1 developers-reference (3.4.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
8 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
9 The most important changes are:
10 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
11 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
14 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
15 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
16 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
17 distinction. Closes: #464230.
18 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
19 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
20 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
21 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
22 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
23 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
25 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
26 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
28 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
29 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
31 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
32 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
34 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
37 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:25:45 +0100
39 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
42 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
43 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
44 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
45 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
46 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
47 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
48 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
49 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
51 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
53 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
56 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
57 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
58 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
59 release codenames in <literal>
60 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
61 doesn't exist anymore.
62 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
63 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
64 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
65 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
66 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
67 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
68 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
69 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
70 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
71 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
72 team before upload. Closes: #459343
73 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
74 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
75 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
76 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
77 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
78 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
79 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
81 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
82 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
84 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
85 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
86 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
87 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
88 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
89 Thomas. Closes: #485837
91 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
92 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
94 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
96 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
100 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
101 - fix debian/copyright
102 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
103 - add pdf for French version.
104 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
105 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
106 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
107 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
108 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
109 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
110 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
111 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
112 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
114 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
115 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
117 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
119 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
120 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
121 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
122 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
123 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
124 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
126 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
129 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
130 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
131 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
132 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
133 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
134 * Update information concerning Alioth.
135 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
136 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
138 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
139 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
141 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
144 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
146 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
148 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
150 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
151 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
153 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
154 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
155 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
157 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
158 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
159 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
161 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
162 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
163 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
164 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
165 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
166 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
167 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
168 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
169 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
170 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
171 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
172 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
174 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
175 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
176 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
177 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
178 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
179 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
180 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
181 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
182 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
183 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
187 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
189 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
191 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
194 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
195 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
196 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
197 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
198 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
199 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
201 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
203 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
205 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
207 - non-us discontinued.
208 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
210 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
211 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
212 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
213 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
214 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
215 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
216 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
217 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
218 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
219 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
220 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
221 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
222 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
223 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
224 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
225 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
226 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
227 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
229 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
230 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
232 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
235 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
237 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
239 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
242 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
243 - madison is on merkel.
244 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
245 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
246 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
247 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
248 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
249 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
251 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
252 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
253 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
254 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
255 - sync NM rules with reality.
257 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
259 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
261 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
264 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
265 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
266 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
267 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
268 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
269 - spelling, grammer fixes.
270 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
271 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
272 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
273 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
274 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
275 - add myself to uploaders.
276 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
277 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
278 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
279 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
280 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
281 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
282 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
283 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
284 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
285 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
286 - rewrote the NMU section, and
287 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
288 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
289 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
290 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
291 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
292 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
293 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
294 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
296 - Security uploads get urgency=high
297 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
299 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
301 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
303 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
306 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
307 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
308 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
309 - documented Alioth, somewhat
311 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
312 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
314 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
315 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
316 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
317 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
321 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
323 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
324 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
325 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
326 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
329 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
331 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
334 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
336 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
337 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
338 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
340 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
341 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
342 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
343 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
346 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
348 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
349 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
350 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
351 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
352 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
354 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
355 it clear these are special cases
356 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
358 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
360 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
362 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
365 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
366 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
368 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
370 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
372 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
375 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
377 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
378 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
379 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
381 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
382 - the synopsis formula changed to either
383 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
385 <package-name> is <synopsis>
387 <package-name> are <synopsis>
389 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
390 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
391 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
392 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
393 package; closes: #187143
395 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
397 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
400 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
401 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
403 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
405 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
406 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
407 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
408 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
409 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
410 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
411 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
412 right places in the document, closes: #172897
413 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
417 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
419 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
420 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
421 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
422 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
423 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
424 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
425 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
427 - editorial changes on material added in this version
428 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
429 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
430 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
431 closes: #139957, #108416
432 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
433 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
435 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
437 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
440 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
442 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
443 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
444 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
445 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
447 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
448 for best practices for documentation
449 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
450 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
451 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
452 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
454 - spell-checking pass
456 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
458 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
461 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
462 descriptions" moved under there
463 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
464 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
465 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
466 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
467 the document where these tools are discussed
468 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
469 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
470 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
471 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
472 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
473 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
475 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
476 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
477 that can be fixed by DDP folks
478 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
479 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
480 - simply PS and PDF building rules
482 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
484 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
487 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
488 section and adjusted links
489 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
491 - ChangeLog attribution updates
492 - fix typos, closes: #171781
493 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
494 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
495 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
496 for debian/rules", and write an intro
497 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
498 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
499 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
500 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
501 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
502 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
503 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
504 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
505 "Internationalization"
506 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
507 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
508 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
509 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
510 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
511 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
512 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
513 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
514 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
516 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
517 rather useless and broken
518 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
519 names and the first word
520 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
521 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
522 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
524 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
525 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
526 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
528 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
530 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
533 - DDP publishing update
535 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
536 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
537 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
538 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
540 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
542 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
545 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
