1 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
3 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
5 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
6 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
8 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
9 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
10 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
12 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
13 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
14 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
16 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
17 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
18 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
19 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
20 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
21 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
22 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
23 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
24 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
25 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
26 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
27 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
29 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
30 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
31 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
32 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
33 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
34 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
35 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
36 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
37 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
38 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
41 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
43 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
46 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
47 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
48 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
49 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
50 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
51 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
53 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
55 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
57 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
59 - non-us discontinued.
60 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
62 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
63 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
64 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
65 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
66 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
67 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
68 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
69 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
70 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
71 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
72 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
73 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
74 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
75 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
76 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
77 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
78 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
79 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
81 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
82 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
84 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
87 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
89 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
91 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
94 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
95 - madison is on merkel.
96 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
97 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
98 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
99 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
100 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
101 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
103 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
104 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
105 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
106 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
107 - sync NM rules with reality.
109 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
111 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
113 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
116 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
117 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
118 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
119 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
120 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
121 - spelling, grammer fixes.
122 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
123 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
124 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
125 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
126 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
127 - add myself to uploaders.
128 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
129 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
130 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
131 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
132 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
133 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
134 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
135 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
136 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
137 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
138 - rewrote the NMU section, and
139 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
140 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
141 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
142 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
143 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
144 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
145 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
146 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
148 - Security uploads get urgency=high
149 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
151 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
153 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
155 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
158 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
159 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
160 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
161 - documented Alioth, somewhat
163 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
164 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
166 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
167 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
168 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
169 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
173 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
175 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
176 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
177 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
178 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
181 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
183 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
186 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
188 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
189 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
190 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
192 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
193 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
194 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
195 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
198 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
200 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
201 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
202 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
203 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
204 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
206 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
207 it clear these are special cases
208 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
210 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
212 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
214 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
217 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
218 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
220 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
222 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
224 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
227 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
229 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
230 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
231 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
233 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
234 - the synopsis formula changed to either
235 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
237 <package-name> is <synopsis>
239 <package-name> are <synopsis>
241 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
242 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
243 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
244 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
245 package; closes: #187143
247 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
249 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
252 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
253 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
255 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
257 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
258 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
259 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
260 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
261 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
262 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
263 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
264 right places in the document, closes: #172897
265 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
269 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
271 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
272 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
273 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
274 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
275 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
276 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
277 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
279 - editorial changes on material added in this version
280 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
281 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
282 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
283 closes: #139957, #108416
284 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
285 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
287 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
289 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
292 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
294 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
295 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
296 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
297 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
299 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
300 for best practices for documentation
301 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
302 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
303 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
304 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
306 - spell-checking pass
308 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
310 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
313 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
314 descriptions" moved under there
315 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
316 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
317 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
318 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
319 the document where these tools are discussed
320 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
321 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
322 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
323 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
324 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
325 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
327 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
328 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
329 that can be fixed by DDP folks
330 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
331 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
332 - simply PS and PDF building rules
334 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
336 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
339 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
340 section and adjusted links
341 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
343 - ChangeLog attribution updates
344 - fix typos, closes: #171781
345 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
346 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
347 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
348 for debian/rules", and write an intro
349 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
350 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
351 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
352 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
353 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
354 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
355 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
356 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
357 "Internationalization"
358 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
359 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
360 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
361 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
362 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
363 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
364 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
365 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
366 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
368 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
369 rather useless and broken
370 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
371 names and the first word
372 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
373 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
374 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
376 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
377 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
378 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
380 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
382 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
385 - DDP publishing update
387 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
388 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
389 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
390 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
392 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
394 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
397 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
398 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
399 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
401 - added myself as co-author
402 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
404 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
405 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
407 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
408 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
410 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
412 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
415 - Corrected several errors with —
416 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
417 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
418 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
419 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
420 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
421 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
422 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
424 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
425 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
426 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
427 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
428 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
429 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
430 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
431 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
432 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
434 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
435 descriptions". closes: #158609
436 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
437 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
438 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
439 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
440 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
442 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
443 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
444 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
445 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
446 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
447 - updated the mailing lists section
449 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
450 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
453 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
455 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
458 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
459 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
461 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
463 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
464 Ch "The Debian Archive"
466 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
468 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
469 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
470 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
471 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
472 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
474 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
475 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
476 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
477 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
478 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
479 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
480 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
482 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
483 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
486 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
487 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
488 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
489 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
490 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
491 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
492 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
493 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
494 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
495 work-around with <...>
496 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
497 - update copyright date
498 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
499 - spell check and grammar corrections
503 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
505 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
506 recompile"; closes: #102626
507 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
508 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
509 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
510 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
511 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
513 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
514 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
515 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
517 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
519 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
520 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
521 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
522 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
523 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
524 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
525 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
526 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
527 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
529 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
531 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
533 - updated the list of available architectures.
