1 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
5 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
7 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
8 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
9 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
11 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
12 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
13 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
14 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
17 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
19 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
21 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 02:47:28 -0400
23 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
26 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
27 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
29 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
31 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
33 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
36 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
38 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
39 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
40 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
42 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
43 - the synopsis formula changed to either
44 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
46 <package-name> is <synopsis>
48 <package-name> are <synopsis>
50 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
51 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
52 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
53 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
54 package; closes: #187143
56 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
58 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
61 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
62 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
64 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
66 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
67 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
68 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
69 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
70 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
71 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
72 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
73 right places in the document, closes: #172897
74 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
78 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
80 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
81 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
82 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
83 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
84 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
85 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
86 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
88 - editorial changes on material added in this version
89 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
90 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
91 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
92 closes: #139957, #108416
93 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
94 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
96 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
98 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
101 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
103 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
104 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
105 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
106 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
108 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
109 for best practices for documentation
110 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
111 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
112 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
113 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
115 - spell-checking pass
117 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
119 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
122 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
123 descriptions" moved under there
124 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
125 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
126 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
127 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
128 the document where these tools are discussed
129 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
130 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
131 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
132 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
133 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
134 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
136 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
137 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
138 that can be fixed by DDP folks
139 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
140 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
141 - simply PS and PDF building rules
143 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
145 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
148 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
149 section and adjusted links
150 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
152 - ChangeLog attribution updates
153 - fix typos, closes: #171781
154 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
155 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
156 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
157 for debian/rules", and write an intro
158 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
159 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
160 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
161 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
162 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
163 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
164 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
165 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
166 "Internationalization"
167 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
168 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
169 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
170 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
171 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
172 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
173 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
174 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
175 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
177 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
178 rather useless and broken
179 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
180 names and the first word
181 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
182 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
183 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
185 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
186 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
187 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
189 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
191 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
194 - DDP publishing update
196 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
197 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
198 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
199 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
201 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
203 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
206 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
207 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
208 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
210 - added myself as co-author
211 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
213 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
214 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
216 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
217 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
219 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
221 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
224 - Corrected several errors with —
225 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
226 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
227 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
228 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
229 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
230 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
231 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
233 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
234 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
235 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
236 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
237 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
238 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
239 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
240 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
241 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
243 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
244 descriptions". closes: #158609
245 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
246 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
247 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
248 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
249 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
251 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
252 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
253 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
254 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
255 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
256 - updated the mailing lists section
258 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
259 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
262 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
264 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
267 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
268 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
270 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
272 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
273 Ch "The Debian Archive"
275 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
277 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
278 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
279 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
280 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
281 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
283 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
284 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
285 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
286 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
287 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
288 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
289 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
291 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
292 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
295 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
296 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
297 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
298 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
299 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
300 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
301 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
302 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
303 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
304 work-around with <...>
305 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
306 - update copyright date
307 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
308 - spell check and grammar corrections
312 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
314 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
315 recompile"; closes: #102626
316 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
317 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
318 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
319 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
320 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
322 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
323 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
324 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
326 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
328 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
329 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
330 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
331 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
332 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
333 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
334 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
335 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
336 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
338 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
340 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
342 - updated the list of available architectures.
343 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
344 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
345 of the package and nothing more.
346 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
347 any pain to the ftpmasters.
348 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
349 the use of the delayed queue.
350 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
351 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
353 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
354 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
355 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
356 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
357 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
358 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
359 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
361 - new Sec "Documentation"
362 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
363 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
364 "Being kind to porter" too
365 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
366 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
367 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
368 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
369 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
371 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
372 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
375 - update French translation
377 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
379 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
382 - some grammar corrections
383 - update French translation
385 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
386 anymore; closes: #135559
387 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
389 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
391 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
392 that would be welcome)
393 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
394 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
395 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
396 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
397 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
398 - other minor wording changes
399 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
400 - Ch "Package uploads":
401 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
402 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
403 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
404 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
405 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
406 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
407 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
409 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
411 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
413 * from Martin Michlmayr
414 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
415 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
416 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
418 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
420 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
422 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
424 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
425 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
426 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
429 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
431 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
434 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
436 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
439 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
441 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
442 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
443 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
444 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
445 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
446 talking about uploading to distributions
447 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
448 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
449 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
451 - French translation updated
453 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
454 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
455 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
457 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
459 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
462 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
463 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
466 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
468 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
471 * fix a typo in a link
472 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
473 update documentation accordingly
475 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
476 forwarding bugs upstream
478 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
479 entities which should be used
480 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
481 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
483 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
485 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
487 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
488 * French version: completely up-to-date now
489 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
490 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
492 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
495 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
497 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
499 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
501 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
502 this translation needs updating
503 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
504 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
505 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
507 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
508 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
509 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
511 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
512 included yet, however
514 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
516 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
518 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
520 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
521 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
523 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
525 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
527 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
529 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
530 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
531 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
533 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
535 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
537 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
540 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
541 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
542 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
543 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
544 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
545 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
546 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
547 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
548 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
549 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
550 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
551 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
553 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
554 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
555 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
556 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
557 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
559 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
561 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
562 * update copyright notice for 2001
563 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
564 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
565 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
567 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
569 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
571 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
573 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
575 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
577 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
579 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
581 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
582 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
584 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
585 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
586 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
587 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
588 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
589 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
590 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
591 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
592 could be used if necessary
593 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
594 mention the rsync dupload method
595 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
597 * other small corrections
598 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
599 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
600 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
601 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
603 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
605 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
606 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
608 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
610 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
612 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
613 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
614 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
615 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
617 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
618 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
619 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
620 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
621 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
623 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
625 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
626 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
627 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
628 team (closes: Bug#52906)
629 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
630 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
631 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
633 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
634 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
635 - added a section about the LDAP database
636 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
637 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
639 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
640 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
642 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
644 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
646 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
647 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
648 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
650 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
651 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
652 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
653 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
654 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
655 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
656 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
657 description from developers-reference.sgml
659 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
661 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
663 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
664 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
666 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
668 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
669 releases are available at archive.debian.org
670 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
671 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
672 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
673 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
674 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
675 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
676 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
677 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
679 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
680 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
681 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
682 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
684 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
685 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
686 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
687 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
688 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
689 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
690 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
691 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
692 suggestion from James Troup
693 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
694 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
695 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
696 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
699 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
701 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
703 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
704 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
706 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
708 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
710 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
711 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
712 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
713 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
714 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
715 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
716 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
718 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
720 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
722 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
723 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
724 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
725 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
726 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
727 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
729 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
730 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
732 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
734 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
736 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
738 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
740 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
741 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
742 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
743 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
744 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
746 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
747 with intro; demoted server sections under that
748 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
749 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
751 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
752 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
753 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
754 a normal developer may have access.
