1 developers-reference (3.4.2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
4 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
5 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
6 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
7 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
8 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
9 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
10 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
11 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
12 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
14 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:58:28 +0200
16 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
19 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
23 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
24 The most important changes are:
25 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
26 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
29 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
30 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
31 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
32 distinction. Closes: #464230.
33 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
34 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
35 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
36 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
37 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
38 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
40 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
41 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
43 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
44 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
46 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
47 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
49 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
51 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
52 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
54 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
55 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
56 Closes: #512620, #510783.
58 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
60 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
63 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
64 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
65 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
66 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
67 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
68 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
69 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
70 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
72 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
74 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
77 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
78 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
79 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
80 release codenames in <literal>
81 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
82 doesn't exist anymore.
83 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
84 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
85 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
86 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
87 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
88 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
89 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
90 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
91 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
92 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
93 team before upload. Closes: #459343
94 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
95 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
96 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
97 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
98 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
99 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
100 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
102 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
103 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
105 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
106 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
107 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
108 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
109 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
110 Thomas. Closes: #485837
112 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
113 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
115 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
117 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
121 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
122 - fix debian/copyright
123 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
124 - add pdf for French version.
125 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
126 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
127 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
128 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
129 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
130 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
131 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
132 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
133 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
135 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
136 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
138 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
140 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
141 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
142 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
143 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
144 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
145 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
147 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
150 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
151 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
152 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
153 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
154 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
155 * Update information concerning Alioth.
156 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
157 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
159 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
160 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
162 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
165 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
167 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
169 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
171 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
172 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
174 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
175 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
176 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
178 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
179 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
180 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
182 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
183 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
184 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
185 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
186 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
187 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
188 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
189 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
190 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
191 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
192 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
193 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
195 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
196 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
197 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
198 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
199 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
200 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
201 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
202 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
203 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
204 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
208 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
210 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
212 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
215 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
216 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
217 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
218 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
219 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
220 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
222 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
224 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
226 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
228 - non-us discontinued.
229 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
231 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
232 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
233 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
234 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
235 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
236 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
237 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
238 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
239 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
240 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
241 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
242 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
243 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
244 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
245 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
246 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
247 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
248 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
250 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
251 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
253 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
256 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
258 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
260 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
263 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
264 - madison is on merkel.
265 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
266 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
267 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
268 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
269 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
270 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
272 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
273 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
274 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
275 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
276 - sync NM rules with reality.
278 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
280 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
282 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
285 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
286 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
287 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
288 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
289 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
290 - spelling, grammer fixes.
291 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
292 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
293 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
294 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
295 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
296 - add myself to uploaders.
297 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
298 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
299 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
300 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
301 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
302 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
303 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
304 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
305 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
306 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
307 - rewrote the NMU section, and
308 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
309 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
310 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
311 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
312 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
313 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
314 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
315 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
317 - Security uploads get urgency=high
318 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
320 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
322 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
324 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
327 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
328 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
329 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
330 - documented Alioth, somewhat
332 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
333 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
335 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
336 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
337 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
338 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
342 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
344 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
345 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
346 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
347 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
350 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
352 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
355 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
357 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
358 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
359 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
361 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
362 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
363 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
364 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
367 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
369 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
370 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
371 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
372 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
373 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
375 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
376 it clear these are special cases
377 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
379 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
381 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
383 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
386 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
387 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
389 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
391 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
393 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
396 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
398 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
399 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
400 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
402 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
403 - the synopsis formula changed to either
404 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
406 <package-name> is <synopsis>
408 <package-name> are <synopsis>
410 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
411 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
412 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
413 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
414 package; closes: #187143
416 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
418 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
421 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
422 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
424 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
426 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
427 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
428 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
429 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
430 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
431 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
432 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
433 right places in the document, closes: #172897
434 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
438 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
440 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
441 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
442 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
443 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
444 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
445 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
446 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
448 - editorial changes on material added in this version
449 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
450 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
451 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
452 closes: #139957, #108416
453 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
454 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
456 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
458 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
461 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
463 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
464 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
465 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
466 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
468 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
469 for best practices for documentation
470 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
471 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
472 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
473 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
475 - spell-checking pass
477 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
479 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
482 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
483 descriptions" moved under there
484 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
485 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
486 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
487 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
488 the document where these tools are discussed
489 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
490 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
491 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
492 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
493 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
494 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
496 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
497 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
498 that can be fixed by DDP folks
499 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
500 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
501 - simply PS and PDF building rules
503 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
505 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
508 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
509 section and adjusted links
510 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
512 - ChangeLog attribution updates
513 - fix typos, closes: #171781
514 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
515 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
516 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
517 for debian/rules", and write an intro
518 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
519 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
520 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
521 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
522 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
523 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
524 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
525 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
526 "Internationalization"
527 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
528 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
529 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
530 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
531 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
532 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
533 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
534 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
535 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
537 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
538 rather useless and broken
539 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
540 names and the first word
541 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
542 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
543 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
545 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
546 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
547 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
549 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
