1 developers-reference (3.4.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
5 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
8 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
9 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
10 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
11 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
12 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
13 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
14 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
15 patch. Closes: #540231
16 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
17 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
18 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
19 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
20 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
21 for the patch. Closes: #548823
22 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
23 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
24 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
25 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
26 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
27 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
28 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
29 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
30 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
31 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
32 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
33 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
34 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
35 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
37 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
38 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
39 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
41 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
42 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
43 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
44 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
45 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
47 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
50 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:49:40 +0900
52 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
54 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
55 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
57 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
59 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
61 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
62 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
64 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
66 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
68 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
69 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
70 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
71 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
72 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
73 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
74 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
75 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
76 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
77 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
78 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
79 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
80 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
81 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
82 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
83 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
84 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
85 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
86 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
87 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
88 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
89 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
91 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
93 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
96 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
100 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
101 The most important changes are:
102 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
103 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
106 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
107 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
108 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
109 distinction. Closes: #464230.
110 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
111 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
112 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
113 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
114 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
115 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
117 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
118 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
120 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
121 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
123 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
124 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
126 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
128 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
129 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
131 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
132 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
133 Closes: #512620, #510783.
135 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
137 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
140 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
141 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
142 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
143 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
144 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
145 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
146 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
147 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
149 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
151 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
154 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
155 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
156 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
157 release codenames in <literal>
158 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
159 doesn't exist anymore.
160 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
161 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
162 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
163 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
164 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
165 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
166 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
167 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
168 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
169 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
170 team before upload. Closes: #459343
171 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
172 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
173 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
174 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
175 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
176 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
177 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
179 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
180 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
182 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
183 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
184 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
185 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
186 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
187 Thomas. Closes: #485837
189 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
190 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
192 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
194 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
198 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
199 - fix debian/copyright
200 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
201 - add pdf for French version.
202 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
203 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
204 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
205 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
206 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
207 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
208 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
209 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
210 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
212 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
213 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
215 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
217 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
218 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
219 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
220 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
221 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
222 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
224 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
227 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
228 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
229 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
230 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
231 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
232 * Update information concerning Alioth.
233 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
234 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
236 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
237 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
239 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
242 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
244 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
246 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
248 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
249 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
251 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
252 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
253 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
255 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
256 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
257 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
259 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
260 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
261 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
262 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
263 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
264 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
265 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
266 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
267 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
268 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
269 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
270 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
272 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
273 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
274 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
275 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
276 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
277 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
278 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
279 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
280 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
281 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
285 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
287 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
289 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
292 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
293 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
294 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
295 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
296 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
297 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
299 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
301 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
303 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
305 - non-us discontinued.
306 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
308 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
309 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
310 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
311 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
312 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
313 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
314 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
315 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
316 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
317 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
318 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
319 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
320 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
321 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
322 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
323 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
324 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
325 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
327 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
328 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
330 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
333 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
335 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
337 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
340 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
341 - madison is on merkel.
342 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
343 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
344 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
345 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
346 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
347 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
349 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
350 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
351 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
352 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
353 - sync NM rules with reality.
355 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
357 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
359 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
362 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
363 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
364 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
365 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
366 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
367 - spelling, grammer fixes.
368 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
369 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
370 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
371 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
372 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
373 - add myself to uploaders.
374 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
375 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
376 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
377 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
378 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
379 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
380 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
381 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
382 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
383 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
384 - rewrote the NMU section, and
385 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
386 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
387 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
388 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
389 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
390 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
391 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
392 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
394 - Security uploads get urgency=high
395 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
397 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
399 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
401 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
404 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
405 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
406 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
407 - documented Alioth, somewhat
409 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
410 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
412 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
413 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
414 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
415 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
419 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
421 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
422 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
423 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
424 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
427 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
429 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
432 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
434 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
435 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
436 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
438 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
439 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
440 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
441 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
444 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
446 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
447 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
448 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
449 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
450 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
452 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
453 it clear these are special cases
454 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
456 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
458 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
460 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
463 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
464 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
466 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
468 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
470 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
473 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
475 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
476 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
477 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
479 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
480 - the synopsis formula changed to either
481 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
483 <package-name> is <synopsis>
485 <package-name> are <synopsis>
487 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
488 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
489 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
490 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
491 package; closes: #187143
493 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
495 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
498 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
499 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
501 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
503 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
504 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
505 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
506 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
507 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
508 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
509 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
510 right places in the document, closes: #172897
511 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
515 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
517 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
518 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
519 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
520 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
521 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
522 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
523 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
525 - editorial changes on material added in this version
526 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
527 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
528 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
529 closes: #139957, #108416
530 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
531 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
533 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
535 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
538 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
540 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
541 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
542 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
543 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
545 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
546 for best practices for documentation
547 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
548 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
549 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
550 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
552 - spell-checking pass
554 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
556 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
559 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
560 descriptions" moved under there
561 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
562 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
563 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
564 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
565 the document where these tools are discussed
566 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
567 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
568 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
569 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
570 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
571 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
573 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
574 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
575 that can be fixed by DDP folks
576 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
577 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
578 - simply PS and PDF building rules
580 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
582 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
585 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
586 section and adjusted links
587 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
589 - ChangeLog attribution updates
590 - fix typos, closes: #171781
591 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
592 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
