1 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
4 - bump standards-version to 3.7.2 (no change)
6 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
7 - add pdf for French version.
8 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
9 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
10 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
11 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
12 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
13 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
14 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
15 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
16 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
18 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
19 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
21 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
23 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
24 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
25 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
26 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
27 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
28 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
30 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
32 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:41:41 -0600
34 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
36 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
38 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
39 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
41 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
42 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
43 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
45 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
46 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
47 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
49 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
50 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
51 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
52 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
53 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
54 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
55 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
56 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
57 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
58 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
59 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
60 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
62 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
63 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
64 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
65 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
66 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
67 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
68 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
69 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
70 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
71 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
75 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
77 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
79 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
82 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
83 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
84 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
85 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
86 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
87 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
89 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
91 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
93 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
95 - non-us discontinued.
96 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
98 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
99 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
100 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
101 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
102 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
103 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
104 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
105 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
106 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
107 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
108 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
109 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
110 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
111 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
112 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
113 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
114 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
115 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
117 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
118 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
120 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
123 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
125 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
127 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
130 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
131 - madison is on merkel.
132 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
133 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
134 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
135 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
136 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
137 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
139 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
140 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
141 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
142 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
143 - sync NM rules with reality.
145 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
147 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
149 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
152 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
153 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
154 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
155 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
156 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
157 - spelling, grammer fixes.
158 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
159 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
160 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
161 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
162 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
163 - add myself to uploaders.
164 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
165 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
166 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
167 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
168 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
169 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
170 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
171 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
172 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
173 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
174 - rewrote the NMU section, and
175 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
176 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
177 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
178 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
179 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
180 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
181 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
182 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
184 - Security uploads get urgency=high
185 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
187 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
189 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
191 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
194 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
195 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
196 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
197 - documented Alioth, somewhat
199 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
200 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
202 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
203 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
204 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
205 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
209 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
211 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
212 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
213 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
214 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
217 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
219 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
222 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
224 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
225 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
226 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
228 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
229 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
230 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
231 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
234 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
236 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
237 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
238 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
239 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
240 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
242 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
243 it clear these are special cases
244 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
246 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
248 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
250 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
253 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
254 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
256 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
258 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
260 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
263 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
265 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
266 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
267 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
269 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
270 - the synopsis formula changed to either
271 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
273 <package-name> is <synopsis>
275 <package-name> are <synopsis>
277 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
278 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
279 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
280 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
281 package; closes: #187143
283 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
285 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
288 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
289 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
291 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
293 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
294 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
295 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
296 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
297 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
298 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
299 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
300 right places in the document, closes: #172897
301 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
305 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
307 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
308 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
309 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
310 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
311 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
312 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
313 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
315 - editorial changes on material added in this version
316 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
317 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
318 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
319 closes: #139957, #108416
320 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
321 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
323 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
325 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
328 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
330 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
331 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
332 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
333 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
335 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
336 for best practices for documentation
337 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
338 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
339 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
340 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
342 - spell-checking pass
344 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
346 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
349 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
350 descriptions" moved under there
351 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
352 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
353 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
354 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
355 the document where these tools are discussed
356 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
357 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
358 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
359 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
360 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
361 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
363 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
364 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
365 that can be fixed by DDP folks
366 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
367 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
368 - simply PS and PDF building rules
370 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
372 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
375 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
376 section and adjusted links
377 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
379 - ChangeLog attribution updates
380 - fix typos, closes: #171781
381 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
382 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
383 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
384 for debian/rules", and write an intro
385 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
386 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
387 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
388 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
389 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
390 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
391 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
392 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
393 "Internationalization"
394 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
395 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
396 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
397 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
398 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
399 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
400 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
401 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
402 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
404 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
405 rather useless and broken
406 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
407 names and the first word
408 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
409 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
410 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
412 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
413 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
414 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
416 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
418 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
421 - DDP publishing update
423 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
424 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
425 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
426 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
428 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
430 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
433 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
434 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
435 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
437 - added myself as co-author
438 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
440 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
441 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
443 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
444 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
446 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
448 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
451 - Corrected several errors with —
452 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
453 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
454 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
455 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
456 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
457 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
458 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
460 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
461 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
462 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
463 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
464 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
465 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
466 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
467 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
468 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
470 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
471 descriptions". closes: #158609
472 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
473 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
474 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
475 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
476 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
478 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
479 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
480 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
481 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
482 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
483 - updated the mailing lists section
485 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
486 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
489 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
491 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
494 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
495 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
497 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
499 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
500 Ch "The Debian Archive"
502 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
504 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
505 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
506 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
507 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
508 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
510 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
511 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
512 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
513 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
514 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
515 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
516 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
518 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
519 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
522 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
523 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
524 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
525 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
526 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
527 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
528 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
529 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
530 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
531 work-around with <...>
532 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
533 - update copyright date
534 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
535 - spell check and grammar corrections
539 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
541 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
542 recompile"; closes: #102626
543 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
544 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
545 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
546 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
547 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
549 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
550 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
551 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
553 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
555 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
556 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
557 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
558 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
559 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
560 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
561 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
562 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
563 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
565 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
567 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
569 - updated the list of available architectures.
