1 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
4 - Corrected several errors with —
5 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
6 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
7 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
8 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
9 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
10 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt ! closes: #145287
11 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
13 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
14 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
15 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
16 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
17 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
18 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
19 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
20 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
21 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
23 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
24 descriptions". closes: #158609
25 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
26 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
27 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
28 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
30 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
31 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
32 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
33 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
34 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
35 - updated the mailing lists section
37 -- Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Wed, 7 Aug 2002 12:51:44 +0200
39 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
42 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
43 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
45 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
47 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
48 Ch "The Debian Archive"
50 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
52 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
53 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
54 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
55 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
56 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
58 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
59 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
60 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
61 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
62 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
63 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
64 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
66 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
67 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
70 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
71 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
72 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
73 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
74 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
75 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
76 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
77 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
78 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
79 work-around with <...>
80 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
81 - update copyright date
82 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
83 - spell check and grammar corrections
87 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
89 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
90 recompile"; closes: #102626
91 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
92 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
93 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
94 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
95 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
97 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
98 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
99 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
101 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
103 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
104 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
105 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
106 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
107 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
108 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
109 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
110 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
111 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
113 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
115 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
117 - updated the list of available architectures.
118 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
119 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
120 of the package and nothing more.
121 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
122 any pain to the ftpmasters.
123 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
124 the use of the delayed queue.
125 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
126 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
128 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
129 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
130 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
131 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
132 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
133 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
134 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
136 - new Sec "Documentation"
137 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
138 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
139 "Being kind to porter" too
140 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
141 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
142 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
143 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
144 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
146 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
147 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
150 - update French translation
152 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
154 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
157 - some grammar corrections
158 - update French translation
160 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
161 anymore; closes: #135559
162 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
164 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
166 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
167 that would be welcome)
168 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
169 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
170 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
171 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
172 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
173 - other minor wording changes
174 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
175 - Ch "Package uploads":
176 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
177 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
178 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
179 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
180 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
181 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
182 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
184 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
186 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
188 * from Martin Michlmayr
189 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
190 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
191 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
193 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
195 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
197 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
199 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
200 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
201 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
204 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
206 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
209 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
211 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
214 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
216 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
217 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
218 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
219 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
220 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
221 talking about uploading to distributions
222 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
223 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
224 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
226 - French translation updated
228 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
229 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
230 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
232 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
234 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
237 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
238 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
241 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
243 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
246 * fix a typo in a link
247 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
248 update documentation accordingly
250 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
251 forwarding bugs upstream
253 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
254 entities which should be used
255 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
256 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
258 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
260 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
262 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
263 * French version: completely up-to-date now
264 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
265 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
267 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
270 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
272 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
274 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
276 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
277 this translation needs updating
278 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
279 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
280 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
282 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
283 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
284 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
286 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
287 included yet, however
289 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
291 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
293 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
295 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
296 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
298 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
300 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
302 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
304 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
305 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
306 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
308 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
310 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
312 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
315 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
316 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
317 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
318 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
319 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
320 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
321 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
322 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
323 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
324 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
325 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
326 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
328 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
329 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
330 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
331 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
332 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
334 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
336 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
337 * update copyright notice for 2001
338 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
339 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
340 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
342 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
344 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
346 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
348 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
350 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
352 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
354 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
356 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
357 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
359 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
360 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
361 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
362 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
363 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
364 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
365 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
366 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
367 could be used if necessary
368 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
369 mention the rsync dupload method
370 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
372 * other small corrections
373 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
374 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
375 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
376 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
378 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
380 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
381 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
383 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
385 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
387 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
388 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
389 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
390 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
392 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
393 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
394 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
395 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
396 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
398 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
400 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
401 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
402 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
403 team (closes: Bug#52906)
404 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
405 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
406 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
408 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
409 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
410 - added a section about the LDAP database
411 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
412 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
414 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
415 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
417 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
419 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
421 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
422 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
423 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
425 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
426 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
427 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
428 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
429 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
430 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
431 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
432 description from developers-reference.sgml
434 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
436 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
438 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
439 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
441 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
443 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
444 releases are available at archive.debian.org
445 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
446 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
447 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
448 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
449 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
450 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
451 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
452 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
454 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
455 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
456 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
457 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
459 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
460 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
461 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
462 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
463 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
464 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
465 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
466 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
467 suggestion from James Troup
468 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
469 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
470 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
471 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
474 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
476 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
478 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
479 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
481 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
483 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
485 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
486 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
487 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
488 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
489 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
490 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
491 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
493 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
495 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
497 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
498 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
499 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
500 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
501 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
502 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
504 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
505 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
507 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
509 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
511 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
513 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
515 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
516 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
517 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
518 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
519 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
521 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
522 with intro; demoted server sections under that
523 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
524 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
526 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
527 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
528 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
529 a normal developer may have access.
