1 developers-reference (3.4.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
5 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
8 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
9 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
10 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
12 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:49:40 +0900
14 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
16 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
17 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
19 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
21 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
23 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
24 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
26 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
28 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
30 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
31 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
32 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
33 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
34 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
35 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
36 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
37 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
38 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
39 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
40 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
41 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
42 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
43 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
44 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
45 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
46 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
47 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
48 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
49 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
50 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
51 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
53 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
55 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
58 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
62 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
63 The most important changes are:
64 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
65 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
68 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
69 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
70 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
71 distinction. Closes: #464230.
72 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
73 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
74 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
75 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
76 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
77 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
79 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
80 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
82 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
83 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
85 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
86 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
88 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
90 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
91 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
93 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
94 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
95 Closes: #512620, #510783.
97 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
99 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
102 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
103 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
104 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
105 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
106 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
107 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
108 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
109 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
111 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
113 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
116 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
117 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
118 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
119 release codenames in <literal>
120 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
121 doesn't exist anymore.
122 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
123 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
124 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
125 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
126 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
127 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
128 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
129 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
130 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
131 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
132 team before upload. Closes: #459343
133 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
134 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
135 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
136 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
137 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
138 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
139 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
141 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
142 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
144 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
145 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
146 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
147 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
148 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
149 Thomas. Closes: #485837
151 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
152 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
154 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
156 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
160 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
161 - fix debian/copyright
162 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
163 - add pdf for French version.
164 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
165 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
166 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
167 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
168 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
169 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
170 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
171 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
172 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
174 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
175 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
177 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
179 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
180 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
181 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
182 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
183 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
184 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
186 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
189 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
190 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
191 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
192 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
193 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
194 * Update information concerning Alioth.
195 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
196 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
198 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
199 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
201 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
204 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
206 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
208 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
210 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
211 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
213 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
214 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
215 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
217 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
218 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
219 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
221 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
222 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
223 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
224 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
225 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
226 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
227 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
228 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
229 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
230 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
231 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
232 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
234 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
235 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
236 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
237 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
238 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
239 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
240 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
241 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
242 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
243 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
247 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
249 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
251 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
254 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
255 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
256 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
257 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
258 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
259 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
261 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
263 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
265 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
267 - non-us discontinued.
268 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
270 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
271 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
272 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
273 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
274 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
275 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
276 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
277 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
278 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
279 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
280 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
281 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
282 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
283 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
284 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
285 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
286 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
287 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
289 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
290 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
292 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
295 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
297 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
299 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
302 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
303 - madison is on merkel.
304 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
305 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
306 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
307 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
308 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
309 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
311 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
312 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
313 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
314 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
315 - sync NM rules with reality.
317 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
319 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
321 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
324 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
325 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
326 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
327 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
328 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
329 - spelling, grammer fixes.
330 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
331 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
332 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
333 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
334 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
335 - add myself to uploaders.
336 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
337 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
338 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
339 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
340 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
341 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
342 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
343 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
344 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
345 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
346 - rewrote the NMU section, and
347 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
348 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
349 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
350 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
351 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
352 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
353 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
354 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
356 - Security uploads get urgency=high
357 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
359 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
361 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
363 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
366 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
367 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
368 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
369 - documented Alioth, somewhat
371 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
372 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
374 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
375 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
376 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
377 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
381 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
383 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
384 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
385 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
386 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
389 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
391 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
394 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
396 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
397 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
398 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
400 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
401 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
402 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
403 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
406 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
408 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
409 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
410 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
411 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
412 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
414 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
415 it clear these are special cases
416 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
418 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
420 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
422 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
425 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
426 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
428 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
430 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
432 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
435 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
437 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
438 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
439 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
441 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
442 - the synopsis formula changed to either
443 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
445 <package-name> is <synopsis>
447 <package-name> are <synopsis>
449 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
450 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
451 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
452 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
453 package; closes: #187143
455 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
457 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
460 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
461 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
463 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
465 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
466 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
467 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
468 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
469 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
470 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
471 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
472 right places in the document, closes: #172897
473 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
477 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
479 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
480 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
481 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
482 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
483 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
484 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
485 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
487 - editorial changes on material added in this version
488 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
489 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
490 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
491 closes: #139957, #108416
492 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
493 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
495 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
497 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
500 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
502 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
503 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
504 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
505 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
507 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
508 for best practices for documentation
509 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
510 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
511 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
512 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
514 - spell-checking pass
516 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
518 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
521 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
522 descriptions" moved under there
523 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
524 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
525 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
526 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
527 the document where these tools are discussed
528 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
529 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
530 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
531 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
532 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
533 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
535 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
536 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
537 that can be fixed by DDP folks
538 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
539 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
540 - simply PS and PDF building rules
542 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
544 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
547 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
548 section and adjusted links
549 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
551 - ChangeLog attribution updates
552 - fix typos, closes: #171781
553 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
554 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
555 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
556 for debian/rules", and write an intro
557 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
558 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
559 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
560 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
561 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
562 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
563 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
564 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
565 "Internationalization"
566 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
567 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
568 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
569 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
570 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
571 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
