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
11 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:49:40 +0900
13 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
15 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
16 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
18 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
20 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
22 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
23 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
25 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
27 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
29 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
30 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
31 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
32 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
33 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
34 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
35 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
36 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
37 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
38 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
39 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
40 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
41 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
42 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
43 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
44 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
45 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
46 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
47 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
48 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
49 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
50 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
52 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
54 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
57 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
61 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
62 The most important changes are:
63 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
64 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
67 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
68 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
69 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
70 distinction. Closes: #464230.
71 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
72 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
73 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
74 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
75 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
76 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
78 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
79 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
81 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
82 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
84 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
85 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
87 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
89 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
90 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
92 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
93 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
94 Closes: #512620, #510783.
96 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
98 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
101 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
102 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
103 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
104 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
105 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
106 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
107 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
108 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
110 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
112 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
115 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
116 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
117 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
118 release codenames in <literal>
119 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
120 doesn't exist anymore.
121 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
122 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
123 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
124 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
125 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
126 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
127 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
128 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
129 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
130 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
131 team before upload. Closes: #459343
132 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
133 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
134 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
135 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
136 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
137 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
138 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
140 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
141 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
143 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
144 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
145 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
146 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
147 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
148 Thomas. Closes: #485837
150 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
151 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
153 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
155 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
159 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
160 - fix debian/copyright
161 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
162 - add pdf for French version.
163 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
164 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
165 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
166 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
167 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
168 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
169 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
170 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
171 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
173 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
174 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
176 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
178 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
179 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
180 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
181 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
182 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
183 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
185 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
188 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
189 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
190 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
191 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
192 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
193 * Update information concerning Alioth.
194 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
195 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
197 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
198 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
200 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
203 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
205 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
207 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
209 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
210 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
212 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
213 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
214 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
216 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
217 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
218 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
220 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
221 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
222 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
223 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
224 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
225 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
226 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
227 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
228 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
229 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
230 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
231 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
233 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
234 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
235 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
236 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
237 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
238 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
239 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
240 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
241 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
242 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
246 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
248 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
250 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
253 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
254 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
255 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
256 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
257 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
258 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
260 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
262 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
264 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
266 - non-us discontinued.
267 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
269 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
270 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
271 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
272 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
273 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
274 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
275 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
276 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
277 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
278 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
279 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
280 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
281 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
282 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
283 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
284 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
285 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
286 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
288 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
289 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
291 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
294 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
296 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
298 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
301 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
302 - madison is on merkel.
303 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
304 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
305 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
306 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
307 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
308 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
310 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
311 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
312 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
313 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
314 - sync NM rules with reality.
316 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
318 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
320 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
323 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
324 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
325 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
326 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
327 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
328 - spelling, grammer fixes.
329 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
330 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
331 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
332 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
333 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
334 - add myself to uploaders.
335 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
336 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
337 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
338 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
339 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
340 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
341 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
342 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
343 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
344 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
345 - rewrote the NMU section, and
346 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
347 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
348 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
349 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
350 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
351 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
352 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
353 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
355 - Security uploads get urgency=high
356 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
358 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
360 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
362 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
365 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
366 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
367 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
368 - documented Alioth, somewhat
370 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
371 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
373 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
374 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
375 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
376 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
380 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
382 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
383 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
384 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
385 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
388 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
390 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
393 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
395 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
396 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
397 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
399 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
400 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
401 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
402 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
405 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
407 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
408 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
409 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
410 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
411 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
413 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
414 it clear these are special cases
415 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
417 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
419 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
421 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
424 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
425 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
427 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
429 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
431 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
434 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
436 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
437 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
438 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
440 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
441 - the synopsis formula changed to either
442 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
444 <package-name> is <synopsis>
446 <package-name> are <synopsis>
448 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
449 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
450 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
451 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
452 package; closes: #187143
454 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
456 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
459 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
460 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
462 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
464 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
465 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
466 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
467 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
468 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
469 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
470 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
471 right places in the document, closes: #172897
472 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
476 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
478 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
479 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
480 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
481 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
482 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
483 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
484 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
486 - editorial changes on material added in this version
487 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
488 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
489 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
490 closes: #139957, #108416
491 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
492 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
494 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
496 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
499 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
501 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
502 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
503 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
504 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
506 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
507 for best practices for documentation
508 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
509 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
510 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
511 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
513 - spell-checking pass
515 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
517 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
520 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
521 descriptions" moved under there
522 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
523 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
524 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
525 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
526 the document where these tools are discussed
527 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
528 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
529 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
530 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
531 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
532 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
534 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
535 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
536 that can be fixed by DDP folks
537 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
538 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
539 - simply PS and PDF building rules
541 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
543 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
546 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
547 section and adjusted links
548 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
550 - ChangeLog attribution updates
551 - fix typos, closes: #171781
552 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
553 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
554 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
555 for debian/rules", and write an intro
556 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
557 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
558 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
559 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
560 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
561 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
562 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
563 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
564 "Internationalization"
565 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
566 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
567 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
568 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
569 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
570 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
571 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
572 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
