1 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
4 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
6 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
8 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 14:24:18 -0500
10 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
13 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
14 descriptions" moved under there
15 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
16 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
17 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
18 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
19 the document where these tools are discussed
20 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
21 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
22 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
23 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
24 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
25 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
27 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
28 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
29 that can be fixed by DDP folks
30 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
31 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
32 - simply PS and PDF building rules
34 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
36 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
39 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
40 section and adjusted links
41 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
43 - ChangeLog attribution updates
44 - fix typos, closes: #171781
45 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
46 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
47 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
48 for debian/rules", and write an intro
49 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
50 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
51 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
52 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
53 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
54 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
55 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
56 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
57 "Internationalization"
58 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
59 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
60 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
61 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
62 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
63 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
64 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
65 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
66 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
68 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
69 rather useless and broken
70 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
71 names and the first word
72 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
73 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
74 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
76 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
77 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
78 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
80 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
82 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
85 - DDP publishing update
87 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
88 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
89 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
90 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
92 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
94 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
97 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
98 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
99 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
101 - added myself as co-author
102 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
104 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
105 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
107 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
108 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
110 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
112 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
115 - Corrected several errors with —
116 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
117 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
118 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
119 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
120 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
121 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
122 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
124 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
125 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
126 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
127 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
128 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
129 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
130 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
131 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
132 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
134 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
135 descriptions". closes: #158609
136 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
137 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
138 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
139 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
140 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
142 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
143 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
144 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
145 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
146 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
147 - updated the mailing lists section
149 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
150 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
153 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
155 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
158 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
159 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
161 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
163 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
164 Ch "The Debian Archive"
166 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
168 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
169 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
170 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
171 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
172 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
174 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
175 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
176 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
177 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
178 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
179 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
180 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
182 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
183 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
186 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
187 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
188 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
189 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
190 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
191 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
192 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
193 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
194 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
195 work-around with <...>
196 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
197 - update copyright date
198 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
199 - spell check and grammar corrections
203 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
205 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
206 recompile"; closes: #102626
207 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
208 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
209 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
210 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
211 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
213 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
214 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
215 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
217 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
219 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
220 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
221 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
222 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
223 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
224 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
225 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
226 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
227 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
229 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
231 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
233 - updated the list of available architectures.
234 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
235 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
236 of the package and nothing more.
237 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
238 any pain to the ftpmasters.
239 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
240 the use of the delayed queue.
241 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
242 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
244 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
245 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
246 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
247 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
248 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
249 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
250 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
252 - new Sec "Documentation"
253 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
254 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
255 "Being kind to porter" too
256 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
257 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
258 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
259 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
260 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
262 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
263 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
266 - update French translation
268 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
270 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
273 - some grammar corrections
274 - update French translation
276 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
277 anymore; closes: #135559
278 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
280 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
282 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
283 that would be welcome)
284 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
285 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
286 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
287 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
288 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
289 - other minor wording changes
290 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
291 - Ch "Package uploads":
292 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
293 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
294 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
295 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
296 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
297 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
298 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
300 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
302 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
304 * from Martin Michlmayr
305 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
306 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
307 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
309 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
311 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
313 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
315 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
316 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
317 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
320 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
322 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
325 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
327 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
330 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
332 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
333 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
334 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
335 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
336 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
337 talking about uploading to distributions
338 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
339 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
340 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
342 - French translation updated
344 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
345 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
346 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
348 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
350 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
353 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
354 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
357 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
359 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
362 * fix a typo in a link
363 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
364 update documentation accordingly
366 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
367 forwarding bugs upstream
369 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
370 entities which should be used
371 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
372 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
374 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
376 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
378 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
379 * French version: completely up-to-date now
380 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
381 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
383 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
386 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
388 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
390 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
392 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
393 this translation needs updating
394 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
395 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
396 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
398 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
399 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
400 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
402 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
403 included yet, however
405 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
407 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
409 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
411 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
412 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
414 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
416 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
418 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
420 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
421 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
422 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
424 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
426 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
428 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
431 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
432 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
433 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
434 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
435 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
436 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
437 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
438 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
439 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
440 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
441 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
442 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
444 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
445 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
446 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
447 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
448 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
450 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
452 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
453 * update copyright notice for 2001
454 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
455 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
456 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
458 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
460 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
462 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
464 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
466 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
468 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
470 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
472 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
473 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
475 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
476 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
477 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
478 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
479 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
480 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
481 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
482 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
483 could be used if necessary
484 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
485 mention the rsync dupload method
486 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
488 * other small corrections
489 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
490 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
491 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
492 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
494 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
496 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
497 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
499 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
501 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
503 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
504 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
505 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
506 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
508 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
509 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
510 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
511 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
512 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
514 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
516 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
517 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
518 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
519 team (closes: Bug#52906)
520 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
521 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
522 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
524 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
525 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
526 - added a section about the LDAP database
527 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
528 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
530 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
531 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
533 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
535 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
537 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
538 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
539 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
541 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
542 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
543 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
544 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
545 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
546 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
547 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
548 description from developers-reference.sgml
550 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
552 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
554 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
555 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
557 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
559 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
560 releases are available at archive.debian.org
561 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
562 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
563 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
564 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
565 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
566 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
567 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
568 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
570 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
571 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
572 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
573 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
575 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
576 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
577 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
578 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
579 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
580 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
581 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
582 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
583 suggestion from James Troup
584 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
585 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
586 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
587 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
590 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
592 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
594 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
595 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
597 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
599 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
601 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
602 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
603 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
604 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
605 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
606 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
607 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
609 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
611 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
613 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
614 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
615 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
616 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
617 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
618 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
620 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
621 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
623 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
625 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
627 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
629 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
631 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
632 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
633 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
634 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
635 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
637 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
638 with intro; demoted server sections under that
639 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
640 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
642 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
643 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
644 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
645 a normal developer may have access.
