1 developers-reference (3.4.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
5 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
8 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
9 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
10 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
11 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
12 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
13 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
14 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
15 patch. Closes: #540231
17 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:49:40 +0900
19 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
21 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
22 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
24 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
26 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
28 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
29 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
31 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
33 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
35 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
36 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
37 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
38 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
39 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
40 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
41 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
42 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
43 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
44 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
45 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
46 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
47 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
48 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
49 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
50 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
51 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
52 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
53 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
54 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
55 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
56 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
58 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
60 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
63 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
67 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
68 The most important changes are:
69 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
70 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
73 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
74 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
75 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
76 distinction. Closes: #464230.
77 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
78 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
79 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
80 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
81 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
82 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
84 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
85 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
87 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
88 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
90 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
91 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
93 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
95 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
96 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
98 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
99 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
100 Closes: #512620, #510783.
102 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
104 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
107 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
108 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
109 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
110 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
111 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
112 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
113 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
114 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
116 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
118 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
121 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
122 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
123 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
124 release codenames in <literal>
125 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
126 doesn't exist anymore.
127 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
128 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
129 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
130 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
131 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
132 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
133 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
134 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
135 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
136 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
137 team before upload. Closes: #459343
138 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
139 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
140 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
141 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
142 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
143 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
144 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
146 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
147 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
149 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
150 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
151 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
152 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
153 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
154 Thomas. Closes: #485837
156 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
157 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
159 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
161 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
165 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
166 - fix debian/copyright
167 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
168 - add pdf for French version.
169 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
170 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
171 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
172 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
173 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
174 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
175 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
176 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
177 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
179 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
180 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
182 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
184 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
185 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
186 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
187 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
188 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
189 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
191 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
194 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
195 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
196 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
197 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
198 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
199 * Update information concerning Alioth.
200 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
201 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
203 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
204 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
206 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
209 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
211 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
213 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
215 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
216 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
218 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
219 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
220 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
222 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
223 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
224 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
226 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
227 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
228 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
229 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
230 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
231 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
232 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
233 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
234 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
235 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
236 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
237 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
239 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
240 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
241 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
242 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
243 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
244 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
245 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
246 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
247 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
248 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
252 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
254 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
256 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
259 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
260 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
261 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
262 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
263 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
264 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
266 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
268 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
270 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
272 - non-us discontinued.
273 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
275 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
276 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
277 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
278 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
279 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
280 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
281 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
282 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
283 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
284 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
285 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
286 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
287 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
288 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
289 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
290 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
291 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
292 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
294 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
295 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
297 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
300 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
302 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
304 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
307 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
308 - madison is on merkel.
309 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
310 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
311 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
312 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
313 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
314 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
316 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
317 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
318 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
319 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
320 - sync NM rules with reality.
322 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
324 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
326 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
329 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
330 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
331 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
332 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
333 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
334 - spelling, grammer fixes.
335 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
336 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
337 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
338 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
339 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
340 - add myself to uploaders.
341 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
342 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
343 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
344 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
345 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
346 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
347 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
348 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
349 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
350 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
351 - rewrote the NMU section, and
352 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
353 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
354 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
355 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
356 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
357 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
358 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
359 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
361 - Security uploads get urgency=high
362 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
364 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
366 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
368 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
371 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
372 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
373 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
374 - documented Alioth, somewhat
376 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
377 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
379 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
380 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
381 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
382 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
386 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
388 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
389 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
390 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
391 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
394 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
396 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
399 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
401 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
402 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
403 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
405 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
406 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
407 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
408 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
411 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
413 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
414 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
415 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
416 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
417 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
419 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
420 it clear these are special cases
421 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
423 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
425 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
427 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
430 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
431 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
433 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
435 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
437 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
440 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
442 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
443 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
444 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
446 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
447 - the synopsis formula changed to either
448 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
450 <package-name> is <synopsis>
452 <package-name> are <synopsis>
454 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
455 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
456 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
457 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
458 package; closes: #187143
460 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
462 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
465 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
466 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
468 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
470 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
471 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
472 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
473 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
474 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
475 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
476 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
477 right places in the document, closes: #172897
478 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
482 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
484 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
485 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
486 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
487 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
488 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
489 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
490 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
492 - editorial changes on material added in this version
493 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
494 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
495 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
496 closes: #139957, #108416
497 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
498 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
500 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
502 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
505 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
507 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
508 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
509 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
510 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
512 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
513 for best practices for documentation
514 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
515 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
516 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
517 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
519 - spell-checking pass
521 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
523 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
526 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
527 descriptions" moved under there
528 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
529 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
530 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
531 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
532 the document where these tools are discussed
533 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
534 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
535 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
536 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
537 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
538 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
540 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
541 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
542 that can be fixed by DDP folks
543 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
544 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
545 - simply PS and PDF building rules
547 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
549 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
552 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
553 section and adjusted links
554 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
556 - ChangeLog attribution updates
557 - fix typos, closes: #171781
558 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
559 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
560 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
561 for debian/rules", and write an intro
562 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
563 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
564 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
565 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
566 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
567 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
568 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
569 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
570 "Internationalization"
571 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
572 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
573 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
574 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