573 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
575 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
576 rather useless and broken
577 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
578 names and the first word
579 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
580 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
581 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
583 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
584 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
585 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
587 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
589 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
592 - DDP publishing update
594 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
595 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
596 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
597 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
599 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
601 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
604 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
605 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
606 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
608 - added myself as co-author
609 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
611 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
612 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
614 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
615 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
617 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
619 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
622 - Corrected several errors with —
623 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
624 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
625 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
626 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
627 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
628 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
629 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
631 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
632 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
633 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
634 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
635 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
636 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
637 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
638 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
639 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
641 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
642 descriptions". closes: #158609
643 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
644 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
645 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
646 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
647 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
649 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
650 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
651 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
652 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
653 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
654 - updated the mailing lists section
656 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
657 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
660 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
662 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
665 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
666 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
668 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
670 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
671 Ch "The Debian Archive"
673 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
675 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
676 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
677 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
678 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
679 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
681 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
682 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
683 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
684 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
685 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
686 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
687 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
689 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
690 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
693 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
694 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
695 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
696 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
697 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
698 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
699 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
700 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
701 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
702 work-around with <...>
703 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
704 - update copyright date
705 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
706 - spell check and grammar corrections
710 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
712 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
713 recompile"; closes: #102626
714 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
715 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
716 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
717 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
718 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
720 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
721 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
722 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
724 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
726 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
727 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
728 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
729 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
730 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
731 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
732 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
733 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
734 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
736 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
738 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
740 - updated the list of available architectures.
741 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
742 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
743 of the package and nothing more.
744 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
745 any pain to the ftpmasters.
746 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
747 the use of the delayed queue.
748 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
749 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
751 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
752 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
753 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
754 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
755 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
756 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
757 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
759 - new Sec "Documentation"
760 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
761 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
762 "Being kind to porter" too
763 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
764 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
765 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
766 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
767 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
769 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
770 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
773 - update French translation
775 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
777 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
780 - some grammar corrections
781 - update French translation
783 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
784 anymore; closes: #135559
785 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
787 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
789 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
790 that would be welcome)
791 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
792 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
793 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
794 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
795 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
796 - other minor wording changes
797 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
798 - Ch "Package uploads":
799 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
800 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
801 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
802 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
803 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
804 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
805 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
807 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
809 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
811 * from Martin Michlmayr
812 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
813 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
814 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
816 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
818 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
820 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
822 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
823 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
824 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
827 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
829 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
832 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
834 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
837 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
839 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
840 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
841 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
842 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
843 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
844 talking about uploading to distributions
845 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
846 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
847 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
849 - French translation updated
851 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
852 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
853 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
855 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
857 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
860 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
861 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
864 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
866 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
869 * fix a typo in a link
870 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
871 update documentation accordingly
873 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
874 forwarding bugs upstream
876 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
877 entities which should be used
878 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
879 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
881 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
883 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
885 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
886 * French version: completely up-to-date now
887 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
888 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
890 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
893 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
895 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
897 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
899 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
900 this translation needs updating
901 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
902 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
903 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
905 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
906 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
907 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
909 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
910 included yet, however
912 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
914 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
916 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
918 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
919 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
921 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
923 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
925 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
927 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
928 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
929 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
931 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
933 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
935 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
938 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
939 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
940 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
941 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
942 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
943 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
944 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
945 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
946 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
947 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
948 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
949 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
951 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
952 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
953 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
954 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
955 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
957 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
959 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
960 * update copyright notice for 2001
961 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
962 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
963 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
965 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
967 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
969 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
971 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
973 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
975 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
977 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
979 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
980 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
982 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
983 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
984 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
985 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
986 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
987 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
988 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
989 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
990 could be used if necessary
991 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
992 mention the rsync dupload method
993 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
995 * other small corrections
996 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
997 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
998 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
999 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1001 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1003 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1004 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1006 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1008 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1010 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1011 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1012 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1013 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1015 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1016 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1017 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1018 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1019 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1021 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1023 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1024 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1025 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1026 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1027 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1028 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1029 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1031 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1032 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1033 - added a section about the LDAP database
1034 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1035 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1037 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1038 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1040 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1042 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1044 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1045 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1046 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1048 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1049 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1050 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1051 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1052 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1053 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1054 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1055 description from developers-reference.sgml
1057 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1059 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1061 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1062 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1064 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1066 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1067 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1068 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1069 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1070 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1071 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1072 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1073 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1074 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1075 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1077 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1078 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1079 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1080 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1082 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1083 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1084 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1085 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1086 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1087 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1088 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1089 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1090 suggestion from James Troup
1091 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1092 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1093 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1094 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1097 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1099 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1101 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1102 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1104 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1106 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1108 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1109 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1110 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1111 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1112 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1113 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1114 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1116 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1118 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1120 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1121 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1122 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1123 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1124 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1125 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1127 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1128 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1130 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1132 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1134 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1136 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1138 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1139 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1140 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1141 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1142 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1144 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1145 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1146 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1147 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1149 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1150 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1151 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1152 a normal developer may have access.
