X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=developers-reference.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=pkgs.dbk;h=5b7b3602a4e0821f186a251fbb4b69b640bcf8b8;hp=86d9273e90783fe8d7f407cdbd262d614e105ba6;hb=7a7dcd755db55f4953bd1fd2057ddc2a279e5fa2;hpb=fc34d7250f853440f2e1a9e89c5fd34419ee0f40 diff --git a/pkgs.dbk b/pkgs.dbk index 86d9273..5b7b360 100644 --- a/pkgs.dbk +++ b/pkgs.dbk @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ the rejection email in case you are already re-uploading. When closing security bugs include CVE numbers as well as the -Closes: #nnnnn +Closes: #nnnnn. This is useful for the security team to track vulnerabilities. If an upload is made to fix the bug before the advisory ID is known, it is encouraged to modify the historical changelog entry with the next upload. Even in this case, please @@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ output a very verbose description of the problem. Normally, a package should not be uploaded if it causes -lintian to emit errors (they will start with E). +lintian to emit errors (they will start with E). For more information on lintian, see Any fixed packages that you have prepared yourself (send only the -.diff.gz and .dsc files and read .diff.gz and .dsc files and read first) @@ -1151,12 +1151,13 @@ uploads. -Unless the upstream source has been uploaded to security.debian.org - before (by a previous security update), build the upload with full upstream source (dpkg-buildpackage --sa). If there has been a previous upload to -security.debian.org with the same upstream version, you may -upload without upstream source (dpkg-buildpackage -sd). +Unless the upstream source has been uploaded to +security.debian.org before (by a previous security update), +build the upload with full upstream source +(dpkg-buildpackage -sa). If there has been a previous +upload to security.debian.org with the same upstream +version, you may upload without upstream source (dpkg-buildpackage +-sd). @@ -1278,7 +1279,7 @@ short summary of the reason for the removal request. [architecture list] is optional and only needed if the removal request only applies to some architectures, not all. Note that the reportbug will create a title conforming -to these rules when you use it to report a bug against the +to these rules when you use it to report a bug against the ftp.debian.org pseudo-package. @@ -2294,7 +2295,7 @@ In any case, it is a bad idea to automatically put all team members in the a false sense of good maintenance. For the same reason, team members do not need to add themselves to the Uploaders field just because they are uploading the package once, they can do a “Team upload” (see ). Conversely, it it a bad idea to keep a +linkend="nmu-team-upload"/>). Conversely, it is a bad idea to keep a package with only the mailing list address as a Maintainer and no Uploaders. @@ -2392,7 +2393,7 @@ more information about the usual problems which may be causing such troubles. Sometimes, some packages never enter testing because the -set of inter-relationship is too complicated and cannot be sorted out by the +set of interrelationship is too complicated and cannot be sorted out by the scripts. See below for details. @@ -2596,11 +2597,8 @@ tests include this package. Hints from the release team are processed before or after this main run, depending on the exact type. -If you want to see more details, you can look it up on -merkel:/org/&ftp-debian-org;/testing/update_out/ (or -in merkel:~aba/testing/update_out to see a setup with -a smaller packages file). Via web, it's at . +If you want to see more details, you can look it up on . The hints are available via