575 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
576 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
577 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
578 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
579 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
581 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
582 rather useless and broken
583 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
584 names and the first word
585 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
586 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
587 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
589 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
590 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
591 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
593 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
595 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
598 - DDP publishing update
600 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
601 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
602 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
603 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
605 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
607 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
610 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
611 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
612 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
614 - added myself as co-author
615 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
617 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
618 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
620 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
621 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
623 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
625 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
628 - Corrected several errors with —
629 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
630 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
631 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
632 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
633 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
634 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
635 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
637 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
638 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
639 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
640 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
641 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
642 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
643 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
644 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
645 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
647 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
648 descriptions". closes: #158609
649 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
650 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
651 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
652 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
653 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
655 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
656 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
657 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
658 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
659 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
660 - updated the mailing lists section
662 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
663 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
666 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
668 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
671 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
672 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
674 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
676 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
677 Ch "The Debian Archive"
679 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
681 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
682 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
683 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
684 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
685 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
687 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
688 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
689 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
690 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
691 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
692 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
693 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
695 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
696 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
699 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
700 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
701 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
702 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
703 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
704 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
705 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
706 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
707 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
708 work-around with <...>
709 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
710 - update copyright date
711 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
712 - spell check and grammar corrections
716 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
718 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
719 recompile"; closes: #102626
720 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
721 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
722 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
723 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
724 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
726 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
727 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
728 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
730 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
732 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
733 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
734 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
735 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
736 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
737 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
738 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
739 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
740 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
742 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
744 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
746 - updated the list of available architectures.
747 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
748 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
749 of the package and nothing more.
750 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
751 any pain to the ftpmasters.
752 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
753 the use of the delayed queue.
754 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
755 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
757 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
758 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
759 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
760 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
761 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
762 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
763 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
765 - new Sec "Documentation"
766 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
767 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
768 "Being kind to porter" too
769 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
770 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
771 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
772 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
773 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
775 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
776 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
779 - update French translation
781 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
783 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
786 - some grammar corrections
787 - update French translation
789 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
790 anymore; closes: #135559
791 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
793 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
795 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
796 that would be welcome)
797 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
798 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
799 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
800 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
801 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
802 - other minor wording changes
803 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
804 - Ch "Package uploads":
805 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
806 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
807 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
808 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
809 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
810 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
811 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
813 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
815 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
817 * from Martin Michlmayr
818 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
819 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
820 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
822 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
824 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
826 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
828 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
829 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
830 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
833 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
835 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
838 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
840 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
843 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
845 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
846 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
847 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
848 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
849 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
850 talking about uploading to distributions
851 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
852 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
853 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
855 - French translation updated
857 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
858 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
859 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
861 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
863 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
866 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
867 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
870 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
872 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
875 * fix a typo in a link
876 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
877 update documentation accordingly
879 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
880 forwarding bugs upstream
882 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
883 entities which should be used
884 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
885 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
887 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
889 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
891 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
892 * French version: completely up-to-date now
893 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
894 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
896 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
899 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
901 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
903 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
905 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
906 this translation needs updating
907 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
908 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
909 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
911 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
912 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
913 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
915 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
916 included yet, however
918 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
920 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
922 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
924 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
925 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
927 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
929 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
931 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
933 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
934 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
935 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
937 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
939 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
941 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
944 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
945 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
946 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
947 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
948 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
949 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
950 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
951 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
952 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
953 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
954 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
955 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
957 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
958 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
959 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
960 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
961 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
963 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
965 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
966 * update copyright notice for 2001
967 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
968 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
969 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
971 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
973 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
975 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
977 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
979 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
981 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
983 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
985 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
986 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
988 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
989 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
990 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
991 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
992 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
993 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
994 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
995 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
996 could be used if necessary
997 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
998 mention the rsync dupload method
999 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1001 * other small corrections
1002 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1003 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1004 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1005 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1007 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1009 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1010 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1012 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1014 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1016 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1017 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1018 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1019 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1021 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1022 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1023 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1024 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1025 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1027 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1029 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1030 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1031 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1032 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1033 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1034 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1035 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1037 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1038 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1039 - added a section about the LDAP database
1040 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1041 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1043 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1044 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1046 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1048 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1050 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1051 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1052 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1054 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1055 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1056 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1057 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1058 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1059 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1060 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1061 description from developers-reference.sgml
1063 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1065 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1067 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1068 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1070 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1072 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1073 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1074 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1075 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1076 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1077 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1078 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1079 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1080 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1081 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1083 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1084 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1085 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1086 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1088 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1089 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1090 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1091 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1092 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1093 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1094 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1095 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1096 suggestion from James Troup
1097 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1098 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1099 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1100 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1103 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1105 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1107 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1108 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1110 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1112 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1114 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1115 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1116 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1117 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1118 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1119 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1120 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1122 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1124 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1126 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1127 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1128 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1129 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1130 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1131 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1133 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1134 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1136 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1138 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1140 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1142 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1144 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1145 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1146 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1147 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1148 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1150 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1151 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1152 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1153 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1155 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1156 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1157 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1158 a normal developer may have access.
