1 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
3 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
5 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
6 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
8 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
9 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
10 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
12 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
13 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
14 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
16 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
17 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
18 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
19 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
20 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
21 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
22 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
23 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
24 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
25 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
27 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
29 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
32 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
33 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
34 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
35 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
36 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
37 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
39 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
41 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
43 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
45 - non-us discontinued.
46 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
48 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
49 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
50 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
51 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
52 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
53 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
54 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
55 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
56 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
57 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
58 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
59 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
60 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
61 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
62 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
63 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
64 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
65 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
67 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
68 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
70 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
73 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
75 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
77 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
80 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
81 - madison is on merkel.
82 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
83 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
84 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
85 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
86 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
87 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
89 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
90 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
91 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
92 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
93 - sync NM rules with reality.
95 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
97 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
99 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
102 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
103 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
104 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
105 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
106 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
107 - spelling, grammer fixes.
108 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
109 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
110 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
111 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
112 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
113 - add myself to uploaders.
114 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
115 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
116 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
117 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
118 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
119 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
120 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
121 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
122 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
123 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
124 - rewrote the NMU section, and
125 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
126 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
127 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
128 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
129 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
130 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
131 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
132 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
134 - Security uploads get urgency=high
135 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
137 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
139 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
141 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
144 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
145 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
146 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
147 - documented Alioth, somewhat
149 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
150 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
152 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
153 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
154 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
155 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
159 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
161 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
162 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
163 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
164 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
167 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
169 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
172 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
174 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
175 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
176 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
178 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
179 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
180 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
181 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
184 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
186 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
187 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
188 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
189 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
190 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
192 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
193 it clear these are special cases
194 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
196 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
198 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
200 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
203 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
204 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
206 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
208 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
210 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
213 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
215 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
216 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
217 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
219 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
220 - the synopsis formula changed to either
221 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
223 <package-name> is <synopsis>
225 <package-name> are <synopsis>
227 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
228 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
229 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
230 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
231 package; closes: #187143
233 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
235 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
238 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
239 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
241 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
243 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
244 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
245 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
246 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
247 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
248 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
249 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
250 right places in the document, closes: #172897
251 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
255 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
257 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
258 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
259 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
260 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
261 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
262 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
263 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
265 - editorial changes on material added in this version
266 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
267 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
268 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
269 closes: #139957, #108416
270 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
271 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
273 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
275 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
278 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
280 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
281 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
282 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
283 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
285 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
286 for best practices for documentation
287 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
288 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
289 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
290 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
292 - spell-checking pass
294 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
296 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
299 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
300 descriptions" moved under there
301 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
302 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
303 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
304 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
305 the document where these tools are discussed
306 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
307 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
308 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
309 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
310 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
311 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
313 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
314 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
315 that can be fixed by DDP folks
316 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
317 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
318 - simply PS and PDF building rules
320 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
322 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
325 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
326 section and adjusted links
327 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
329 - ChangeLog attribution updates
330 - fix typos, closes: #171781
331 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
332 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
333 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
334 for debian/rules", and write an intro
335 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
336 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
337 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
338 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
339 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
340 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
341 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
342 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
343 "Internationalization"
344 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
345 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
346 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
347 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
348 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
349 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
350 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
351 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
352 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
354 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
355 rather useless and broken
356 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
357 names and the first word
358 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
359 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
360 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
362 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
363 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
364 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
366 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
368 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
371 - DDP publishing update
373 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
374 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
375 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
376 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
378 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
380 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
383 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
384 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
385 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
387 - added myself as co-author
388 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
390 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
391 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
393 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
394 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
396 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
398 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
401 - Corrected several errors with —
402 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
403 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
404 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
405 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
406 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
407 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
408 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
410 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
411 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
412 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
413 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
414 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
415 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
416 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
417 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
418 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
420 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
421 descriptions". closes: #158609
422 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
423 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
424 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
425 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
426 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
428 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
429 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
430 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
431 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
432 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
433 - updated the mailing lists section
435 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
436 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
439 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
441 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
444 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
445 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
447 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
449 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
450 Ch "The Debian Archive"
452 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
454 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
455 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
456 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
457 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
458 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
460 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
461 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
462 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
463 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
464 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
465 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
466 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
468 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
469 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
472 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
473 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
474 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
475 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
476 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
477 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
478 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
479 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
480 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
481 work-around with <...>
482 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
483 - update copyright date
484 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
485 - spell check and grammar corrections
489 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
491 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
492 recompile"; closes: #102626
493 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
494 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
495 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
496 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
497 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
499 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
500 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
501 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
503 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
505 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
506 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
507 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
508 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
509 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
510 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
511 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
512 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
513 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
515 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
517 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
519 - updated the list of available architectures.
