1 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
5 - bump standards-version to 3.7.2 (no change)
7 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
8 - add pdf for French version.
9 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
10 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
11 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
12 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
13 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
14 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
15 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
16 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
17 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
19 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
20 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
22 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
24 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
25 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
26 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
27 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
28 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
31 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
32 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
33 * Remove reference to #debian-sf which doesn't exist anymore.
34 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
35 * Put myself back in Uploaders.
37 -- Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Sat, 04 Aug 2007 17:51:06 +0200
39 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
41 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
43 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
44 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
46 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
47 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
48 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
50 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
51 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
52 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
54 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
55 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
56 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
57 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
58 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
59 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
60 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
61 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
62 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
63 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
64 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
65 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
67 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
68 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
69 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
70 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
71 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
72 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
73 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
74 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
75 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
76 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
80 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
82 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
84 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
87 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
88 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
89 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
90 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
91 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
92 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
94 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
96 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
98 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
100 - non-us discontinued.
101 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
103 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
104 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
105 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
106 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
107 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
108 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
109 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
110 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
111 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
112 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
113 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
114 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
115 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
116 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
117 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
118 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
119 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
120 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
122 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
123 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
125 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
128 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
130 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
132 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
135 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
136 - madison is on merkel.
137 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
138 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
139 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
140 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
141 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
142 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
144 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
145 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
146 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
147 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
148 - sync NM rules with reality.
150 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
152 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
154 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
157 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
158 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
159 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
160 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
161 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
162 - spelling, grammer fixes.
163 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
164 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
165 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
166 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
167 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
168 - add myself to uploaders.
169 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
170 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
171 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
172 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
173 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
174 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
175 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
176 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
177 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
178 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
179 - rewrote the NMU section, and
180 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
181 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
182 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
183 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
184 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
185 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
186 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
187 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
189 - Security uploads get urgency=high
190 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
192 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
194 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
196 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
199 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
200 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
201 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
202 - documented Alioth, somewhat
204 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
205 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
207 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
208 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
209 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
210 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
214 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
216 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
217 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
218 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
219 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
222 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
224 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
227 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
229 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
230 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
231 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
233 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
234 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
235 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
236 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
239 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
241 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
242 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
243 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
244 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
245 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
247 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
248 it clear these are special cases
249 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
251 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
253 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
255 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
258 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
259 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
261 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
263 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
265 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
268 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
270 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
271 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
272 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
274 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
275 - the synopsis formula changed to either
276 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
278 <package-name> is <synopsis>
280 <package-name> are <synopsis>
282 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
283 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
284 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
285 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
286 package; closes: #187143
288 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
290 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
293 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
294 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
296 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
298 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
299 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
300 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
301 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
302 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
303 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
304 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
305 right places in the document, closes: #172897
306 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
310 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
312 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
313 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
314 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
315 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
316 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
317 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
318 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
320 - editorial changes on material added in this version
321 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
322 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
323 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
324 closes: #139957, #108416
325 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
326 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
328 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
330 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
333 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
335 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
336 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
337 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
338 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
340 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
341 for best practices for documentation
342 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
343 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
344 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
345 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
347 - spell-checking pass
349 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
351 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
354 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
355 descriptions" moved under there
356 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
357 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
358 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
359 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
360 the document where these tools are discussed
361 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
362 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
363 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
364 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
365 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
366 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
368 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
369 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
370 that can be fixed by DDP folks
371 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
372 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
373 - simply PS and PDF building rules
375 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
377 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
380 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
381 section and adjusted links
382 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
384 - ChangeLog attribution updates
385 - fix typos, closes: #171781
386 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
387 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
388 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
389 for debian/rules", and write an intro
390 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
391 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
392 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
393 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
394 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
395 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
396 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
397 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
398 "Internationalization"
399 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
400 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
401 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
402 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
403 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
404 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
405 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
406 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
407 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
409 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
410 rather useless and broken
411 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
412 names and the first word
413 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
414 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
415 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
417 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
418 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
419 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
421 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
423 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
426 - DDP publishing update
428 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
429 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
430 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
431 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
433 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
435 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
438 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
439 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
440 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
442 - added myself as co-author
443 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
445 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
446 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
448 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
449 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
451 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
453 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
456 - Corrected several errors with —
457 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
458 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
459 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
460 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
461 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
462 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
463 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
465 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
466 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
467 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
468 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
469 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
470 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
471 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
472 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
473 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
475 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
476 descriptions". closes: #158609
477 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
478 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
479 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
480 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
481 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
483 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
484 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
485 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
486 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
487 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
488 - updated the mailing lists section
490 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
491 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
494 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
496 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
499 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
500 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
502 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
504 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
505 Ch "The Debian Archive"
507 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
509 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
510 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
511 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
512 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
513 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
515 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
516 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
517 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
518 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
519 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
520 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
521 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
523 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
524 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
527 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
528 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
529 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
530 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
531 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
532 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
533 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
534 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
535 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
536 work-around with <...>
537 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
538 - update copyright date
539 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
540 - spell check and grammar corrections
544 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
546 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
547 recompile"; closes: #102626
548 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
549 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
550 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
551 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
552 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
554 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
555 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
556 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
558 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
560 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
561 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
562 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
563 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
564 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
565 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
566 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
567 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
568 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
570 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
572 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
574 - updated the list of available architectures.