572 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
573 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
574 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
576 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
577 rather useless and broken
578 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
579 names and the first word
580 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
581 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
582 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
584 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
585 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
586 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
588 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
590 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
593 - DDP publishing update
595 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
596 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
597 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
598 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
600 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
602 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
605 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
606 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
607 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
609 - added myself as co-author
610 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
612 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
613 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
615 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
616 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
618 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
620 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
623 - Corrected several errors with —
624 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
625 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
626 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
627 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
628 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
629 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
630 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
632 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
633 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
634 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
635 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
636 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
637 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
638 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
639 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
640 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
642 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
643 descriptions". closes: #158609
644 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
645 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
646 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
647 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
648 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
650 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
651 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
652 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
653 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
654 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
655 - updated the mailing lists section
657 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
658 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
661 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
663 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
666 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
667 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
669 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
671 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
672 Ch "The Debian Archive"
674 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
676 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
677 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
678 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
679 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
680 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
682 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
683 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
684 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
685 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
686 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
687 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
688 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
690 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
691 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
694 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
695 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
696 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
697 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
698 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
699 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
700 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
701 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
702 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
703 work-around with <...>
704 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
705 - update copyright date
706 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
707 - spell check and grammar corrections
711 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
713 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
714 recompile"; closes: #102626
715 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
716 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
717 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
718 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
719 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
721 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
722 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
723 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
725 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
727 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
728 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
729 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
730 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
731 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
732 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
733 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
734 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
735 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
737 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
739 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
741 - updated the list of available architectures.
742 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
743 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
744 of the package and nothing more.
745 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
746 any pain to the ftpmasters.
747 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
748 the use of the delayed queue.
749 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
750 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
752 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
753 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
754 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
755 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
756 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
757 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
758 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
760 - new Sec "Documentation"
761 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
762 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
763 "Being kind to porter" too
764 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
765 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
766 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
767 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
768 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
770 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
771 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
774 - update French translation
776 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
778 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
781 - some grammar corrections
782 - update French translation
784 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
785 anymore; closes: #135559
786 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
788 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
790 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
791 that would be welcome)
792 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
793 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
794 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
795 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
796 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
797 - other minor wording changes
798 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
799 - Ch "Package uploads":
800 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
801 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
802 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
803 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
804 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
805 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
806 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
808 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
810 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
812 * from Martin Michlmayr
813 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
814 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
815 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
817 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
819 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
821 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
823 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
824 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
825 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
828 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
830 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
833 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
835 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
838 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
840 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
841 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
842 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
843 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
844 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
845 talking about uploading to distributions
846 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
847 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
848 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
850 - French translation updated
852 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
853 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
854 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
856 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
858 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
861 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
862 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
865 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
867 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
870 * fix a typo in a link
871 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
872 update documentation accordingly
874 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
875 forwarding bugs upstream
877 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
878 entities which should be used
879 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
880 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
882 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
884 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
886 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
887 * French version: completely up-to-date now
888 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
889 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
891 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
894 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
896 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
898 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
900 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
901 this translation needs updating
902 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
903 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
904 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
906 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
907 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
908 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
910 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
911 included yet, however
913 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
915 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
917 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
919 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
920 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
922 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
924 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
926 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
928 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
929 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
930 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
932 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
934 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
936 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
939 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
940 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
941 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
942 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
943 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
944 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
945 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
946 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
947 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
948 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
949 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
950 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
952 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
953 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
954 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
955 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
956 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
958 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
960 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
961 * update copyright notice for 2001
962 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
963 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
964 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
966 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
968 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
970 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
972 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
974 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
976 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
978 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
980 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
981 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
983 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
984 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
985 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
986 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
987 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
988 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
989 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
990 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
991 could be used if necessary
992 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
993 mention the rsync dupload method
994 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
996 * other small corrections
997 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
998 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
999 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1000 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1002 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1004 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1005 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1007 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1009 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1011 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1012 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1013 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1014 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1016 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1017 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1018 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1019 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1020 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1022 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1024 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1025 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1026 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1027 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1028 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1029 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1030 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1032 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1033 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1034 - added a section about the LDAP database
1035 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1036 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1038 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1039 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1041 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1043 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1045 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1046 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1047 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1049 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1050 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1051 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1052 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1053 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1054 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1055 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1056 description from developers-reference.sgml
1058 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1060 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1062 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1063 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1065 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1067 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1068 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1069 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1070 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1071 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1072 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1073 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1074 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1075 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1076 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1078 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1079 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1080 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1081 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1083 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1084 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1085 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1086 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1087 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1088 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1089 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1090 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1091 suggestion from James Troup
1092 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1093 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1094 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1095 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1098 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1100 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1102 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1103 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1105 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1107 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1109 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1110 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1111 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1112 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1113 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1114 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1115 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1117 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1119 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1121 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1122 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1123 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1124 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1125 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1126 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1128 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1129 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1131 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1133 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1135 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1137 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1139 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1140 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1141 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1142 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1143 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1145 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1146 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1147 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1148 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1150 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1151 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1152 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1153 a normal developer may have access.