570 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
571 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
572 of the package and nothing more.
573 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
574 any pain to the ftpmasters.
575 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
576 the use of the delayed queue.
577 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
578 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
580 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
581 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
582 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
583 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
584 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
585 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
586 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
588 - new Sec "Documentation"
589 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
590 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
591 "Being kind to porter" too
592 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
593 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
594 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
595 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
596 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
598 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
599 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
602 - update French translation
604 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
606 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
609 - some grammar corrections
610 - update French translation
612 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
613 anymore; closes: #135559
614 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
616 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
618 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
619 that would be welcome)
620 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
621 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
622 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
623 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
624 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
625 - other minor wording changes
626 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
627 - Ch "Package uploads":
628 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
629 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
630 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
631 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
632 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
633 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
634 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
636 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
638 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
640 * from Martin Michlmayr
641 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
642 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
643 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
645 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
647 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
649 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
651 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
652 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
653 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
656 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
658 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
661 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
663 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
666 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
668 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
669 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
670 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
671 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
672 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
673 talking about uploading to distributions
674 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
675 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
676 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
678 - French translation updated
680 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
681 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
682 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
684 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
686 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
689 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
690 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
693 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
695 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
698 * fix a typo in a link
699 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
700 update documentation accordingly
702 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
703 forwarding bugs upstream
705 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
706 entities which should be used
707 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
708 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
710 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
712 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
714 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
715 * French version: completely up-to-date now
716 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
717 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
719 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
722 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
724 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
726 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
728 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
729 this translation needs updating
730 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
731 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
732 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
734 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
735 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
736 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
738 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
739 included yet, however
741 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
743 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
745 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
747 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
748 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
750 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
752 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
754 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
756 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
757 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
758 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
760 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
762 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
764 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
767 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
768 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
769 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
770 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
771 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
772 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
773 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
774 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
775 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
776 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
777 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
778 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
780 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
781 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
782 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
783 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
784 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
786 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
788 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
789 * update copyright notice for 2001
790 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
791 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
792 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
794 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
796 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
798 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
800 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
802 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
804 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
806 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
808 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
809 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
811 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
812 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
813 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
814 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
815 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
816 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
817 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
818 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
819 could be used if necessary
820 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
821 mention the rsync dupload method
822 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
824 * other small corrections
825 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
826 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
827 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
828 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
830 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
832 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
833 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
835 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
837 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
839 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
840 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
841 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
842 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
844 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
845 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
846 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
847 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
848 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
850 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
852 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
853 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
854 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
855 team (closes: Bug#52906)
856 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
857 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
858 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
860 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
861 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
862 - added a section about the LDAP database
863 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
864 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
866 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
867 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
869 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
871 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
873 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
874 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
875 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
877 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
878 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
879 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
880 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
881 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
882 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
883 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
884 description from developers-reference.sgml
886 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
888 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
890 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
891 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
893 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
895 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
896 releases are available at archive.debian.org
897 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
898 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
899 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
900 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
901 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
902 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
903 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
904 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
906 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
907 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
908 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
909 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
911 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
912 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
913 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
914 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
915 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
916 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
917 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
918 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
919 suggestion from James Troup
920 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
921 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
922 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
923 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
926 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
928 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
930 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
931 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
933 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
935 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
937 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
938 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
939 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
940 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
941 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
942 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
943 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
945 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
947 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
949 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
950 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
951 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
952 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
953 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
954 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
956 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
957 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
959 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
961 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
963 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
965 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
967 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
968 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
969 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
970 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
971 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
973 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
974 with intro; demoted server sections under that
975 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
976 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
978 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
979 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
980 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
981 a normal developer may have access.
