1 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
3 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
5 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
6 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
8 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
9 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
10 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
12 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
13 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
14 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
16 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
17 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
18 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
19 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
20 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
21 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
22 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
23 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
24 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
25 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
26 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
27 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
29 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
30 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
31 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
32 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
33 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
34 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
35 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
36 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
37 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
39 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
41 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
44 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
45 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
46 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
47 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
48 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
49 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
51 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
53 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
55 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
57 - non-us discontinued.
58 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
60 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
61 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
62 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
63 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
64 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
65 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
66 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
67 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
68 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
69 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
70 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
71 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
72 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
73 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
74 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
75 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
76 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
77 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
79 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
80 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
82 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
85 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
87 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
89 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
92 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
93 - madison is on merkel.
94 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
95 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
96 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
97 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
98 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
99 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
101 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
102 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
103 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
104 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
105 - sync NM rules with reality.
107 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
109 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
111 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
114 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
115 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
116 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
117 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
118 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
119 - spelling, grammer fixes.
120 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
121 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
122 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
123 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
124 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
125 - add myself to uploaders.
126 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
127 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
128 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
129 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
130 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
131 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
132 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
133 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
134 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
135 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
136 - rewrote the NMU section, and
137 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
138 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
139 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
140 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
141 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
142 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
143 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
144 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
146 - Security uploads get urgency=high
147 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
149 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
151 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
153 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
156 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
157 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
158 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
159 - documented Alioth, somewhat
161 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
162 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
164 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
165 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
166 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
167 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
171 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
173 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
174 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
175 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
176 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
179 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
181 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
184 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
186 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
187 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
188 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
190 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
191 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
192 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
193 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
196 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
198 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
199 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
200 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
201 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
202 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
204 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
205 it clear these are special cases
206 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
208 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
210 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
212 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
215 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
216 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
218 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
220 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
222 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
225 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
227 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
228 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
229 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
231 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
232 - the synopsis formula changed to either
233 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
235 <package-name> is <synopsis>
237 <package-name> are <synopsis>
239 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
240 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
241 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
242 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
243 package; closes: #187143
245 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
247 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
250 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
251 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
253 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
255 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
256 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
257 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
258 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
259 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
260 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
261 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
262 right places in the document, closes: #172897
263 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
267 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
269 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
270 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
271 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
272 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
273 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
274 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
275 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
277 - editorial changes on material added in this version
278 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
279 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
280 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
281 closes: #139957, #108416
282 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
283 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
285 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
287 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
290 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
292 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
293 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
294 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
295 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
297 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
298 for best practices for documentation
299 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
300 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
301 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
302 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
304 - spell-checking pass
306 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
308 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
311 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
312 descriptions" moved under there
313 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
314 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
315 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
316 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
317 the document where these tools are discussed
318 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
319 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
320 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
321 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
322 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
323 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
325 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
326 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
327 that can be fixed by DDP folks
328 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
329 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
330 - simply PS and PDF building rules
332 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
334 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
337 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
338 section and adjusted links
339 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
341 - ChangeLog attribution updates
342 - fix typos, closes: #171781
343 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
344 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
345 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
346 for debian/rules", and write an intro
347 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
348 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
349 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
350 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
351 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
352 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
353 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
354 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
355 "Internationalization"
356 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
357 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
358 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
359 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
360 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
361 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
362 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
363 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
364 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
366 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
367 rather useless and broken
368 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
369 names and the first word
370 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
371 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
372 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
374 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
375 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
376 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
378 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
380 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
383 - DDP publishing update
385 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
386 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
387 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
388 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
390 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
392 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
395 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
396 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
397 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
399 - added myself as co-author
400 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
402 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
403 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
405 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
406 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
408 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
410 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
413 - Corrected several errors with —
414 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
415 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
416 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
417 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
418 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
419 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
420 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
422 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
423 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
424 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
425 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
426 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
427 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
428 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
429 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
430 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
432 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
433 descriptions". closes: #158609
434 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
435 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
436 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
437 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
438 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
440 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
441 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
442 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
443 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
444 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
445 - updated the mailing lists section
447 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
448 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
451 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
453 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
456 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
457 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
459 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
461 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
462 Ch "The Debian Archive"
464 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
466 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
467 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
468 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
469 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
470 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
472 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
473 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
474 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
475 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
476 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
477 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
478 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
480 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
481 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
484 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
485 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
486 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
487 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
488 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
489 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
490 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
491 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
492 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
493 work-around with <...>
494 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
495 - update copyright date
496 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
497 - spell check and grammar corrections
501 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
503 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
504 recompile"; closes: #102626
505 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
506 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
507 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
508 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
509 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
511 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
512 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
513 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
515 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
517 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
518 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
519 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
520 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
521 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
522 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
523 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
524 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
525 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
527 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
529 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
531 - updated the list of available architectures.