1160 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1162 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1164 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1165 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1166 step all over each other
1168 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1170 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1172 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1173 address for PGP key updates
1175 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1177 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1179 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1180 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1181 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1182 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1183 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1185 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1187 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1189 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1190 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1191 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1192 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1193 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1194 <keyring-maint> instead)
1195 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1196 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1198 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1200 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1201 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1202 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1204 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1206 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1208 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1209 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1210 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1211 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1212 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1213 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1215 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1216 tighten up the language a bit
1217 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1218 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1219 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1220 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1222 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1223 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1224 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1225 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1226 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1227 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1229 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1230 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1231 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1232 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1233 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1234 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1235 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1236 number of available packages
1237 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1238 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1240 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1242 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1244 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1247 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1249 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1251 * not officially released
1252 * more spelling corrections
1253 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1255 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1257 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1259 * not officially released
1260 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1261 * some PGP-centricity removed
1262 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1263 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1264 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1265 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1266 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1267 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1269 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1271 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1273 * not officially released
1274 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1275 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1276 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1277 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1278 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1279 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1280 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1281 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1282 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1283 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1284 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1285 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1286 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1287 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1289 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1290 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1292 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1294 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1295 take a couple of weeks
1296 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1297 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1298 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1299 excited about it and can't wait
1300 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1301 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1303 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1304 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1306 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1307 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1308 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1310 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1312 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1314 * move to 3-level version number:
1315 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1316 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1317 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1318 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1319 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1322 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1323 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1324 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1326 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1328 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1329 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1330 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1331 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1332 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1333 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1335 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1337 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1338 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1339 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1340 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1341 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1342 - "The CVS server": new section added
1343 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1345 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1346 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1347 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1348 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1349 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1350 with respect to GPG.
1351 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1352 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1353 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1354 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1355 a canonical location?)
1356 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1357 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1358 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1359 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1361 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1363 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1364 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1365 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1366 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1368 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1370 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1372 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1373 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1374 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1375 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1376 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1377 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1378 and should not be included in this Reference.
1379 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1380 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1381 maintainer tools only!
1382 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1383 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1384 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1385 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1386 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1387 * Little corrections here and there.
1388 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1389 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1392 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1394 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1396 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1397 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1398 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1400 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1401 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1402 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1403 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1404 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1405 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1406 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1407 do prior to uploading
1408 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1409 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1411 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1412 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1413 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1414 duties with respect to bugs
1415 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1416 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1417 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1419 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1420 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1421 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1422 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1423 explicit what is used to build this package
1425 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1427 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1430 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1431 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1432 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1433 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1434 * utilize the new URL tag
1435 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1438 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1440 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1442 * non-maintainer release
1443 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1444 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1445 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1446 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1447 text, it can't hurt you.)
1448 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1449 reflect this packages version number
1450 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1452 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1454 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1458 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1460 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1462 * New version numbering scheme:
1464 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1465 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1466 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1469 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1470 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1471 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1472 differ between the manuals.
1474 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1475 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1476 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1477 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1479 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1480 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1482 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1484 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1486 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1488 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1490 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1491 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1493 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1494 (as requested by James Troup)
1496 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1498 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1500 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1502 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1504 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1506 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1508 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1510 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1511 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1512 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1513 the non-maintainer release
1515 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1516 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1517 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1520 - Lots of typos fixed
1522 * Compressed SGML source code
1524 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1525 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1527 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1529 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1531 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1533 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1534 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1535 - Announcing package uploads
1536 * New section about Debian Mentors
1537 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1538 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1539 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1540 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1542 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1544 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1546 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1547 of our FTP server and the development process
1548 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1549 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1550 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1552 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1553 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1554 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1555 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1556 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1557 contacting the maintainer
1558 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1559 a new manual released soon)
1560 * Some minor changes
1561 * Include SGML source in package
1562 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1563 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1565 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1567 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1571 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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