534 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
535 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
536 of the package and nothing more.
537 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
538 any pain to the ftpmasters.
539 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
540 the use of the delayed queue.
541 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
542 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
544 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
545 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
546 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
547 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
548 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
549 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
550 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
552 - new Sec "Documentation"
553 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
554 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
555 "Being kind to porter" too
556 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
557 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
558 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
559 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
560 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
562 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
563 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
566 - update French translation
568 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
570 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
573 - some grammar corrections
574 - update French translation
576 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
577 anymore; closes: #135559
578 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
580 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
582 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
583 that would be welcome)
584 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
585 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
586 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
587 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
588 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
589 - other minor wording changes
590 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
591 - Ch "Package uploads":
592 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
593 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
594 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
595 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
596 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
597 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
598 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
600 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
602 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
604 * from Martin Michlmayr
605 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
606 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
607 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
609 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
611 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
613 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
615 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
616 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
617 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
620 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
622 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
625 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
627 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
630 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
632 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
633 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
634 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
635 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
636 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
637 talking about uploading to distributions
638 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
639 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
640 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
642 - French translation updated
644 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
645 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
646 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
648 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
650 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
653 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
654 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
657 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
659 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
662 * fix a typo in a link
663 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
664 update documentation accordingly
666 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
667 forwarding bugs upstream
669 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
670 entities which should be used
671 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
672 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
674 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
676 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
678 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
679 * French version: completely up-to-date now
680 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
681 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
683 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
686 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
688 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
690 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
692 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
693 this translation needs updating
694 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
695 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
696 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
698 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
699 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
700 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
702 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
703 included yet, however
705 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
707 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
709 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
711 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
712 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
714 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
716 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
718 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
720 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
721 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
722 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
724 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
726 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
728 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
731 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
732 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
733 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
734 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
735 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
736 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
737 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
738 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
739 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
740 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
741 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
742 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
744 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
745 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
746 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
747 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
748 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
750 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
752 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
753 * update copyright notice for 2001
754 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
755 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
756 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
758 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
760 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
762 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
764 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
766 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
768 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
770 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
772 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
773 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
775 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
776 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
777 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
778 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
779 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
780 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
781 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
782 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
783 could be used if necessary
784 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
785 mention the rsync dupload method
786 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
788 * other small corrections
789 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
790 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
791 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
792 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
794 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
796 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
797 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
799 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
801 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
803 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
804 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
805 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
806 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
808 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
809 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
810 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
811 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
812 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
814 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
816 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
817 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
818 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
819 team (closes: Bug#52906)
820 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
821 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
822 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
824 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
825 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
826 - added a section about the LDAP database
827 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
828 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
830 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
831 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
833 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
835 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
837 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
838 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
839 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
841 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
842 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
843 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
844 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
845 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
846 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
847 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
848 description from developers-reference.sgml
850 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
852 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
854 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
855 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
857 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
859 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
860 releases are available at archive.debian.org
861 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
862 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
863 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
864 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
865 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
866 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
867 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
868 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
870 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
871 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
872 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
873 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
875 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
876 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
877 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
878 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
879 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
880 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
881 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
882 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
883 suggestion from James Troup
884 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
885 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
886 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
887 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
890 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
892 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
894 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
895 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
897 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
899 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
901 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
902 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
903 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
904 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
905 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
906 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
907 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
909 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
911 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
913 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
914 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
915 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
916 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
917 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
918 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
920 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
921 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
923 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
925 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
927 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
929 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
931 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
932 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
933 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
934 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
935 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
937 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
938 with intro; demoted server sections under that
939 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
940 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
942 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
943 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
944 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
945 a normal developer may have access.
