1 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
6 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
7 version tracking removed that requirement.
10 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
11 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
12 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
13 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
14 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
15 needed. Closes: #619990
16 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
17 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
20 * Initial German translation.
23 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
24 * Update French translation.
25 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
26 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
27 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
30 * Update Japanese translation.
32 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
34 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
37 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
38 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
41 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
42 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
43 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
44 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
45 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
46 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
47 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
48 patch. Closes: #540231
49 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
50 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
51 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
52 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
53 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
54 for the patch. Closes: #548823
55 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
56 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
57 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
58 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
59 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
60 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
61 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
62 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
63 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
64 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
65 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
66 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
67 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
68 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
70 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
71 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
72 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
74 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
75 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
76 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
77 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
78 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
80 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
82 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
83 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
84 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
85 patch. Closes: #573110
86 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
88 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
89 multi-lines substitution variables.
92 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
93 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
94 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
95 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
96 * Activate Japanese package.
97 * Handle addendum if it exists.
99 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
101 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
103 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
104 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
106 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
108 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
110 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
111 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
113 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
115 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
117 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
118 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
119 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
120 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
121 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
122 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
123 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
124 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
125 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
126 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
127 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
128 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
129 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
130 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
131 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
132 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
133 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
134 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
135 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
136 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
137 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
138 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
140 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
142 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
145 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
149 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
150 The most important changes are:
151 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
152 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
155 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
156 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
157 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
158 distinction. Closes: #464230.
159 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
160 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
161 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
162 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
163 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
164 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
166 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
167 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
169 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
170 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
172 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
173 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
175 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
177 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
178 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
180 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
181 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
182 Closes: #512620, #510783.
184 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
186 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
189 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
190 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
191 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
192 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
193 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
194 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
195 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
196 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
198 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
200 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
203 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
204 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
205 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
206 release codenames in <literal>
207 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
208 doesn't exist anymore.
209 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
210 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
211 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
212 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
213 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
214 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
215 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
216 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
217 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
218 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
219 team before upload. Closes: #459343
220 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
221 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
222 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
223 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
224 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
225 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
226 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
228 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
229 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
231 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
232 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
233 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
234 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
235 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
236 Thomas. Closes: #485837
238 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
239 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
241 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
243 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
247 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
248 - fix debian/copyright
249 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
250 - add pdf for French version.
251 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
252 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
253 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
254 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
255 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
256 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
257 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
258 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
259 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
261 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
262 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
264 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
266 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
267 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
268 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
269 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
270 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
271 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
273 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
276 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
277 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
278 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
279 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
280 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
281 * Update information concerning Alioth.
282 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
283 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
285 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
286 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
288 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
291 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
293 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
295 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
297 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
298 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
300 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
301 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
302 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
304 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
305 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
306 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
308 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
309 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
310 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
311 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
312 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
313 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
314 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
315 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
316 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
317 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
318 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
319 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
321 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
322 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
323 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
324 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
325 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
326 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
327 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
328 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
329 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
330 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
334 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
336 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
338 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
341 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
342 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
343 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
344 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
345 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
346 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
348 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
350 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
352 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
354 - non-us discontinued.
355 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
357 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
358 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
359 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
360 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
361 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
362 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
363 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
364 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
365 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
366 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
367 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
368 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
369 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
370 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
371 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
372 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
373 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
374 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
376 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
377 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
379 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
382 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
384 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
386 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
389 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
390 - madison is on merkel.
391 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
392 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
393 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
394 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
395 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
396 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
398 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
399 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
400 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
401 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
402 - sync NM rules with reality.
404 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
406 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
408 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
411 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
412 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
413 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
414 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
415 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
416 - spelling, grammer fixes.
417 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
418 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
419 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
420 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
421 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
422 - add myself to uploaders.
