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
872 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
873 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
874 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
876 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
878 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
879 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
880 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
881 team (closes: Bug#52906)
882 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
883 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
884 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
886 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
887 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
888 - added a section about the LDAP database
889 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
890 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
892 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
893 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
895 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
897 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
899 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
900 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
901 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
903 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
904 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
905 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
906 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
907 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
908 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
909 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
910 description from developers-reference.sgml
912 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
914 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
916 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
917 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
919 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
921 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
922 releases are available at archive.debian.org
923 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
924 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
925 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
926 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
927 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
928 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
929 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
930 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
932 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
933 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
934 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
935 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
937 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
938 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
939 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
940 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
941 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
942 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
943 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
944 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
945 suggestion from James Troup
946 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
947 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
948 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
949 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
952 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
954 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
956 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
957 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
959 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
961 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
963 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
964 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
965 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
966 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
967 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
968 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
969 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
971 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
973 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
975 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
976 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
977 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
978 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
979 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
980 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
982 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
983 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
985 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
987 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
989 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
991 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
993 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
994 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
995 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
996 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
997 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
999 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1000 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1001 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1002 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1004 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1005 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1006 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1007 a normal developer may have access.
1009 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1011 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1013 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1014 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1015 step all over each other
1017 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1019 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1021 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1022 address for PGP key updates
1024 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1026 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1028 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1029 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1030 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1031 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1032 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1034 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1036 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1038 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1039 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1040 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1041 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1042 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1043 <keyring-maint> instead)
1044 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1045 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1047 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1049 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1050 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1051 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1053 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1055 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1057 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1058 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1059 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1060 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1061 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1062 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1064 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1065 tighten up the language a bit
1066 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1067 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1068 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1069 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1071 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1072 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1073 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1074 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1075 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1076 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1078 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1079 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1080 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1081 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1082 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1083 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1084 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1085 number of available packages
1086 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1087 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1089 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1091 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1093 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1096 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1098 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1100 * not officially released
1101 * more spelling corrections
1102 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1104 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1106 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1108 * not officially released
1109 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1110 * some PGP-centricity removed
1111 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1112 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1113 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1114 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1115 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1116 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1118 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1120 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1122 * not officially released
1123 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1124 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1125 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1126 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1127 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1128 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1129 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1130 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1131 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1132 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1133 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1134 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1135 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1136 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1138 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1139 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1141 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1143 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1144 take a couple of weeks
1145 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1146 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1147 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1148 excited about it and can't wait
1149 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1150 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1152 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1153 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1155 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1156 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1157 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1159 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1161 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1163 * move to 3-level version number:
1164 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1165 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1166 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1167 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1168 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1171 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1172 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1173 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1175 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1177 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1178 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1179 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1180 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1181 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1182 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1184 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1186 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1187 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1188 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1189 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1190 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1191 - "The CVS server": new section added
1192 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1194 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1195 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1196 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1197 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1198 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1199 with respect to GPG.
1200 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1201 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1202 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1203 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1204 a canonical location?)
1205 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1206 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1207 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1208 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1210 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1212 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1213 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1214 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1215 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1217 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1219 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1221 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1222 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1223 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1224 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1225 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1226 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1227 and should not be included in this Reference.
1228 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1229 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1230 maintainer tools only!
1231 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1232 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1233 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1234 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1235 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1236 * Little corrections here and there.
1237 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1238 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1241 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1243 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1245 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1246 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1247 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1249 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1250 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1251 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1252 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1253 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1254 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1255 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1256 do prior to uploading
1257 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1258 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1260 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1261 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1262 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1263 duties with respect to bugs
1264 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1265 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1266 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1268 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1269 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1270 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1271 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1272 explicit what is used to build this package
1274 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1276 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1279 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1280 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1281 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1282 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1283 * utilize the new URL tag
1284 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1287 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1289 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1291 * non-maintainer release
1292 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1293 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1294 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1295 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1296 text, it can't hurt you.)
1297 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1298 reflect this packages version number
1299 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1301 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1303 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1307 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1309 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1311 * New version numbering scheme:
1313 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1314 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1315 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1318 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1319 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1320 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1321 differ between the manuals.
1323 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1324 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1325 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1326 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1328 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1329 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1331 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1333 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1335 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1337 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1339 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1340 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1342 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1343 (as requested by James Troup)
1345 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1347 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1349 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1351 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1353 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1355 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1357 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1359 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1360 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1361 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1362 the non-maintainer release
1364 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1365 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1366 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1369 - Lots of typos fixed
1371 * Compressed SGML source code
1373 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1374 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1376 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1378 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1380 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1382 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1383 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1384 - Announcing package uploads
1385 * New section about Debian Mentors
1386 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1387 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1388 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1389 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1391 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1393 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1395 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1396 of our FTP server and the development process
1397 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1398 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1399 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1401 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1402 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1403 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1404 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1405 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1406 contacting the maintainer
1407 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1408 a new manual released soon)
1409 * Some minor changes
1410 * Include SGML source in package
1411 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1412 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1414 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1416 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1420 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200