520 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
521 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
522 of the package and nothing more.
523 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
524 any pain to the ftpmasters.
525 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
526 the use of the delayed queue.
527 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
528 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
530 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
531 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
532 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
533 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
534 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
535 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
536 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
538 - new Sec "Documentation"
539 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
540 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
541 "Being kind to porter" too
542 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
543 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
544 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
545 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
546 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
548 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
549 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
552 - update French translation
554 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
556 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
559 - some grammar corrections
560 - update French translation
562 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
563 anymore; closes: #135559
564 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
566 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
568 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
569 that would be welcome)
570 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
571 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
572 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
573 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
574 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
575 - other minor wording changes
576 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
577 - Ch "Package uploads":
578 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
579 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
580 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
581 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
582 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
583 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
584 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
586 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
588 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
590 * from Martin Michlmayr
591 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
592 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
593 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
595 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
597 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
599 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
601 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
602 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
603 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
606 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
608 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
611 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
613 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
616 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
618 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
619 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
620 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
621 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
622 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
623 talking about uploading to distributions
624 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
625 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
626 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
628 - French translation updated
630 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
631 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
632 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
634 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
636 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
639 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
640 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
643 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
645 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
648 * fix a typo in a link
649 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
650 update documentation accordingly
652 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
653 forwarding bugs upstream
655 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
656 entities which should be used
657 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
658 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
660 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
662 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
664 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
665 * French version: completely up-to-date now
666 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
667 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
669 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
672 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
674 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
676 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
678 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
679 this translation needs updating
680 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
681 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
682 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
684 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
685 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
686 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
688 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
689 included yet, however
691 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
693 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
695 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
697 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
698 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
700 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
702 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
704 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
706 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
707 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
708 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
710 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
712 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
714 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
717 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
718 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
719 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
720 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
721 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
722 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
723 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
724 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
725 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
726 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
727 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
728 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
730 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
731 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
732 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
733 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
734 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
736 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
738 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
739 * update copyright notice for 2001
740 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
741 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
742 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
744 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
746 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
748 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
750 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
752 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
754 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
756 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
758 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
759 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
761 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
762 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
763 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
764 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
765 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
766 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
767 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
768 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
769 could be used if necessary
770 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
771 mention the rsync dupload method
772 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
774 * other small corrections
775 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
776 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
777 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
778 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
780 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
782 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
783 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
785 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
787 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
789 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
790 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
791 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
792 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
794 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
795 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
796 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
797 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
798 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
800 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
802 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
803 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
804 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
805 team (closes: Bug#52906)
806 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
807 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
808 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
810 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
811 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
812 - added a section about the LDAP database
813 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
814 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
816 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
817 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
819 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
821 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
823 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
824 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
825 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
827 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
828 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
829 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
830 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
831 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
832 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
833 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
834 description from developers-reference.sgml
836 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
838 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
840 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
841 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
843 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
845 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
846 releases are available at archive.debian.org
847 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
848 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
849 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
850 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
851 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
852 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
853 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
854 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
856 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
857 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
858 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
859 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
861 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
862 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
863 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
864 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
865 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
866 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
867 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
868 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
869 suggestion from James Troup
870 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
871 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
872 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
873 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
876 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
878 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
880 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
881 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
883 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
885 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
887 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
888 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
889 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
890 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
891 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
892 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
893 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
895 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
897 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
899 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
900 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
901 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
902 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
903 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
904 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
906 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
907 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
909 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
911 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
913 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
915 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
917 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
918 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
919 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
920 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
921 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
923 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
924 with intro; demoted server sections under that
925 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
926 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
928 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
929 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
930 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
931 a normal developer may have access.