423 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
424 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
425 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
426 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
427 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
428 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
429 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
430 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
431 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
432 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
433 - rewrote the NMU section, and
434 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
435 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
436 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
437 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
438 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
439 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
440 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
441 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
443 - Security uploads get urgency=high
444 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
446 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
448 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
450 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
453 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
454 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
455 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
456 - documented Alioth, somewhat
458 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
459 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
461 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
462 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
463 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
464 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
468 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
470 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
471 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
472 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
473 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
476 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
478 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
481 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
483 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
484 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
485 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
487 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
488 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
489 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
490 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
493 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
495 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
496 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
497 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
498 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
499 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
501 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
502 it clear these are special cases
503 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
505 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
507 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
509 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
512 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
513 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
515 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
517 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
519 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
522 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
524 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
525 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
526 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
528 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
529 - the synopsis formula changed to either
530 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
532 <package-name> is <synopsis>
534 <package-name> are <synopsis>
536 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
537 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
538 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
539 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
540 package; closes: #187143
542 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
544 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
547 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
548 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
550 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
552 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
553 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
554 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
555 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
556 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
557 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
558 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
559 right places in the document, closes: #172897
560 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
564 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
566 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
567 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
568 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
569 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
570 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
571 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
572 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
574 - editorial changes on material added in this version
575 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
576 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
577 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
578 closes: #139957, #108416
579 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
580 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
582 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
584 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
587 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
589 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
590 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
591 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
592 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
594 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
595 for best practices for documentation
596 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
597 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
598 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
599 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
601 - spell-checking pass
603 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
605 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
608 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
609 descriptions" moved under there
610 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
611 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
612 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
613 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
614 the document where these tools are discussed
615 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
616 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
617 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
618 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
619 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
620 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
622 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
623 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
624 that can be fixed by DDP folks
625 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
626 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
627 - simply PS and PDF building rules
629 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
631 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
634 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
635 section and adjusted links
636 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
638 - ChangeLog attribution updates
639 - fix typos, closes: #171781
640 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
641 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
642 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
643 for debian/rules", and write an intro
644 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
645 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
646 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
647 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
648 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
649 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
650 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
651 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
652 "Internationalization"
653 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
654 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
655 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
656 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
657 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
658 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
659 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
660 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
661 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
663 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
664 rather useless and broken
665 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
666 names and the first word
667 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
668 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
669 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
671 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
672 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
673 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
675 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
677 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
680 - DDP publishing update
682 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
683 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
684 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
685 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
687 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
689 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
692 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
693 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
694 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
696 - added myself as co-author
697 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
699 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
700 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
702 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
703 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
705 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
707 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
710 - Corrected several errors with —
711 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
712 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
713 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
714 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
715 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
716 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
717 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
719 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
720 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
721 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
722 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
723 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
724 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
725 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
726 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
727 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
729 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
730 descriptions". closes: #158609
731 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
732 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
733 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
734 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
735 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
737 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
738 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
739 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
740 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
741 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
742 - updated the mailing lists section
744 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
745 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
748 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
750 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
753 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
754 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
756 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
758 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
759 Ch "The Debian Archive"
761 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
763 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
764 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
765 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
766 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
767 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
769 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
770 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
771 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
772 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
773 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
774 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
775 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
777 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
778 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
781 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
782 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
783 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
784 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
785 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
786 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
787 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
788 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
789 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
790 work-around with <...>
791 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
792 - update copyright date
793 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
794 - spell check and grammar corrections
798 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
800 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
801 recompile"; closes: #102626
802 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
803 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
804 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
805 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
806 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
808 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
809 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
810 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
812 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
814 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
815 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
816 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
817 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
818 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
819 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
820 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
821 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
822 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
824 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
826 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
828 - updated the list of available architectures.
829 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
830 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
831 of the package and nothing more.
832 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
833 any pain to the ftpmasters.
834 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
835 the use of the delayed queue.
836 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
837 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
839 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
840 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
841 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
842 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
843 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
844 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
845 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
847 - new Sec "Documentation"
848 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
849 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
850 "Being kind to porter" too
851 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
852 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
853 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
854 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
855 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
857 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
858 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
861 - update French translation
863 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
865 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
868 - some grammar corrections
869 - update French translation
871 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
872 anymore; closes: #135559
873 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
875 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
877 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
878 that would be welcome)
879 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
880 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
881 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
882 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
883 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
884 - other minor wording changes
885 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
886 - Ch "Package uploads":
887 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
888 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
889 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
890 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
891 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
892 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
893 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
895 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
897 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
899 * from Martin Michlmayr
900 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
901 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
902 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
904 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
906 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
908 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
910 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
911 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
912 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
915 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
917 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
920 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
922 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
925 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
927 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
928 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
929 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
930 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
931 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
932 talking about uploading to distributions
933 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
934 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
935 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
937 - French translation updated
939 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
940 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
941 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
943 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
945 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
948 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
949 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
952 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
954 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
957 * fix a typo in a link
958 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
959 update documentation accordingly
961 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
962 forwarding bugs upstream
964 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
965 entities which should be used
966 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
967 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
969 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
971 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
973 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
974 * French version: completely up-to-date now
975 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
976 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
978 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
981 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
983 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
985 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
987 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
988 this translation needs updating
989 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
990 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
991 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
993 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
994 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
995 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
997 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
998 included yet, however
1000 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1002 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1004 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1006 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1007 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1009 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1011 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1013 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1015 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1016 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1017 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1019 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1021 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1023 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1026 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1027 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1028 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1029 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1030 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1031 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1032 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1033 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1034 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1035 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1036 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1037 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1039 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1040 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1041 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1042 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1043 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1045 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1047 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1048 * update copyright notice for 2001
1049 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1050 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1051 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1053 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1055 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1057 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1059 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1061 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1063 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1065 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1067 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1068 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1070 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1071 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1072 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1073 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1074 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1075 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1076 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1077 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1078 could be used if necessary
1079 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1080 mention the rsync dupload method
1081 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1083 * other small corrections
1084 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1085 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1086 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1087 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1089 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1091 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1092 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1094 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1096 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1098 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1099 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1100 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1101 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1103 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1104 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1105 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1106 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1107 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1109 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1111 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1112 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1113 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1114 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1115 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1116 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1117 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1119 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1120 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1121 - added a section about the LDAP database
1122 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1123 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1125 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1126 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1128 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1130 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1132 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1133 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1134 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1136 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1137 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1138 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1139 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1140 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1141 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1142 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1143 description from developers-reference.sgml
1145 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1147 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1149 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1150 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1152 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1154 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1155 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1156 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1157 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1158 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1159 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1160 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1161 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1162 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1163 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1165 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1166 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1167 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1168 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1170 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1171 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1172 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1173 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1174 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1175 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1176 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1177 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1178 suggestion from James Troup
1179 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1180 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1181 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1182 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1185 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1187 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1189 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1190 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1192 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1194 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1196 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1197 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1198 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1199 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1200 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1201 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1202 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1204 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1206 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1208 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1209 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1210 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1211 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1212 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1213 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1215 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1216 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1218 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1220 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1222 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1224 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1226 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1227 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1228 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1229 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1230 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1232 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1233 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1234 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1235 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1237 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1238 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1239 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1240 a normal developer may have access.