532 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
533 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
534 of the package and nothing more.
535 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
536 any pain to the ftpmasters.
537 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
538 the use of the delayed queue.
539 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
540 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
542 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
543 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
544 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
545 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
546 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
547 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
548 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
550 - new Sec "Documentation"
551 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
552 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
553 "Being kind to porter" too
554 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
555 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
556 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
557 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
558 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
560 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
561 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
564 - update French translation
566 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
568 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
571 - some grammar corrections
572 - update French translation
574 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
575 anymore; closes: #135559
576 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
578 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
580 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
581 that would be welcome)
582 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
583 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
584 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
585 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
586 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
587 - other minor wording changes
588 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
589 - Ch "Package uploads":
590 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
591 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
592 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
593 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
594 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
595 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
596 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
598 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
600 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
602 * from Martin Michlmayr
603 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
604 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
605 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
607 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
609 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
611 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
613 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
614 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
615 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
618 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
620 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
623 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
625 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
628 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
630 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
631 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
632 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
633 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
634 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
635 talking about uploading to distributions
636 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
637 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
638 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
640 - French translation updated
642 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
643 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
644 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
646 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
648 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
651 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
652 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
655 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
657 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
660 * fix a typo in a link
661 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
662 update documentation accordingly
664 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
665 forwarding bugs upstream
667 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
668 entities which should be used
669 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
670 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
672 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
674 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
676 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
677 * French version: completely up-to-date now
678 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
679 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
681 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
684 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
686 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
688 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
690 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
691 this translation needs updating
692 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
693 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
694 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
696 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
697 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
698 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
700 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
701 included yet, however
703 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
705 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
707 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
709 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
710 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
712 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
714 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
716 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
718 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
719 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
720 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
722 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
724 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
726 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
729 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
730 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
731 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
732 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
733 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
734 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
735 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
736 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
737 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
738 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
739 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
740 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
742 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
743 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
744 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
745 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
746 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
748 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
750 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
751 * update copyright notice for 2001
752 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
753 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
754 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
756 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
758 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
760 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
762 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
764 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
766 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
768 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
770 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
771 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
773 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
774 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
775 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
776 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
777 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
778 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
779 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
780 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
781 could be used if necessary
782 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
783 mention the rsync dupload method
784 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
786 * other small corrections
787 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
788 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
789 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
790 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
792 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
794 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
795 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
797 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
799 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
801 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
802 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
803 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
804 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
806 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
807 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
808 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
809 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
810 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
812 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
814 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
815 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
816 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
817 team (closes: Bug#52906)
818 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
819 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
820 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
822 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
823 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
824 - added a section about the LDAP database
825 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
826 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
828 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
829 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
831 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
833 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
835 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
836 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
837 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
839 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
840 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
841 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
842 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
843 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
844 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
845 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
846 description from developers-reference.sgml
848 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
850 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
852 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
853 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
855 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
857 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
858 releases are available at archive.debian.org
859 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
860 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
861 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
862 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
863 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
864 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
865 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
866 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
868 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
869 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
870 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
871 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
873 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
874 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
875 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
876 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
877 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
878 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
879 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
880 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
881 suggestion from James Troup
882 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
883 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
884 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
885 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
888 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
890 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
892 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
893 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
895 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
897 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
899 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
900 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
901 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
902 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
903 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
904 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
905 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
907 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
909 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
911 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
912 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
913 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
914 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
915 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
916 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
918 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
919 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
921 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
923 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
925 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
927 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
929 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
930 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
931 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
932 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
933 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
935 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
936 with intro; demoted server sections under that
937 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
938 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
940 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
941 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
942 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
943 a normal developer may have access.