546 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
547 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
549 - added myself as co-author
550 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
552 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
553 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
555 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
556 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
558 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
560 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
563 - Corrected several errors with —
564 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
565 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
566 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
567 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
568 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
569 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
570 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
572 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
573 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
574 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
575 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
576 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
577 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
578 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
579 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
580 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
582 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
583 descriptions". closes: #158609
584 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
585 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
586 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
587 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
588 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
590 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
591 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
592 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
593 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
594 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
595 - updated the mailing lists section
597 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
598 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
601 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
603 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
606 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
607 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
609 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
611 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
612 Ch "The Debian Archive"
614 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
616 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
617 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
618 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
619 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
620 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
622 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
623 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
624 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
625 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
626 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
627 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
628 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
630 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
631 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
634 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
635 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
636 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
637 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
638 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
639 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
640 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
641 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
642 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
643 work-around with <...>
644 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
645 - update copyright date
646 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
647 - spell check and grammar corrections
651 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
653 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
654 recompile"; closes: #102626
655 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
656 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
657 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
658 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
659 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
661 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
662 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
663 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
665 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
667 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
668 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
669 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
670 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
671 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
672 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
673 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
674 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
675 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
677 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
679 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
681 - updated the list of available architectures.
682 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
683 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
684 of the package and nothing more.
685 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
686 any pain to the ftpmasters.
687 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
688 the use of the delayed queue.
689 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
690 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
692 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
693 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
694 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
695 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
696 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
697 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
698 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
700 - new Sec "Documentation"
701 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
702 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
703 "Being kind to porter" too
704 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
705 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
706 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
707 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
708 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
710 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
711 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
714 - update French translation
716 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
718 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
721 - some grammar corrections
722 - update French translation
724 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
725 anymore; closes: #135559
726 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
728 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
730 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
731 that would be welcome)
732 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
733 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
734 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
735 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
736 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
737 - other minor wording changes
738 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
739 - Ch "Package uploads":
740 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
741 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
742 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
743 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
744 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
745 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
746 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
748 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
750 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
752 * from Martin Michlmayr
753 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
754 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
755 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
757 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
759 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
761 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
763 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
764 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
765 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
768 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
770 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
773 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
775 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
778 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
780 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
781 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
782 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
783 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
784 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
785 talking about uploading to distributions
786 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
787 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
788 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
790 - French translation updated
792 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
793 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
794 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
796 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
798 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
801 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
802 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
805 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
807 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
810 * fix a typo in a link
811 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
812 update documentation accordingly
814 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
815 forwarding bugs upstream
817 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
818 entities which should be used
819 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
820 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
822 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
824 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
826 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
827 * French version: completely up-to-date now
828 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
829 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
831 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
834 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
836 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
838 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
840 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
841 this translation needs updating
842 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
843 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
844 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
846 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
847 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
848 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
850 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
851 included yet, however
853 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
855 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
857 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
859 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
860 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
862 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
864 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
866 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
868 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
869 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
870 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
872 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
874 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
876 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
879 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
880 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
881 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
882 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
883 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
884 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
885 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
886 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
887 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
888 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
889 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
890 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
892 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
893 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
894 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
895 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
896 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
898 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
900 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
901 * update copyright notice for 2001
902 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
903 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
904 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
906 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
908 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
910 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
912 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
914 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
916 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
918 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
920 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
921 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
923 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
924 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
925 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
926 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
927 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
928 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
929 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
930 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
931 could be used if necessary
932 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
933 mention the rsync dupload method
934 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
936 * other small corrections
937 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
938 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
939 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
940 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
942 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
944 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
945 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
947 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
949 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
951 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
952 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
953 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
954 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
956 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
957 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
958 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
959 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
960 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
962 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
964 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
965 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
966 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
967 team (closes: Bug#52906)
968 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
969 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
970 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
972 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
973 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
974 - added a section about the LDAP database
975 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
976 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
978 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
979 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
981 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
983 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
985 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
986 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
987 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
989 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
990 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
991 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
992 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
993 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
994 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
995 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
996 description from developers-reference.sgml
998 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1000 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1002 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1003 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1005 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1007 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1008 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1009 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1010 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1011 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1012 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1013 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1014 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1015 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1016 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1018 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1019 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1020 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1021 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1023 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1024 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1025 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1026 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1027 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1028 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1029 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1030 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1031 suggestion from James Troup
1032 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1033 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1034 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1035 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1038 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1040 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1042 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1043 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1045 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1047 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1049 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1050 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1051 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1052 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1053 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1054 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1055 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1057 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1059 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1061 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1062 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1063 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1064 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1065 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1066 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1068 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1069 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1071 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1073 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1075 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1077 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1079 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1080 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1081 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1082 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1083 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1085 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1086 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1087 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1088 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1090 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1091 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1092 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1093 a normal developer may have access.