1242 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1244 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1246 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1247 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1248 step all over each other
1250 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1252 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1254 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1255 address for PGP key updates
1257 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1259 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1261 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1262 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1263 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1264 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1265 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1267 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1269 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1271 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1272 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1273 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1274 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1275 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1276 <keyring-maint> instead)
1277 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1278 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1280 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1282 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1283 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1284 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1286 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1288 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1290 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1291 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1292 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1293 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1294 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1295 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1297 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1298 tighten up the language a bit
1299 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1300 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1301 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1302 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1304 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1305 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1306 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1307 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1308 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1309 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1311 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1312 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1313 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1314 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1315 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1316 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1317 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1318 number of available packages
1319 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1320 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1322 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1324 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1326 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1329 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1331 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1333 * not officially released
1334 * more spelling corrections
1335 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1337 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1339 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1341 * not officially released
1342 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1343 * some PGP-centricity removed
1344 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1345 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1346 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1347 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1348 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1349 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1351 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1353 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1355 * not officially released
1356 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1357 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1358 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1359 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1360 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1361 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1362 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1363 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1364 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1365 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1366 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1367 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1368 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1369 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1371 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1372 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1374 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1376 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1377 take a couple of weeks
1378 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1379 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1380 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1381 excited about it and can't wait
1382 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1383 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1385 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1386 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1388 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1389 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1390 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1392 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1394 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1396 * move to 3-level version number:
1397 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1398 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1399 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1400 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1401 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1404 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1405 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1406 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1408 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1410 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1411 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1412 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1413 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1414 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1415 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1417 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1419 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1420 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1421 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1422 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1423 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1424 - "The CVS server": new section added
1425 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1427 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1428 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1429 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1430 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1431 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1432 with respect to GPG.
1433 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1434 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1435 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1436 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1437 a canonical location?)
1438 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1439 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1440 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1441 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1443 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1445 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1446 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1447 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1448 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1450 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1452 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1454 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1455 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1456 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1457 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1458 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1459 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1460 and should not be included in this Reference.
1461 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1462 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1463 maintainer tools only!
1464 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1465 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1466 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1467 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1468 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1469 * Little corrections here and there.
1470 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1471 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1474 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1476 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1478 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1479 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1480 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1482 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1483 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1484 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1485 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1486 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1487 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1488 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1489 do prior to uploading
1490 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1491 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1493 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1494 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1495 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1496 duties with respect to bugs
1497 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1498 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1499 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1501 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1502 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1503 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1504 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1505 explicit what is used to build this package
1507 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1509 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1512 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1513 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1514 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1515 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1516 * utilize the new URL tag
1517 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1520 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1522 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1524 * non-maintainer release
1525 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1526 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1527 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1528 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1529 text, it can't hurt you.)
1530 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1531 reflect this packages version number
1532 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1534 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1536 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1540 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1542 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1544 * New version numbering scheme:
1546 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1547 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1548 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1551 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1552 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1553 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1554 differ between the manuals.
1556 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1557 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1558 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1559 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1561 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1562 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1564 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1566 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1568 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1570 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1572 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1573 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1575 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1576 (as requested by James Troup)
1578 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1580 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1582 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1584 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1586 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1588 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1590 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1592 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1593 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1594 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1595 the non-maintainer release
1597 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1598 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1599 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1602 - Lots of typos fixed
1604 * Compressed SGML source code
1606 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1607 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1609 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1611 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1613 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1615 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1616 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1617 - Announcing package uploads
1618 * New section about Debian Mentors
1619 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1620 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1621 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1622 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1624 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1626 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1628 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1629 of our FTP server and the development process
1630 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1631 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1632 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1634 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1635 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1636 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1637 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1638 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1639 contacting the maintainer
1640 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1641 a new manual released soon)
1642 * Some minor changes
1643 * Include SGML source in package
1644 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1645 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1647 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1649 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1653 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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