593 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
594 for debian/rules", and write an intro
595 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
596 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
597 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
598 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
599 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
600 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
601 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
602 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
603 "Internationalization"
604 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
605 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
606 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
607 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
608 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
609 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
610 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
611 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
612 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
614 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
615 rather useless and broken
616 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
617 names and the first word
618 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
619 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
620 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
622 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
623 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
624 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
626 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
628 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
631 - DDP publishing update
633 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
634 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
635 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
636 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
638 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
640 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
643 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
644 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
645 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
647 - added myself as co-author
648 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
650 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
651 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
653 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
654 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
656 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
658 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
661 - Corrected several errors with —
662 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
663 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
664 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
665 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
666 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
667 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
668 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
670 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
671 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
672 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
673 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
674 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
675 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
676 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
677 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
678 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
680 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
681 descriptions". closes: #158609
682 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
683 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
684 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
685 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
686 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
688 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
689 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
690 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
691 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
692 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
693 - updated the mailing lists section
695 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
696 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
699 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
701 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
704 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
705 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
707 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
709 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
710 Ch "The Debian Archive"
712 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
714 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
715 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
716 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
717 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
718 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
720 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
721 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
722 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
723 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
724 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
725 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
726 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
728 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
729 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
732 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
733 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
734 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
735 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
736 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
737 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
738 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
739 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
740 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
741 work-around with <...>
742 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
743 - update copyright date
744 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
745 - spell check and grammar corrections
749 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
751 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
752 recompile"; closes: #102626
753 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
754 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
755 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
756 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
757 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
759 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
760 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
761 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
763 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
765 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
766 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
767 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
768 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
769 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
770 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
771 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
772 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
773 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
775 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
777 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
779 - updated the list of available architectures.
780 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
781 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
782 of the package and nothing more.
783 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
784 any pain to the ftpmasters.
785 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
786 the use of the delayed queue.
787 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
788 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
790 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
791 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
792 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
793 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
794 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
795 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
796 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
798 - new Sec "Documentation"
799 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
800 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
801 "Being kind to porter" too
802 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
803 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
804 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
805 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
806 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
808 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
809 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
812 - update French translation
814 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
816 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
819 - some grammar corrections
820 - update French translation
822 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
823 anymore; closes: #135559
824 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
826 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
828 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
829 that would be welcome)
830 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
831 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
832 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
833 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
834 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
835 - other minor wording changes
836 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
837 - Ch "Package uploads":
838 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
839 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
840 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
841 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
842 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
843 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
844 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
846 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
848 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
850 * from Martin Michlmayr
851 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
852 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
853 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
855 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
857 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
859 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
861 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
862 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
863 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
866 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
868 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
871 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
873 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
876 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
878 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
879 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
880 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
881 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
882 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
883 talking about uploading to distributions
884 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
885 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
886 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
888 - French translation updated
890 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
891 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
892 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
894 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
896 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
899 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
900 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
903 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
905 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
908 * fix a typo in a link
909 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
910 update documentation accordingly
912 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
913 forwarding bugs upstream
915 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
916 entities which should be used
917 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
918 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
920 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
922 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
924 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
925 * French version: completely up-to-date now
926 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
927 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
929 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
932 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
934 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
936 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
938 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
939 this translation needs updating
940 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
941 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
942 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
944 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
945 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
946 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
948 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
949 included yet, however
951 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
953 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
955 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
957 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
958 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
960 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
962 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
964 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
966 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
967 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
968 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
970 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
972 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
974 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
977 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
978 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
979 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
980 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
981 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
982 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
983 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
984 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
985 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
986 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
987 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
988 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
990 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
991 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
992 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
993 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
994 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
996 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
998 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
999 * update copyright notice for 2001
1000 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1001 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1002 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1004 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1006 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1008 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1010 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1012 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1014 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1016 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1018 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1019 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1021 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1022 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1023 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1024 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1025 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1026 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1027 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1028 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1029 could be used if necessary
1030 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1031 mention the rsync dupload method
1032 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1034 * other small corrections
1035 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1036 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1037 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1038 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1040 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1042 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1043 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1045 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1047 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1049 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1050 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1051 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1052 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1054 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1055 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1056 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1057 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1058 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1060 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1062 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1063 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1064 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1065 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1066 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1067 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1068 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1070 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1071 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1072 - added a section about the LDAP database
1073 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1074 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1076 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1077 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1079 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1081 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1083 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1084 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1085 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1087 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1088 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1089 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1090 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1091 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1092 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1093 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1094 description from developers-reference.sgml
1096 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1098 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1100 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1101 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1103 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1105 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1106 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1107 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1108 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1109 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1110 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1111 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1112 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1113 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1114 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1116 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1117 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1118 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1119 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1121 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1122 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1123 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1124 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1125 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1126 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1127 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1128 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1129 suggestion from James Troup
1130 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1131 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1132 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1133 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1136 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1138 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1140 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1141 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1143 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1145 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1147 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1148 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1149 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1150 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1151 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1152 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1153 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1155 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1157 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1159 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1160 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1161 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1162 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1163 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1164 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1166 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1167 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1169 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1171 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1173 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1175 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1177 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1178 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1179 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1180 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1181 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1183 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1184 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1185 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1186 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1188 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1189 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1190 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1191 a normal developer may have access.