983 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
985 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
987 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
988 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
989 step all over each other
991 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
993 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
995 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
996 address for PGP key updates
998 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1000 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1002 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1003 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1004 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1005 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1006 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1008 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1010 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1012 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1013 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1014 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1015 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1016 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1017 <keyring-maint> instead)
1018 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1019 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1021 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1023 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1024 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1025 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1027 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1029 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1031 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1032 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1033 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1034 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1035 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1036 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1038 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1039 tighten up the language a bit
1040 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1041 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1042 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1043 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1045 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1046 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1047 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1048 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1049 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1050 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1052 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1053 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1054 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1055 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1056 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1057 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1058 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1059 number of available packages
1060 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1061 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1063 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1065 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1067 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1070 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1072 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1074 * not officially released
1075 * more spelling corrections
1076 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1078 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1080 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1082 * not officially released
1083 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1084 * some PGP-centricity removed
1085 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1086 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1087 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1088 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1089 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1090 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1092 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1094 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1096 * not officially released
1097 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1098 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1099 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1100 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1101 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1102 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1103 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1104 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1105 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1106 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1107 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1108 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1109 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1110 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1112 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1113 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1115 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1117 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1118 take a couple of weeks
1119 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1120 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1121 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1122 excited about it and can't wait
1123 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1124 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1126 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1127 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1129 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1130 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1131 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1133 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1135 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1137 * move to 3-level version number:
1138 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1139 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1140 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1141 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1142 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1145 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1146 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1147 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1149 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1151 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1152 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1153 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1154 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1155 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1156 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1158 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1160 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1161 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1162 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1163 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1164 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1165 - "The CVS server": new section added
1166 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1168 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1169 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1170 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1171 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1172 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1173 with respect to GPG.
1174 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1175 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1176 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1177 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1178 a canonical location?)
1179 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1180 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1181 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1182 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1184 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1186 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1187 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1188 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1189 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1191 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1193 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1195 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1196 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1197 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1198 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1199 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1200 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1201 and should not be included in this Reference.
1202 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1203 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1204 maintainer tools only!
1205 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1206 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1207 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1208 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1209 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1210 * Little corrections here and there.
1211 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1212 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1215 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1217 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1219 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1220 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1221 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1223 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1224 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1225 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1226 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1227 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1228 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1229 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1230 do prior to uploading
1231 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1232 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1234 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1235 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1236 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1237 duties with respect to bugs
1238 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1239 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1240 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1242 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1243 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1244 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1245 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1246 explicit what is used to build this package
1248 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1250 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1253 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1254 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1255 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1256 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1257 * utilize the new URL tag
1258 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1261 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1263 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1265 * non-maintainer release
1266 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1267 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1268 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1269 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1270 text, it can't hurt you.)
1271 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1272 reflect this packages version number
1273 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1275 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1277 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1281 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1283 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1285 * New version numbering scheme:
1287 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1288 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1289 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1292 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1293 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1294 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1295 differ between the manuals.
1297 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1298 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1299 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1300 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1302 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1303 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1305 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1307 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1309 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1311 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1313 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1314 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1316 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1317 (as requested by James Troup)
1319 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1321 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1323 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1325 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1327 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1329 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1331 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1333 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1334 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1335 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1336 the non-maintainer release
1338 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1339 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1340 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1343 - Lots of typos fixed
1345 * Compressed SGML source code
1347 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1348 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1350 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1352 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1354 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1356 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1357 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1358 - Announcing package uploads
1359 * New section about Debian Mentors
1360 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1361 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1362 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1363 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1365 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1367 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1369 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1370 of our FTP server and the development process
1371 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1372 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1373 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1375 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1376 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1377 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1378 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1379 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1380 contacting the maintainer
1381 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1382 a new manual released soon)
1383 * Some minor changes
1384 * Include SGML source in package
1385 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1386 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1388 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1390 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1394 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200