1 developers-reference (3.4.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
5 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
6 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
7 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
8 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
9 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
10 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
11 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
13 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
16 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
17 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
18 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
19 release codenames in <literal>
20 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
21 doesn't exist anymore.
23 -- Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt <he@debian.org> Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:26:33 +0200
25 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
29 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
30 - fix debian/copyright
31 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
32 - add pdf for French version.
33 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
34 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
35 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
36 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
37 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
38 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
39 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
40 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
41 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
43 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
44 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
46 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
48 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
49 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
50 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
51 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
52 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
53 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
55 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
58 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
59 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
60 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
61 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
62 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
63 * Update information concerning Alioth.
64 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
65 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
67 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
68 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
70 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
73 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
75 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
77 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
79 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
80 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
82 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
83 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
84 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
86 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
87 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
88 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
90 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
91 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
92 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
93 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
94 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
95 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
96 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
97 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
98 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
99 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
100 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
101 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
103 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
104 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
105 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
106 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
107 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
108 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
109 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
110 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
111 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
112 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
116 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
118 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
120 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
123 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
124 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
125 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
126 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
127 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
128 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
130 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
132 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
134 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
136 - non-us discontinued.
137 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
139 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
140 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
141 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
142 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
143 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
144 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
145 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
146 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
147 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
148 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
149 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
150 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
151 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
152 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
153 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
154 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
155 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
156 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
158 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
159 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
161 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
164 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
166 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
168 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
171 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
172 - madison is on merkel.
173 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
174 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
175 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
176 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
177 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
178 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
180 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
181 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
182 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
183 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
184 - sync NM rules with reality.
186 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
188 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
190 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
193 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
194 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
195 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
196 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
197 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
198 - spelling, grammer fixes.
199 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
200 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
201 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
202 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
203 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
204 - add myself to uploaders.
205 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
206 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
207 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
208 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
209 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
210 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
211 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
212 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
213 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
214 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
215 - rewrote the NMU section, and
216 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
217 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
218 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
219 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
220 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
221 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
222 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
223 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
225 - Security uploads get urgency=high
226 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
228 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
230 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
232 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
235 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
236 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
237 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
238 - documented Alioth, somewhat
240 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
241 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
243 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
244 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
245 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
246 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
250 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
252 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
253 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
254 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
255 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
258 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
260 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
263 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
265 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
266 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
267 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
269 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
270 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
271 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
272 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
275 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
277 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
278 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
279 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
280 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
281 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
283 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
284 it clear these are special cases
285 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
287 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
289 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
291 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
294 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
295 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
297 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
299 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
301 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
304 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
306 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
307 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
308 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
310 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
311 - the synopsis formula changed to either
312 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
314 <package-name> is <synopsis>
316 <package-name> are <synopsis>
318 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
319 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
320 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
321 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
322 package; closes: #187143
324 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
326 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
329 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
330 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
332 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
334 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
335 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
336 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
337 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
338 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
339 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
340 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
341 right places in the document, closes: #172897
342 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
346 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
348 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
349 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
350 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
351 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
352 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
353 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
354 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
356 - editorial changes on material added in this version
357 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
358 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
359 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
360 closes: #139957, #108416
361 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
362 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
364 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
366 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
369 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
371 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
372 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
373 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
374 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
376 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
377 for best practices for documentation
378 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
379 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
380 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
381 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
383 - spell-checking pass
385 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
387 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
390 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
391 descriptions" moved under there
392 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
393 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
394 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
395 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
396 the document where these tools are discussed
397 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
398 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
399 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
400 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
401 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
402 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
404 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
405 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
406 that can be fixed by DDP folks
407 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
408 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
409 - simply PS and PDF building rules
411 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
413 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
416 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
417 section and adjusted links
418 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
420 - ChangeLog attribution updates
421 - fix typos, closes: #171781
422 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
423 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
424 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
425 for debian/rules", and write an intro
426 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
427 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
428 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
429 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
430 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
431 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
432 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
433 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
434 "Internationalization"
435 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
436 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
437 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
438 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
439 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
440 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
441 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
442 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
443 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
445 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
446 rather useless and broken
447 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
448 names and the first word
449 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
450 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
451 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
453 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
454 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
455 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
457 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
459 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
462 - DDP publishing update
464 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
465 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
466 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
467 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
469 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
471 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
474 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
475 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
476 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
478 - added myself as co-author
479 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
481 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
482 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
484 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
485 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
487 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
489 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
492 - Corrected several errors with —
493 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
494 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
495 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
496 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
497 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
498 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
499 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
501 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
502 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
503 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
504 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
505 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
506 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
507 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
508 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
509 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
511 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
512 descriptions". closes: #158609
513 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
514 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
515 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
516 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
517 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
519 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
520 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
521 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
522 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
523 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
524 - updated the mailing lists section
526 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
527 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
530 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
532 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
535 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
536 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
538 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
540 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
541 Ch "The Debian Archive"
543 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
545 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
546 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
547 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
548 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
549 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
551 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
552 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
553 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
554 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
555 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
556 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
557 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
559 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
560 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
563 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
564 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
565 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
566 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
567 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
568 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
569 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
570 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
571 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
572 work-around with <...>
573 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
574 - update copyright date
575 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
576 - spell check and grammar corrections
580 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
582 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
583 recompile"; closes: #102626
584 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
585 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
586 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
587 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
588 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
590 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
591 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
592 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
594 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
596 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
597 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
598 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
599 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
600 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
601 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
602 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
603 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
604 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
606 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
608 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
610 - updated the list of available architectures.