933 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
935 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
937 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
938 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
939 step all over each other
941 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
943 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
945 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
946 address for PGP key updates
948 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
950 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
952 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
953 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
954 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
955 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
956 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
958 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
960 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
962 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
963 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
964 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
965 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
966 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
967 <keyring-maint> instead)
968 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
969 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
971 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
973 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
974 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
975 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
977 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
979 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
981 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
982 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
983 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
984 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
985 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
986 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
988 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
989 tighten up the language a bit
990 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
991 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
992 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
993 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
995 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
996 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
997 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
998 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
999 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1000 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1002 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1003 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1004 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1005 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1006 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1007 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1008 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1009 number of available packages
1010 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1011 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1013 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1015 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1017 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1020 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1022 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1024 * not officially released
1025 * more spelling corrections
1026 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1028 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1030 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1032 * not officially released
1033 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1034 * some PGP-centricity removed
1035 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1036 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1037 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1038 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1039 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1040 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1042 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1044 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1046 * not officially released
1047 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1048 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1049 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1050 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1051 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1052 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1053 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1054 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1055 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1056 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1057 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1058 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1059 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1060 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1062 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1063 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1065 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1067 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1068 take a couple of weeks
1069 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1070 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1071 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1072 excited about it and can't wait
1073 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1074 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1076 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1077 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1079 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1080 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1081 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1083 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1085 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1087 * move to 3-level version number:
1088 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1089 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1090 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1091 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1092 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1095 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1096 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1097 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1099 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1101 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1102 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1103 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1104 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1105 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1106 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1108 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1110 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1111 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1112 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1113 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1114 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1115 - "The CVS server": new section added
1116 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1118 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1119 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1120 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1121 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1122 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1123 with respect to GPG.
1124 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1125 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1126 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1127 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1128 a canonical location?)
1129 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1130 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1131 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1132 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1134 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1136 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1137 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1138 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1139 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1141 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1143 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1145 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1146 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1147 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1148 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1149 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1150 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1151 and should not be included in this Reference.
1152 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1153 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1154 maintainer tools only!
1155 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1156 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1157 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1158 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1159 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1160 * Little corrections here and there.
1161 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1162 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1165 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1167 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1169 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1170 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1171 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1173 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1174 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1175 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1176 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1177 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1178 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1179 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1180 do prior to uploading
1181 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1182 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1184 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1185 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1186 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1187 duties with respect to bugs
1188 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1189 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1190 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1192 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1193 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1194 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1195 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1196 explicit what is used to build this package
1198 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1200 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1203 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1204 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1205 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1206 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1207 * utilize the new URL tag
1208 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1211 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1213 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1215 * non-maintainer release
1216 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1217 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1218 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1219 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1220 text, it can't hurt you.)
1221 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1222 reflect this packages version number
1223 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1225 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1227 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1231 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1233 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1235 * New version numbering scheme:
1237 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1238 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1239 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1242 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1243 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1244 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1245 differ between the manuals.
1247 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1248 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1249 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1250 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1252 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1253 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1255 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1257 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1259 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1261 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1263 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1264 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1266 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1267 (as requested by James Troup)
1269 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1271 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1273 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1275 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1277 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1279 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1281 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1283 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1284 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1285 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1286 the non-maintainer release
1288 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1289 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1290 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1293 - Lots of typos fixed
1295 * Compressed SGML source code
1297 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1298 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1300 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1302 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1304 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1306 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1307 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1308 - Announcing package uploads
1309 * New section about Debian Mentors
1310 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1311 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1312 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1313 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1315 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1317 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1319 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1320 of our FTP server and the development process
1321 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1322 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1323 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1325 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1326 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1327 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1328 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1329 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1330 contacting the maintainer
1331 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1332 a new manual released soon)
1333 * Some minor changes
1334 * Include SGML source in package
1335 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1336 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1338 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1340 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1344 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200