551 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
554 - DDP publishing update
556 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
557 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
558 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
559 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
561 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
563 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
566 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
567 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
568 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
570 - added myself as co-author
571 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
573 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
574 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
576 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
577 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
579 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
581 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
584 - Corrected several errors with —
585 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
586 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
587 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
588 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
589 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
590 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
591 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
593 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
594 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
595 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
596 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
597 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
598 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
599 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
600 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
601 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
603 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
604 descriptions". closes: #158609
605 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
606 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
607 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
608 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
609 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
611 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
612 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
613 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
614 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
615 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
616 - updated the mailing lists section
618 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
619 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
622 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
624 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
627 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
628 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
630 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
632 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
633 Ch "The Debian Archive"
635 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
637 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
638 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
639 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
640 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
641 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
643 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
644 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
645 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
646 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
647 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
648 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
649 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
651 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
652 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
655 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
656 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
657 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
658 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
659 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
660 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
661 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
662 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
663 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
664 work-around with <...>
665 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
666 - update copyright date
667 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
668 - spell check and grammar corrections
672 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
674 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
675 recompile"; closes: #102626
676 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
677 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
678 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
679 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
680 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
682 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
683 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
684 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
686 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
688 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
689 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
690 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
691 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
692 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
693 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
694 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
695 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
696 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
698 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
700 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
702 - updated the list of available architectures.
703 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
704 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
705 of the package and nothing more.
706 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
707 any pain to the ftpmasters.
708 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
709 the use of the delayed queue.
710 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
711 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
713 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
714 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
715 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
716 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
717 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
718 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
719 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
721 - new Sec "Documentation"
722 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
723 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
724 "Being kind to porter" too
725 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
726 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
727 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
728 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
729 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
731 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
732 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
735 - update French translation
737 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
739 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
742 - some grammar corrections
743 - update French translation
745 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
746 anymore; closes: #135559
747 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
749 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
751 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
752 that would be welcome)
753 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
754 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
755 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
756 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
757 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
758 - other minor wording changes
759 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
760 - Ch "Package uploads":
761 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
762 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
763 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
764 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
765 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
766 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
767 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
769 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
771 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
773 * from Martin Michlmayr
774 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
775 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
776 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
778 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
780 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
782 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
784 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
785 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
786 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
789 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
791 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
794 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
796 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
799 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
801 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
802 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
803 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
804 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
805 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
806 talking about uploading to distributions
807 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
808 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
809 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
811 - French translation updated
813 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
814 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
815 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
817 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
819 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
822 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
823 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
826 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
828 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
831 * fix a typo in a link
832 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
833 update documentation accordingly
835 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
836 forwarding bugs upstream
838 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
839 entities which should be used
840 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
841 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
843 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
845 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
847 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
848 * French version: completely up-to-date now
849 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
850 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
852 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
855 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
857 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
859 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
861 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
862 this translation needs updating
863 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
864 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
865 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
867 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
868 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
869 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
871 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
872 included yet, however
874 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
876 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
878 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
880 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
881 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
883 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
885 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
887 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
889 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
890 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
891 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
893 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
895 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
897 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
900 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
901 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
902 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
903 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
904 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
905 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
906 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
907 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
908 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
909 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
910 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
911 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
913 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
914 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
915 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
916 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
917 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
919 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
921 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
922 * update copyright notice for 2001
923 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
924 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
925 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
927 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
929 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
931 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
933 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
935 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
937 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
939 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
941 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
942 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
944 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
945 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
946 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
947 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
948 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
949 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
950 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
951 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
952 could be used if necessary
953 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
954 mention the rsync dupload method
955 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
957 * other small corrections
958 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
959 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
960 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
961 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
963 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
965 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
966 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
968 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
970 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
972 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
973 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
974 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
975 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
977 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
978 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
979 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
980 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
981 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
983 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
985 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
986 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
987 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
988 team (closes: Bug#52906)
989 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
990 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
991 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
993 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
994 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
995 - added a section about the LDAP database
996 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
997 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
999 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1000 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1002 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1004 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1006 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1007 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1008 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1010 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1011 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1012 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1013 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1014 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1015 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1016 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1017 description from developers-reference.sgml
1019 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1021 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1023 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1024 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1026 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1028 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1029 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1030 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1031 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1032 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1033 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1034 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1035 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1036 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1037 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1039 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1040 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1041 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1042 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1044 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1045 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1046 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1047 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1048 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1049 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1050 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1051 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1052 suggestion from James Troup
1053 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1054 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1055 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1056 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1059 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1061 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1063 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1064 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1066 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1068 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1070 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1071 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1072 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1073 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1074 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1075 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1076 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1078 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1080 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1082 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1083 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1084 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1085 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1086 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1087 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1089 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1090 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1092 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1094 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1096 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1098 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1100 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1101 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1102 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1103 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1104 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1106 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1107 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1108 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1109 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1111 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1112 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1113 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1114 a normal developer may have access.