611 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
612 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
613 of the package and nothing more.
614 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
615 any pain to the ftpmasters.
616 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
617 the use of the delayed queue.
618 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
619 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
621 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
622 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
623 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
624 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
625 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
626 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
627 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
629 - new Sec "Documentation"
630 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
631 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
632 "Being kind to porter" too
633 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
634 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
635 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
636 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
637 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
639 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
640 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
643 - update French translation
645 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
647 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
650 - some grammar corrections
651 - update French translation
653 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
654 anymore; closes: #135559
655 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
657 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
659 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
660 that would be welcome)
661 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
662 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
663 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
664 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
665 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
666 - other minor wording changes
667 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
668 - Ch "Package uploads":
669 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
670 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
671 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
672 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
673 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
674 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
675 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
677 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
679 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
681 * from Martin Michlmayr
682 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
683 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
684 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
686 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
688 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
690 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
692 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
693 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
694 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
697 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
699 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
702 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
704 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
707 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
709 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
710 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
711 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
712 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
713 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
714 talking about uploading to distributions
715 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
716 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
717 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
719 - French translation updated
721 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
722 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
723 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
725 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
727 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
730 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
731 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
734 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
736 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
739 * fix a typo in a link
740 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
741 update documentation accordingly
743 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
744 forwarding bugs upstream
746 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
747 entities which should be used
748 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
749 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
751 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
753 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
755 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
756 * French version: completely up-to-date now
757 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
758 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
760 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
763 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
765 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
767 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
769 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
770 this translation needs updating
771 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
772 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
773 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
775 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
776 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
777 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
779 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
780 included yet, however
782 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
784 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
786 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
788 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
789 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
791 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
793 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
795 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
797 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
798 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
799 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
801 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
803 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
805 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
808 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
809 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
810 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
811 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
812 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
813 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
814 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
815 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
816 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
817 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
818 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
819 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
821 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
822 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
823 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
824 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
825 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
827 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
829 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
830 * update copyright notice for 2001
831 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
832 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
833 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
835 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
837 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
839 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
841 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
843 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
845 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
847 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
849 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
850 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
852 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
853 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
854 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
855 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
856 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
857 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
858 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
859 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
860 could be used if necessary
861 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
862 mention the rsync dupload method
863 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
865 * other small corrections
866 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
867 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
868 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
869 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
871 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
873 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
874 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
876 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
878 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
880 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
881 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
882 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
883 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
885 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
886 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
887 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
888 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
889 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
891 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
893 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
894 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
895 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
896 team (closes: Bug#52906)
897 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
898 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
899 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
901 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
902 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
903 - added a section about the LDAP database
904 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
905 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
907 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
908 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
910 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
912 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
914 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
915 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
916 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
918 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
919 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
920 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
921 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
922 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
923 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
924 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
925 description from developers-reference.sgml
927 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
929 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
931 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
932 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
934 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
936 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
937 releases are available at archive.debian.org
938 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
939 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
940 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
941 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
942 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
943 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
944 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
945 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
947 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
948 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
949 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
950 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
952 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
953 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
954 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
955 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
956 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
957 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
958 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
959 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
960 suggestion from James Troup
961 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
962 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
963 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
964 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
967 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
969 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
971 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
972 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
974 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
976 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
978 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
979 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
980 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
981 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
982 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
983 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
984 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
986 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
988 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
990 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
991 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
992 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
993 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
994 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
995 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
997 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
998 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1000 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1002 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1004 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1006 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1008 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1009 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1010 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1011 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1012 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1014 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1015 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1016 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1017 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1019 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1020 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1021 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1022 a normal developer may have access.