531 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
533 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
535 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
536 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
537 step all over each other
539 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
541 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
543 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
544 address for PGP key updates
546 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
548 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
550 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
551 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
552 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
553 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
554 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
556 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
558 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
560 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
561 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
562 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
563 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
564 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
565 <keyring-maint> instead)
566 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
567 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
569 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
571 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
572 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
573 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
575 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
577 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
579 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
580 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
581 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
582 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
583 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
584 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
586 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
587 tighten up the language a bit
588 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
589 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
590 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
591 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
593 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
594 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
595 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
596 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
597 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
598 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
600 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
601 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
602 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
603 about how to depart Debian gracefully
604 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
605 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
606 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
607 number of available packages
608 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
609 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
611 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
613 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
615 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
618 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
620 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
622 * not officially released
623 * more spelling corrections
624 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
626 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
628 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
630 * not officially released
631 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
632 * some PGP-centricity removed
633 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
634 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
635 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
636 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
637 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
638 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
640 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
642 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
644 * not officially released
645 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
646 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
647 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
648 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
649 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
650 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
651 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
652 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
653 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
654 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
655 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
656 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
657 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
658 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
660 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
661 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
663 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
665 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
666 take a couple of weeks
667 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
668 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
669 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
670 excited about it and can't wait
671 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
672 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
674 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
675 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
677 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
678 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
679 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
681 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
683 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
685 * move to 3-level version number:
686 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
687 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
688 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
689 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
690 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
693 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
694 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
695 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
697 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
699 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
700 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
701 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
702 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
703 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
704 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
706 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
708 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
709 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
710 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
711 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
712 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
713 - "The CVS server": new section added
714 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
716 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
717 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
718 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
719 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
720 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
722 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
723 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
724 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
725 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
726 a canonical location?)
727 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
728 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
729 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
730 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
732 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
734 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
735 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
736 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
737 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
739 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
741 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
743 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
744 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
745 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
746 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
747 them. (closes Bug#26948)
748 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
749 and should not be included in this Reference.
750 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
751 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
752 maintainer tools only!
753 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
754 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
755 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
756 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
757 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
758 * Little corrections here and there.
759 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
760 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
763 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
765 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
767 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
768 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
769 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
771 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
772 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
773 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
774 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
775 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
776 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
777 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
778 do prior to uploading
779 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
780 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
782 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
783 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
784 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
785 duties with respect to bugs
786 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
787 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
788 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
790 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
791 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
792 * grammar and markup changes throughout
793 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
794 explicit what is used to build this package
796 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
798 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
801 * version number and date are automatically populated now
802 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
803 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
804 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
805 * utilize the new URL tag
806 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
809 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
811 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
813 * non-maintainer release
814 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
815 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
816 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
817 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
818 text, it can't hurt you.)
819 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
820 reflect this packages version number
821 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
823 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
825 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
829 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
831 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
833 * New version numbering scheme:
835 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
836 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
837 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
840 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
841 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
842 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
843 differ between the manuals.
845 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
846 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
847 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
848 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
850 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
851 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
853 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
855 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
857 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
859 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
861 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
862 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
864 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
865 (as requested by James Troup)
867 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
869 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
871 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
873 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
875 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
877 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
879 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
881 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
882 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
883 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
884 the non-maintainer release
886 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
887 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
888 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
891 - Lots of typos fixed
893 * Compressed SGML source code
895 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
896 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
898 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
900 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
902 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
904 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
905 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
906 - Announcing package uploads
907 * New section about Debian Mentors
908 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
909 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
910 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
911 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
913 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
915 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
917 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
918 of our FTP server and the development process
919 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
920 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
921 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
923 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
924 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
925 debian-devel before they are uploaded
926 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
927 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
928 contacting the maintainer
929 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
930 a new manual released soon)
932 * Include SGML source in package
933 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
934 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
936 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
938 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
942 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200