1116 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1118 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1120 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1121 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1122 step all over each other
1124 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1126 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1128 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1129 address for PGP key updates
1131 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1133 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1135 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1136 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1137 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1138 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1139 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1141 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1143 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1145 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1146 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1147 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1148 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1149 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1150 <keyring-maint> instead)
1151 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1152 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1154 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1156 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1157 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1158 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1160 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1162 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1164 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1165 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1166 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1167 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1168 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1169 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1171 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1172 tighten up the language a bit
1173 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1174 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1175 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1176 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1178 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1179 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1180 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1181 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1182 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1183 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1185 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1186 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1187 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1188 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1189 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1190 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1191 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1192 number of available packages
1193 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1194 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1196 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1198 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1200 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1203 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1205 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1207 * not officially released
1208 * more spelling corrections
1209 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1211 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1213 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1215 * not officially released
1216 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1217 * some PGP-centricity removed
1218 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1219 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1220 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1221 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1222 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1223 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1225 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1227 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1229 * not officially released
1230 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1231 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1232 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1233 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1234 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1235 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1236 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1237 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1238 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1239 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1240 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1241 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1242 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1243 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1245 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1246 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1248 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1250 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1251 take a couple of weeks
1252 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1253 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1254 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1255 excited about it and can't wait
1256 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1257 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1259 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1260 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1262 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1263 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1264 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1266 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1268 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1270 * move to 3-level version number:
1271 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1272 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1273 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1274 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1275 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1278 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1279 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1280 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1282 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1284 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1285 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1286 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1287 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1288 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1289 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1291 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1293 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1294 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1295 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1296 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1297 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1298 - "The CVS server": new section added
1299 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1301 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1302 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1303 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1304 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1305 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1306 with respect to GPG.
1307 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1308 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1309 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1310 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1311 a canonical location?)
1312 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1313 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1314 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1315 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1317 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1319 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1320 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1321 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1322 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1324 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1326 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1328 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1329 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1330 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1331 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1332 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1333 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1334 and should not be included in this Reference.
1335 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1336 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1337 maintainer tools only!
1338 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1339 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1340 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1341 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1342 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1343 * Little corrections here and there.
1344 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1345 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1348 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1350 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1352 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1353 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1354 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1356 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1357 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1358 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1359 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1360 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1361 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1362 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1363 do prior to uploading
1364 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1365 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1367 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1368 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1369 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1370 duties with respect to bugs
1371 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1372 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1373 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1375 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1376 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1377 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1378 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1379 explicit what is used to build this package
1381 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1383 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1386 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1387 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1388 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1389 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1390 * utilize the new URL tag
1391 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1394 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1396 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1398 * non-maintainer release
1399 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1400 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1401 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1402 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1403 text, it can't hurt you.)
1404 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1405 reflect this packages version number
1406 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1408 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1410 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1414 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1416 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1418 * New version numbering scheme:
1420 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1421 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1422 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1425 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1426 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1427 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1428 differ between the manuals.
1430 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1431 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1432 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1433 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1435 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1436 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1438 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1440 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1442 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1444 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1446 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1447 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1449 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1450 (as requested by James Troup)
1452 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1454 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1456 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1458 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1460 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1462 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1464 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1466 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1467 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1468 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1469 the non-maintainer release
1471 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1472 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1473 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1476 - Lots of typos fixed
1478 * Compressed SGML source code
1480 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1481 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1483 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1485 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1487 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1489 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1490 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1491 - Announcing package uploads
1492 * New section about Debian Mentors
1493 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1494 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1495 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1496 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1498 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1500 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1502 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1503 of our FTP server and the development process
1504 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1505 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1506 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1508 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1509 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1510 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1511 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1512 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1513 contacting the maintainer
1514 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1515 a new manual released soon)
1516 * Some minor changes
1517 * Include SGML source in package
1518 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1519 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1521 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1523 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1527 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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