1024 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1026 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1028 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1029 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1030 step all over each other
1032 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1034 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1036 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1037 address for PGP key updates
1039 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1041 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1043 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1044 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1045 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1046 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1047 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1049 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1051 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1053 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1054 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1055 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1056 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1057 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1058 <keyring-maint> instead)
1059 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1060 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1062 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1064 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1065 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1066 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1068 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1070 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1072 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1073 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1074 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1075 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1076 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1077 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1079 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1080 tighten up the language a bit
1081 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1082 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1083 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1084 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1086 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1087 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1088 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1089 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1090 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1091 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1093 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1094 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1095 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1096 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1097 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1098 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1099 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1100 number of available packages
1101 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1102 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1104 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1106 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1108 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1111 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1113 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1115 * not officially released
1116 * more spelling corrections
1117 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1119 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1121 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1123 * not officially released
1124 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1125 * some PGP-centricity removed
1126 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1127 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1128 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1129 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1130 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1131 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1133 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1135 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1137 * not officially released
1138 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1139 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1140 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1141 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1142 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1143 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1144 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1145 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1146 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1147 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1148 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1149 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1150 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1151 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1153 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1154 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1156 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1158 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1159 take a couple of weeks
1160 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1161 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1162 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1163 excited about it and can't wait
1164 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1165 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1167 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1168 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1170 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1171 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1172 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1174 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1176 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1178 * move to 3-level version number:
1179 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1180 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1181 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1182 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1183 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1186 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1187 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1188 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1190 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1192 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1193 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1194 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1195 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1196 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1197 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1199 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1201 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1202 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1203 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1204 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1205 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1206 - "The CVS server": new section added
1207 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1209 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1210 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1211 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1212 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1213 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1214 with respect to GPG.
1215 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1216 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1217 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1218 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1219 a canonical location?)
1220 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1221 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1222 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1223 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1225 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1227 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1228 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1229 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1230 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1232 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1234 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1236 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1237 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1238 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1239 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1240 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1241 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1242 and should not be included in this Reference.
1243 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1244 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1245 maintainer tools only!
1246 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1247 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1248 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1249 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1250 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1251 * Little corrections here and there.
1252 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1253 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1256 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1258 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1260 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1261 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1262 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1264 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1265 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1266 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1267 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1268 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1269 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1270 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1271 do prior to uploading
1272 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1273 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1275 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1276 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1277 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1278 duties with respect to bugs
1279 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1280 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1281 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1283 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1284 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1285 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1286 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1287 explicit what is used to build this package
1289 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1291 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1294 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1295 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1296 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1297 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1298 * utilize the new URL tag
1299 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1302 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1304 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1306 * non-maintainer release
1307 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1308 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1309 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1310 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1311 text, it can't hurt you.)
1312 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1313 reflect this packages version number
1314 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1316 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1318 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1322 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1324 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1326 * New version numbering scheme:
1328 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1329 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1330 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1333 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1334 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1335 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1336 differ between the manuals.
1338 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1339 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1340 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1341 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1343 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1344 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1346 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1348 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1350 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1352 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1354 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1355 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1357 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1358 (as requested by James Troup)
1360 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1362 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1364 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1366 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1368 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1370 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1372 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1374 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1375 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1376 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1377 the non-maintainer release
1379 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1380 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1381 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1384 - Lots of typos fixed
1386 * Compressed SGML source code
1388 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1389 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1391 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1393 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1395 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1397 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1398 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1399 - Announcing package uploads
1400 * New section about Debian Mentors
1401 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1402 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1403 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1404 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1406 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1408 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1410 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1411 of our FTP server and the development process
1412 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1413 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1414 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1416 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1417 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1418 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1419 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1420 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1421 contacting the maintainer
1422 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1423 a new manual released soon)
1424 * Some minor changes
1425 * Include SGML source in package
1426 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1427 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1429 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1431 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1435 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200