647 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
649 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
651 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
652 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
653 step all over each other
655 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
657 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
659 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
660 address for PGP key updates
662 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
664 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
666 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
667 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
668 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
669 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
670 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
672 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
674 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
676 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
677 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
678 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
679 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
680 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
681 <keyring-maint> instead)
682 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
683 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
685 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
687 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
688 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
689 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
691 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
693 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
695 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
696 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
697 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
698 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
699 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
700 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
702 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
703 tighten up the language a bit
704 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
705 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
706 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
707 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
709 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
710 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
711 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
712 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
713 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
714 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
716 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
717 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
718 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
719 about how to depart Debian gracefully
720 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
721 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
722 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
723 number of available packages
724 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
725 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
727 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
729 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
731 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
734 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
736 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
738 * not officially released
739 * more spelling corrections
740 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
742 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
744 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
746 * not officially released
747 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
748 * some PGP-centricity removed
749 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
750 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
751 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
752 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
753 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
754 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
756 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
758 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
760 * not officially released
761 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
762 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
763 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
764 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
765 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
766 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
767 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
768 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
769 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
770 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
771 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
772 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
773 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
774 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
776 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
777 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
779 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
781 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
782 take a couple of weeks
783 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
784 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
785 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
786 excited about it and can't wait
787 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
788 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
790 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
791 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
793 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
794 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
795 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
797 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
799 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
801 * move to 3-level version number:
802 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
803 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
804 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
805 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
806 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
809 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
810 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
811 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
813 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
815 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
816 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
817 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
818 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
819 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
820 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
822 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
824 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
825 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
826 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
827 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
828 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
829 - "The CVS server": new section added
830 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
832 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
833 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
834 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
835 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
836 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
838 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
839 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
840 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
841 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
842 a canonical location?)
843 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
844 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
845 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
846 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
848 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
850 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
851 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
852 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
853 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
855 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
857 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
859 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
860 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
861 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
862 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
863 them. (closes Bug#26948)
864 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
865 and should not be included in this Reference.
866 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
867 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
868 maintainer tools only!
869 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
870 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
871 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
872 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
873 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
874 * Little corrections here and there.
875 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
876 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
879 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
881 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
883 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
884 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
885 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
887 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
888 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
889 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
890 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
891 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
892 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
893 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
894 do prior to uploading
895 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
896 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
898 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
899 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
900 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
901 duties with respect to bugs
902 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
903 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
904 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
906 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
907 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
908 * grammar and markup changes throughout
909 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
910 explicit what is used to build this package
912 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
914 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
917 * version number and date are automatically populated now
918 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
919 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
920 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
921 * utilize the new URL tag
922 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
925 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
927 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
929 * non-maintainer release
930 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
931 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
932 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
933 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
934 text, it can't hurt you.)
935 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
936 reflect this packages version number
937 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
939 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
941 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
945 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
947 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
949 * New version numbering scheme:
951 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
952 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
953 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
956 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
957 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
958 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
959 differ between the manuals.
961 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
962 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
963 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
964 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
966 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
967 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
969 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
971 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
973 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
975 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
977 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
978 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
980 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
981 (as requested by James Troup)
983 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
985 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
987 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
989 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
991 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
993 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
995 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
997 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
998 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
999 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1000 the non-maintainer release
1002 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1003 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1004 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1007 - Lots of typos fixed
1009 * Compressed SGML source code
1011 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1012 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1014 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1016 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1018 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1020 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1021 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1022 - Announcing package uploads
1023 * New section about Debian Mentors
1024 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1025 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1026 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1027 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1029 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1031 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1033 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1034 of our FTP server and the development process
1035 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1036 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1037 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1039 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1040 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1041 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1042 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1043 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1044 contacting the maintainer
1045 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1046 a new manual released soon)
1047 * Some minor changes
1048 * Include SGML source in package
1049 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1050 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1052 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1054 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1058 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200