1095 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1097 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1099 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1100 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1101 step all over each other
1103 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1105 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1107 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1108 address for PGP key updates
1110 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1112 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1114 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1115 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1116 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1117 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1118 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1120 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1122 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1124 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1125 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1126 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1127 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1128 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1129 <keyring-maint> instead)
1130 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1131 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1133 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1135 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1136 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1137 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1139 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1141 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1143 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1144 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1145 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1146 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1147 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1148 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1150 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1151 tighten up the language a bit
1152 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1153 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1154 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1155 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1157 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1158 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1159 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1160 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1161 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1162 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1164 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1165 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1166 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1167 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1168 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1169 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1170 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1171 number of available packages
1172 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1173 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1175 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1177 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1179 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1182 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1184 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1186 * not officially released
1187 * more spelling corrections
1188 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1190 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1192 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1194 * not officially released
1195 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1196 * some PGP-centricity removed
1197 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1198 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1199 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1200 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1201 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1202 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1204 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1206 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1208 * not officially released
1209 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1210 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1211 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1212 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1213 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1214 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1215 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1216 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1217 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1218 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1219 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1220 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1221 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1222 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1224 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1225 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1227 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1229 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1230 take a couple of weeks
1231 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1232 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1233 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1234 excited about it and can't wait
1235 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1236 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1238 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1239 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1241 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1242 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1243 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1245 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1247 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1249 * move to 3-level version number:
1250 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1251 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1252 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1253 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1254 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1257 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1258 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1259 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1261 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1263 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1264 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1265 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1266 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1267 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1268 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1270 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1272 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1273 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1274 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1275 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1276 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1277 - "The CVS server": new section added
1278 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1280 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1281 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1282 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1283 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1284 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1285 with respect to GPG.
1286 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1287 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1288 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1289 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1290 a canonical location?)
1291 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1292 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1293 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1294 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1296 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1298 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1299 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1300 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1301 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1303 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1305 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1307 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1308 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1309 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1310 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1311 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1312 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1313 and should not be included in this Reference.
1314 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1315 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1316 maintainer tools only!
1317 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1318 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1319 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1320 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1321 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1322 * Little corrections here and there.
1323 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1324 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1327 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1329 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1331 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1332 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1333 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1335 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1336 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1337 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1338 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1339 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1340 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1341 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1342 do prior to uploading
1343 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1344 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1346 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1347 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1348 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1349 duties with respect to bugs
1350 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1351 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1352 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1354 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1355 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1356 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1357 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1358 explicit what is used to build this package
1360 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1362 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1365 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1366 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1367 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1368 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1369 * utilize the new URL tag
1370 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1373 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1375 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1377 * non-maintainer release
1378 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1379 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1380 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1381 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1382 text, it can't hurt you.)
1383 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1384 reflect this packages version number
1385 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1387 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1389 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1393 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1395 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1397 * New version numbering scheme:
1399 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1400 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1401 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1404 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1405 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1406 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1407 differ between the manuals.
1409 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1410 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1411 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1412 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1414 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1415 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1417 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1419 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1421 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1423 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1425 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1426 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1428 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1429 (as requested by James Troup)
1431 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1433 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1435 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1437 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1439 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1441 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1443 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1445 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1446 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1447 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1448 the non-maintainer release
1450 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1451 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1452 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1455 - Lots of typos fixed
1457 * Compressed SGML source code
1459 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1460 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1462 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1464 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1466 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1468 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1469 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1470 - Announcing package uploads
1471 * New section about Debian Mentors
1472 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1473 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1474 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1475 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1477 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1479 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1481 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1482 of our FTP server and the development process
1483 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1484 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1485 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1487 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1488 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1489 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1490 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1491 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1492 contacting the maintainer
1493 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1494 a new manual released soon)
1495 * Some minor changes
1496 * Include SGML source in package
1497 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1498 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1500 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1502 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1506 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200