575 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
576 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
577 of the package and nothing more.
578 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
579 any pain to the ftpmasters.
580 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
581 the use of the delayed queue.
582 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
583 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
585 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
586 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
587 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
588 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
589 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
590 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
591 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
593 - new Sec "Documentation"
594 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
595 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
596 "Being kind to porter" too
597 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
598 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
599 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
600 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
601 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
603 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
604 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
607 - update French translation
609 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
611 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
614 - some grammar corrections
615 - update French translation
617 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
618 anymore; closes: #135559
619 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
621 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
623 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
624 that would be welcome)
625 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
626 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
627 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
628 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
629 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
630 - other minor wording changes
631 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
632 - Ch "Package uploads":
633 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
634 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
635 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
636 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
637 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
638 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
639 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
641 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
643 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
645 * from Martin Michlmayr
646 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
647 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
648 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
650 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
652 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
654 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
656 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
657 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
658 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
661 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
663 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
666 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
668 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
671 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
673 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
674 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
675 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
676 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
677 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
678 talking about uploading to distributions
679 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
680 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
681 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
683 - French translation updated
685 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
686 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
687 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
689 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
691 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
694 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
695 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
698 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
700 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
703 * fix a typo in a link
704 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
705 update documentation accordingly
707 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
708 forwarding bugs upstream
710 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
711 entities which should be used
712 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
713 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
715 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
717 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
719 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
720 * French version: completely up-to-date now
721 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
722 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
724 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
727 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
729 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
731 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
733 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
734 this translation needs updating
735 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
736 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
737 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
739 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
740 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
741 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
743 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
744 included yet, however
746 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
748 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
750 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
752 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
753 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
755 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
757 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
759 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
761 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
762 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
763 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
765 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
767 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
769 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
772 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
773 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
774 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
775 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
776 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
777 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
778 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
779 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
780 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
781 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
782 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
783 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
785 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
786 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
787 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
788 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
789 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
791 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
793 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
794 * update copyright notice for 2001
795 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
796 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
797 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
799 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
801 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
803 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
805 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
807 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
809 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
811 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
813 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
814 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
816 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
817 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
818 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
819 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
820 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
821 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
822 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
823 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
824 could be used if necessary
825 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
826 mention the rsync dupload method
827 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
829 * other small corrections
830 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
831 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
832 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
833 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
835 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
837 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
838 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
840 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
842 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
844 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
845 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
846 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
847 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
849 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
850 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
851 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
852 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
853 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
855 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
857 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
858 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
859 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
860 team (closes: Bug#52906)
861 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
862 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
863 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
865 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
866 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
867 - added a section about the LDAP database
868 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
869 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
871 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
872 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
874 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
876 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
878 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
879 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
880 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
882 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
883 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
884 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
885 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
886 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
887 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
888 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
889 description from developers-reference.sgml
891 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
893 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
895 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
896 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
898 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
900 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
901 releases are available at archive.debian.org
902 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
903 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
904 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
905 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
906 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
907 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
908 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
909 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
911 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
912 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
913 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
914 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
916 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
917 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
918 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
919 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
920 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
921 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
922 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
923 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
924 suggestion from James Troup
925 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
926 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
927 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
928 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
931 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
933 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
935 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
936 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
938 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
940 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
942 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
943 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
944 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
945 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
946 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
947 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
948 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
950 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
952 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
954 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
955 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
956 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
957 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
958 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
959 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
961 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
962 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
964 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
966 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
968 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
970 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
972 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
973 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
974 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
975 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
976 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
978 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
979 with intro; demoted server sections under that
980 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
981 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
983 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
984 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
985 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
986 a normal developer may have access.