1155 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1157 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1159 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1160 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1161 step all over each other
1163 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1165 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1167 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1168 address for PGP key updates
1170 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1172 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1174 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1175 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1176 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1177 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1178 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1180 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1182 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1184 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1185 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1186 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1187 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1188 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1189 <keyring-maint> instead)
1190 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1191 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1193 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1195 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1196 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1197 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1199 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1201 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1203 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1204 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1205 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1206 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1207 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1208 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1210 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1211 tighten up the language a bit
1212 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1213 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1214 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1215 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1217 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1218 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1219 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1220 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1221 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1222 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1224 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1225 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1226 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1227 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1228 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1229 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1230 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1231 number of available packages
1232 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1233 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1235 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1237 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1239 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1242 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1244 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1246 * not officially released
1247 * more spelling corrections
1248 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1250 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1252 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1254 * not officially released
1255 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1256 * some PGP-centricity removed
1257 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1258 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1259 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1260 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1261 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1262 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1264 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1266 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1268 * not officially released
1269 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1270 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1271 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1272 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1273 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1274 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1275 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1276 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1277 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1278 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1279 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1280 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1281 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1282 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1284 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1285 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1287 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1289 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1290 take a couple of weeks
1291 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1292 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1293 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1294 excited about it and can't wait
1295 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1296 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1298 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1299 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1301 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1302 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1303 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1305 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1307 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1309 * move to 3-level version number:
1310 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1311 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1312 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1313 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1314 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1317 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1318 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1319 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1321 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1323 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1324 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1325 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1326 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1327 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1328 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1330 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1332 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1333 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1334 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1335 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1336 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1337 - "The CVS server": new section added
1338 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1340 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1341 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1342 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1343 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1344 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1345 with respect to GPG.
1346 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1347 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1348 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1349 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1350 a canonical location?)
1351 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1352 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1353 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1354 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1356 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1358 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1359 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1360 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1361 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1363 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1365 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1367 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1368 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1369 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1370 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1371 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1372 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1373 and should not be included in this Reference.
1374 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1375 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1376 maintainer tools only!
1377 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1378 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1379 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1380 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1381 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1382 * Little corrections here and there.
1383 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1384 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1387 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1389 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1391 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1392 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1393 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1395 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1396 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1397 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1398 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1399 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1400 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1401 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1402 do prior to uploading
1403 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1404 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1406 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1407 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1408 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1409 duties with respect to bugs
1410 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1411 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1412 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1414 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1415 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1416 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1417 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1418 explicit what is used to build this package
1420 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1422 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1425 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1426 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1427 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1428 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1429 * utilize the new URL tag
1430 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1433 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1435 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1437 * non-maintainer release
1438 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1439 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1440 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1441 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1442 text, it can't hurt you.)
1443 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1444 reflect this packages version number
1445 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1447 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1449 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1453 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1455 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1457 * New version numbering scheme:
1459 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1460 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1461 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1464 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1465 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1466 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1467 differ between the manuals.
1469 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1470 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1471 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1472 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1474 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1475 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1477 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1479 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1481 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1483 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1485 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1486 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1488 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1489 (as requested by James Troup)
1491 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1493 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1495 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1497 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1499 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1501 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1503 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1505 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1506 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1507 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1508 the non-maintainer release
1510 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1511 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1512 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1515 - Lots of typos fixed
1517 * Compressed SGML source code
1519 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1520 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1522 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1524 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1526 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1528 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1529 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1530 - Announcing package uploads
1531 * New section about Debian Mentors
1532 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1533 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1534 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1535 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1537 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1539 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1541 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1542 of our FTP server and the development process
1543 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1544 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1545 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1547 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1548 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1549 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1550 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1551 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1552 contacting the maintainer
1553 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1554 a new manual released soon)
1555 * Some minor changes
1556 * Include SGML source in package
1557 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1558 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1560 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1562 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1566 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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