756 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
758 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
760 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
761 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
762 step all over each other
764 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
766 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
768 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
769 address for PGP key updates
771 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
773 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
775 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
776 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
777 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
778 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
779 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
781 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
783 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
785 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
786 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
787 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
788 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
789 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
790 <keyring-maint> instead)
791 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
792 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
794 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
796 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
797 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
798 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
800 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
802 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
804 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
805 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
806 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
807 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
808 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
809 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
811 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
812 tighten up the language a bit
813 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
814 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
815 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
816 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
818 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
819 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
820 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
821 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
822 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
823 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
825 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
826 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
827 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
828 about how to depart Debian gracefully
829 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
830 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
831 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
832 number of available packages
833 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
834 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
836 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
838 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
840 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
843 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
845 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
847 * not officially released
848 * more spelling corrections
849 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
851 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
853 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
855 * not officially released
856 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
857 * some PGP-centricity removed
858 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
859 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
860 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
861 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
862 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
863 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
865 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
867 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
869 * not officially released
870 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
871 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
872 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
873 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
874 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
875 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
876 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
877 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
878 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
879 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
880 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
881 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
882 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
883 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
885 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
886 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
888 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
890 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
891 take a couple of weeks
892 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
893 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
894 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
895 excited about it and can't wait
896 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
897 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
899 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
900 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
902 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
903 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
904 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
906 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
908 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
910 * move to 3-level version number:
911 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
912 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
913 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
914 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
915 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
918 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
919 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
920 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
922 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
924 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
925 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
926 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
927 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
928 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
929 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
931 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
933 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
934 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
935 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
936 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
937 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
938 - "The CVS server": new section added
939 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
941 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
942 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
943 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
944 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
945 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
947 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
948 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
949 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
950 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
951 a canonical location?)
952 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
953 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
954 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
955 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
957 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
959 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
960 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
961 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
962 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
964 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
966 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
968 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
969 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
970 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
971 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
972 them. (closes Bug#26948)
973 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
974 and should not be included in this Reference.
975 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
976 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
977 maintainer tools only!
978 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
979 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
980 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
981 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
982 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
983 * Little corrections here and there.
984 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
985 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
988 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
990 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
992 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
993 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
994 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
996 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
997 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
998 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
999 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1000 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1001 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1002 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1003 do prior to uploading
1004 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1005 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1007 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1008 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1009 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1010 duties with respect to bugs
1011 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1012 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1013 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1015 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1016 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1017 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1018 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1019 explicit what is used to build this package
1021 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1023 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1026 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1027 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1028 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1029 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1030 * utilize the new URL tag
1031 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1034 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1036 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1038 * non-maintainer release
1039 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1040 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1041 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1042 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1043 text, it can't hurt you.)
1044 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1045 reflect this packages version number
1046 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1048 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1050 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1054 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1056 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1058 * New version numbering scheme:
1060 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1061 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1062 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1065 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1066 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1067 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1068 differ between the manuals.
1070 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1071 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1072 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1073 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1075 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1076 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1078 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1080 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1082 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1084 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1086 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1087 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1089 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1090 (as requested by James Troup)
1092 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1094 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1096 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1098 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1100 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1102 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1104 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1106 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1107 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1108 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1109 the non-maintainer release
1111 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1112 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1113 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1116 - Lots of typos fixed
1118 * Compressed SGML source code
1120 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1121 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1123 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1125 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1127 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1129 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1130 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1131 - Announcing package uploads
1132 * New section about Debian Mentors
1133 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1134 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1135 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1136 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1138 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1140 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1142 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1143 of our FTP server and the development process
1144 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1145 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1146 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1148 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1149 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1150 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1151 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1152 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1153 contacting the maintainer
1154 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1155 a new manual released soon)
1156 * Some minor changes
1157 * Include SGML source in package
1158 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1159 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1161 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1163 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1167 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200