1193 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1195 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1197 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1198 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1199 step all over each other
1201 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1203 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1205 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1206 address for PGP key updates
1208 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1210 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1212 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1213 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1214 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1215 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1216 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1218 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1220 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1222 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1223 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1224 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1225 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1226 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1227 <keyring-maint> instead)
1228 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1229 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1231 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1233 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1234 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1235 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1237 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1239 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1241 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1242 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1243 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1244 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1245 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1246 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1248 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1249 tighten up the language a bit
1250 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1251 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1252 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1253 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1255 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1256 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1257 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1258 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1259 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1260 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1262 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1263 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1264 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1265 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1266 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1267 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1268 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1269 number of available packages
1270 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1271 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1273 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1275 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1277 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1280 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1282 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1284 * not officially released
1285 * more spelling corrections
1286 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1288 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1290 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1292 * not officially released
1293 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1294 * some PGP-centricity removed
1295 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1296 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1297 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1298 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1299 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1300 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1302 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1304 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1306 * not officially released
1307 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1308 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1309 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1310 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1311 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1312 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1313 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1314 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1315 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1316 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1317 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1318 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1319 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1320 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1322 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1323 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1325 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1327 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1328 take a couple of weeks
1329 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1330 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1331 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1332 excited about it and can't wait
1333 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1334 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1336 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1337 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1339 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1340 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1341 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1343 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1345 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1347 * move to 3-level version number:
1348 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1349 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1350 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1351 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1352 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1355 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1356 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1357 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1359 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1361 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1362 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1363 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1364 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1365 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1366 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1368 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1370 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1371 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1372 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1373 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1374 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1375 - "The CVS server": new section added
1376 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1378 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1379 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1380 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1381 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1382 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1383 with respect to GPG.
1384 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1385 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1386 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1387 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1388 a canonical location?)
1389 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1390 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1391 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1392 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1394 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1396 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1397 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1398 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1399 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1401 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1403 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1405 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1406 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1407 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1408 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1409 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1410 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1411 and should not be included in this Reference.
1412 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1413 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1414 maintainer tools only!
1415 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1416 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1417 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1418 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1419 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1420 * Little corrections here and there.
1421 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1422 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1425 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1427 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1429 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1430 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1431 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1433 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1434 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1435 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1436 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1437 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1438 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1439 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1440 do prior to uploading
1441 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1442 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1444 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1445 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1446 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1447 duties with respect to bugs
1448 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1449 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1450 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1452 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1453 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1454 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1455 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1456 explicit what is used to build this package
1458 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1460 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1463 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1464 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1465 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1466 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1467 * utilize the new URL tag
1468 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1471 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1473 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1475 * non-maintainer release
1476 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1477 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1478 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1479 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1480 text, it can't hurt you.)
1481 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1482 reflect this packages version number
1483 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1485 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1487 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1491 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1493 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1495 * New version numbering scheme:
1497 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1498 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1499 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1502 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1503 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1504 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1505 differ between the manuals.
1507 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1508 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1509 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1510 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1512 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1513 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1515 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1517 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1519 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1521 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1523 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1524 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1526 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1527 (as requested by James Troup)
1529 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1531 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1533 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1535 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1537 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1539 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1541 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1543 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1544 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1545 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1546 the non-maintainer release
1548 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1549 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1550 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1553 - Lots of typos fixed
1555 * Compressed SGML source code
1557 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1558 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1560 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1562 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1564 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1566 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1567 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1568 - Announcing package uploads
1569 * New section about Debian Mentors
1570 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1571 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1572 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1573 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1575 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1577 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1579 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1580 of our FTP server and the development process
1581 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1582 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1583 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1585 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1586 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1587 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1588 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1589 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1590 contacting the maintainer
1591 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1592 a new manual released soon)
1593 * Some minor changes
1594 * Include SGML source in package
1595 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1596 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1598 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1600 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1604 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
~ianmdlvl / developers-reference.git / blob