945 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
947 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
949 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
950 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
951 step all over each other
953 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
955 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
957 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
958 address for PGP key updates
960 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
962 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
964 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
965 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
966 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
967 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
968 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
970 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
972 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
974 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
975 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
976 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
977 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
978 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
979 <keyring-maint> instead)
980 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
981 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
983 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
985 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
986 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
987 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
989 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
991 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
993 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
994 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
995 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
996 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
997 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
998 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1000 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1001 tighten up the language a bit
1002 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1003 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1004 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1005 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1007 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1008 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1009 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1010 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1011 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1012 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1014 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1015 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1016 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1017 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1018 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1019 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1020 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1021 number of available packages
1022 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1023 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1025 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1027 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1029 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1032 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1034 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1036 * not officially released
1037 * more spelling corrections
1038 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1040 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1042 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1044 * not officially released
1045 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1046 * some PGP-centricity removed
1047 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1048 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1049 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1050 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1051 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1052 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1054 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1056 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1058 * not officially released
1059 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1060 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1061 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1062 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1063 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1064 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1065 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1066 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1067 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1068 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1069 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1070 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1071 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1072 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1074 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1075 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1077 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1079 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1080 take a couple of weeks
1081 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1082 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1083 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1084 excited about it and can't wait
1085 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1086 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1088 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1089 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1091 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1092 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1093 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1095 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1097 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1099 * move to 3-level version number:
1100 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1101 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1102 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1103 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1104 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1107 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1108 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1109 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1111 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1113 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1114 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1115 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1116 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1117 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1118 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1120 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1122 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1123 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1124 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1125 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1126 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1127 - "The CVS server": new section added
1128 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1130 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1131 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1132 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1133 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1134 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1135 with respect to GPG.
1136 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1137 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1138 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1139 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1140 a canonical location?)
1141 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1142 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1143 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1144 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1146 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1148 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1149 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1150 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1151 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1153 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1155 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1157 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1158 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1159 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1160 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1161 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1162 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1163 and should not be included in this Reference.
1164 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1165 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1166 maintainer tools only!
1167 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1168 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1169 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1170 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1171 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1172 * Little corrections here and there.
1173 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1174 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1177 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1179 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1181 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1182 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1183 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1185 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1186 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1187 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1188 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1189 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1190 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1191 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1192 do prior to uploading
1193 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1194 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1196 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1197 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1198 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1199 duties with respect to bugs
1200 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1201 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1202 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1204 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1205 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1206 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1207 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1208 explicit what is used to build this package
1210 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1212 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1215 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1216 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1217 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1218 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1219 * utilize the new URL tag
1220 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1223 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1225 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1227 * non-maintainer release
1228 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1229 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1230 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1231 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1232 text, it can't hurt you.)
1233 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1234 reflect this packages version number
1235 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1237 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1239 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1243 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1245 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1247 * New version numbering scheme:
1249 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1250 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1251 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1254 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1255 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1256 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1257 differ between the manuals.
1259 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1260 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1261 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1262 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1264 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1265 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1267 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1269 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1271 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1273 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1275 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1276 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1278 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1279 (as requested by James Troup)
1281 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1283 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1285 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1287 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1289 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1291 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1293 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1295 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1296 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1297 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1298 the non-maintainer release
1300 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1301 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1302 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1305 - Lots of typos fixed
1307 * Compressed SGML source code
1309 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1310 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1312 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1314 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1316 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1318 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1319 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1320 - Announcing package uploads
1321 * New section about Debian Mentors
1322 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1323 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1324 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1325 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1327 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1329 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1331 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1332 of our FTP server and the development process
1333 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1334 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1335 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1337 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1338 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1339 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1340 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1341 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1342 contacting the maintainer
1343 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1344 a new manual released soon)
1345 * Some minor changes
1346 * Include SGML source in package
1347 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1348 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1350 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1352 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1356 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200