988 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
990 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
992 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
993 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
994 step all over each other
996 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
998 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1000 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1001 address for PGP key updates
1003 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1005 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1007 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1008 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1009 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1010 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1011 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1013 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1015 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1017 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1018 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1019 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1020 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1021 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1022 <keyring-maint> instead)
1023 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1024 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1026 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1028 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1029 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1030 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1032 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1034 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1036 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1037 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1038 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1039 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1040 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1041 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1043 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1044 tighten up the language a bit
1045 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1046 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1047 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1048 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1050 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1051 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1052 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1053 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1054 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1055 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1057 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1058 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1059 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1060 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1061 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1062 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1063 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1064 number of available packages
1065 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1066 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1068 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1070 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1072 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1075 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1077 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1079 * not officially released
1080 * more spelling corrections
1081 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1083 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1085 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1087 * not officially released
1088 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1089 * some PGP-centricity removed
1090 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1091 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1092 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1093 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1094 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1095 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1097 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1099 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1101 * not officially released
1102 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1103 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1104 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1105 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1106 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1107 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1108 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1109 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1110 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1111 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1112 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1113 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1114 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1115 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1117 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1118 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1120 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1122 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1123 take a couple of weeks
1124 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1125 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1126 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1127 excited about it and can't wait
1128 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1129 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1131 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1132 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1134 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1135 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1136 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1138 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1140 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1142 * move to 3-level version number:
1143 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1144 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1145 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1146 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1147 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1150 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1151 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1152 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1154 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1156 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1157 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1158 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1159 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1160 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1161 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1163 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1165 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1166 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1167 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1168 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1169 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1170 - "The CVS server": new section added
1171 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1173 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1174 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1175 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1176 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1177 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1178 with respect to GPG.
1179 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1180 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1181 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1182 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1183 a canonical location?)
1184 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1185 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1186 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1187 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1189 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1191 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1192 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1193 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1194 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1196 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1198 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1200 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1201 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1202 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1203 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1204 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1205 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1206 and should not be included in this Reference.
1207 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1208 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1209 maintainer tools only!
1210 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1211 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1212 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1213 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1214 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1215 * Little corrections here and there.
1216 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1217 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1220 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1222 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1224 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1225 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1226 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1228 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1229 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1230 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1231 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1232 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1233 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1234 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1235 do prior to uploading
1236 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1237 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1239 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1240 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1241 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1242 duties with respect to bugs
1243 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1244 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1245 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1247 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1248 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1249 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1250 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1251 explicit what is used to build this package
1253 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1255 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1258 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1259 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1260 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1261 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1262 * utilize the new URL tag
1263 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1266 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1268 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1270 * non-maintainer release
1271 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1272 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1273 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1274 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1275 text, it can't hurt you.)
1276 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1277 reflect this packages version number
1278 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1280 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1282 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1286 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1288 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1290 * New version numbering scheme:
1292 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1293 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1294 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1297 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1298 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1299 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1300 differ between the manuals.
1302 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1303 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1304 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1305 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1307 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1308 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1310 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1312 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1314 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1316 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1318 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1319 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1321 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1322 (as requested by James Troup)
1324 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1326 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1328 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1330 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1332 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1334 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1336 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1338 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1339 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1340 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1341 the non-maintainer release
1343 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1344 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1345 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1348 - Lots of typos fixed
1350 * Compressed SGML source code
1352 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1353 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1355 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1357 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1359 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1361 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1362 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1363 - Announcing package uploads
1364 * New section about Debian Mentors
1365 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1366 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1367 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1368 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1370 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1372 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1374 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1375 of our FTP server and the development process
1376 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1377 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1378 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1380 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1381 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1382 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1383 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1384 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1385 contacting the maintainer
1386 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1387 a new manual released soon)
1388 * Some minor changes
1389 * Include SGML source in package
1390 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1391 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1393 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1395 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1399 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200