1154 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1156 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1158 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1159 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1160 step all over each other
1162 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1164 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1166 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1167 address for PGP key updates
1169 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1171 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1173 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1174 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1175 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1176 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1177 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1179 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1181 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1183 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1184 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1185 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1186 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1187 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1188 <keyring-maint> instead)
1189 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1190 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1192 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1194 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1195 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1196 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1198 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1200 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1202 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1203 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1204 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1205 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1206 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1207 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1209 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1210 tighten up the language a bit
1211 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1212 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1213 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1214 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1216 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1217 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1218 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1219 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1220 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1221 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1223 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1224 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1225 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1226 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1227 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1228 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1229 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1230 number of available packages
1231 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1232 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1234 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1236 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1238 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1241 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1243 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1245 * not officially released
1246 * more spelling corrections
1247 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1249 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1251 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1253 * not officially released
1254 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1255 * some PGP-centricity removed
1256 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1257 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1258 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1259 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1260 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1261 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1263 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1265 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1267 * not officially released
1268 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1269 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1270 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1271 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1272 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1273 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1274 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1275 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1276 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1277 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1278 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1279 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1280 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1281 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1283 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1284 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1286 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1288 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1289 take a couple of weeks
1290 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1291 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1292 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1293 excited about it and can't wait
1294 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1295 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1297 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1298 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1300 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1301 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1302 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1304 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1306 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1308 * move to 3-level version number:
1309 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1310 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1311 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1312 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1313 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1316 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1317 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1318 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1320 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1322 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1323 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1324 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1325 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1326 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1327 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1329 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1331 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1332 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1333 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1334 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1335 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1336 - "The CVS server": new section added
1337 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1339 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1340 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1341 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1342 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1343 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1344 with respect to GPG.
1345 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1346 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1347 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1348 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1349 a canonical location?)
1350 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1351 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1352 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1353 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1355 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1357 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1358 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1359 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1360 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1362 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1364 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1366 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1367 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1368 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1369 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1370 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1371 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1372 and should not be included in this Reference.
1373 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1374 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1375 maintainer tools only!
1376 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1377 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1378 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1379 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1380 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1381 * Little corrections here and there.
1382 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1383 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1386 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1388 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1390 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1391 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1392 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1394 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1395 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1396 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1397 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1398 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1399 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1400 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1401 do prior to uploading
1402 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1403 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1405 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1406 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1407 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1408 duties with respect to bugs
1409 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1410 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1411 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1413 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1414 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1415 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1416 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1417 explicit what is used to build this package
1419 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1421 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1424 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1425 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1426 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1427 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1428 * utilize the new URL tag
1429 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1432 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1434 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1436 * non-maintainer release
1437 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1438 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1439 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1440 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1441 text, it can't hurt you.)
1442 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1443 reflect this packages version number
1444 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1446 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1448 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1452 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1454 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1456 * New version numbering scheme:
1458 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1459 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1460 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1463 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1464 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1465 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1466 differ between the manuals.
1468 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1469 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1470 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1471 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1473 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1474 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1476 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1478 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1480 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1482 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1484 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1485 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1487 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1488 (as requested by James Troup)
1490 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1492 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1494 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1496 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1498 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1500 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1502 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1504 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1505 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1506 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1507 the non-maintainer release
1509 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1510 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1511 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1514 - Lots of typos fixed
1516 * Compressed SGML source code
1518 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1519 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1521 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1523 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1525 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1527 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1528 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1529 - Announcing package uploads
1530 * New section about Debian Mentors
1531 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1532 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1533 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1534 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1536 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1538 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1540 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1541 of our FTP server and the development process
1542 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1543 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1544 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1546 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1547 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1548 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1549 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1550 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1551 contacting the maintainer
1552 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1553 a new manual released soon)
1554 * Some minor changes
1555 * Include SGML source in package
1556 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1557 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1559 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1561 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1565 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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