947 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
949 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
951 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
952 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
953 step all over each other
955 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
957 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
959 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
960 address for PGP key updates
962 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
964 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
966 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
967 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
968 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
969 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
970 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
972 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
974 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
976 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
977 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
978 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
979 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
980 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
981 <keyring-maint> instead)
982 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
983 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
985 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
987 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
988 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
989 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
991 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
993 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
995 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
996 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
997 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
998 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
999 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1000 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1002 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1003 tighten up the language a bit
1004 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1005 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1006 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1007 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1009 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1010 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1011 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1012 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1013 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1014 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1016 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1017 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1018 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1019 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1020 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1021 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1022 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1023 number of available packages
1024 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1025 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1027 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1029 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1031 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1034 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1036 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1038 * not officially released
1039 * more spelling corrections
1040 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1042 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1044 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1046 * not officially released
1047 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1048 * some PGP-centricity removed
1049 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1050 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1051 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1052 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1053 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1054 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1056 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1058 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1060 * not officially released
1061 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1062 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1063 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1064 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1065 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1066 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1067 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1068 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1069 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1070 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1071 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1072 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1073 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1074 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1076 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1077 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1079 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1081 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1082 take a couple of weeks
1083 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1084 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1085 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1086 excited about it and can't wait
1087 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1088 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1090 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1091 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1093 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1094 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1095 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1097 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1099 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1101 * move to 3-level version number:
1102 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1103 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1104 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1105 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1106 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1109 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1110 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1111 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1113 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1115 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1116 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1117 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1118 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1119 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1120 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1122 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1124 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1125 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1126 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1127 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1128 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1129 - "The CVS server": new section added
1130 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1132 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1133 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1134 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1135 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1136 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1137 with respect to GPG.
1138 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1139 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1140 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1141 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1142 a canonical location?)
1143 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1144 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1145 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1146 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1148 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1150 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1151 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1152 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1153 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1155 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1157 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1159 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1160 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1161 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1162 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1163 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1164 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1165 and should not be included in this Reference.
1166 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1167 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1168 maintainer tools only!
1169 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1170 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1171 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1172 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1173 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1174 * Little corrections here and there.
1175 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1176 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1179 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1181 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1183 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1184 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1185 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1187 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1188 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1189 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1190 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1191 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1192 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1193 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1194 do prior to uploading
1195 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1196 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1198 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1199 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1200 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1201 duties with respect to bugs
1202 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1203 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1204 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1206 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1207 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1208 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1209 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1210 explicit what is used to build this package
1212 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1214 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1217 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1218 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1219 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1220 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1221 * utilize the new URL tag
1222 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1225 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1227 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1229 * non-maintainer release
1230 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1231 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1232 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1233 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1234 text, it can't hurt you.)
1235 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1236 reflect this packages version number
1237 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1239 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1241 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1245 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1247 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1249 * New version numbering scheme:
1251 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1252 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1253 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1256 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1257 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1258 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1259 differ between the manuals.
1261 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1262 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1263 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1264 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1266 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1267 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1269 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1271 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1273 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1275 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1277 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1278 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1280 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1281 (as requested by James Troup)
1283 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1285 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1287 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1289 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1291 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1293 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1295 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1297 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1298 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1299 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1300 the non-maintainer release
1302 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1303 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1304 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1307 - Lots of typos fixed
1309 * Compressed SGML source code
1311 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1312 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1314 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1316 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1318 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1320 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1321 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1322 - Announcing package uploads
1323 * New section about Debian Mentors
1324 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1325 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1326 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1327 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1329 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1331 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1333 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1334 of our FTP server and the development process
1335 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1336 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1337 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1339 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1340 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1341 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1342 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1343 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1344 contacting the maintainer
1345 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1346 a new manual released soon)
1347 * Some minor changes
1348 * Include SGML source in package
1349 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1350 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1352 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1354 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1358 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200