X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=developers-reference.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=po4a%2Fpo%2Fpkgs.pot;h=aa9eabb2d5a76d23b2528d0e0535090dfa079efe;hp=6b408ae214149d18b2a7a7b0139b23b091342863;hb=c987e0e1ba5bd2ccca8315bad98d1b0dbc50a318;hpb=c198bb592789e4349d99aa6b534cea453fd57786 diff --git a/po4a/po/pkgs.pot b/po4a/po/pkgs.pot index 6b408ae..aa9eabb 100644 --- a/po4a/po/pkgs.pot +++ b/po4a/po/pkgs.pot @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ msgid "" msgstr "" "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n" -"POT-Creation-Date: 2008-08-08 11:33-0300\n" +"POT-Creation-Date: 2010-05-31 18:23-0400\n" "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n" "Last-Translator: FULL NAME \n" "Language-Team: LANGUAGE \n" @@ -15,24 +15,24 @@ msgstr "" "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\n" "Content-Transfer-Encoding: ENCODING" -# type: Content of: +#. type: Content of: <chapter><title> #: pkgs.dbk:7 msgid "Managing Packages" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><para> +#. type: Content of: <chapter><para> #: pkgs.dbk:9 msgid "" "This chapter contains information related to creating, uploading, " "maintaining, and porting packages." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><title> +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><title> #: pkgs.dbk:13 msgid "New packages" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> #: pkgs.dbk:15 msgid "" "If you want to create a new package for the Debian distribution, you should " @@ -43,18 +43,18 @@ msgid "" "more information." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> #: pkgs.dbk:23 msgid "" "Assuming no one else is already working on your prospective package, you " -"must then submit a bug report (<xref linkend=\"submit-bug\"/> ) against the " +"must then submit a bug report (<xref linkend=\"submit-bug\"/>) against the " "pseudo-package <systemitem role=\"package\">wnpp</systemitem> describing " "your plan to create a new package, including, but not limiting yourself to, " "a description of the package, the license of the prospective package, and " "the current URL where it can be downloaded from." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> #: pkgs.dbk:31 msgid "" "You should set the subject of the bug to <literal>ITP: " @@ -65,91 +65,102 @@ msgid "" "&email-debian-devel; by using the X-Debbugs-CC header (don't use CC:, " "because that way the message's subject won't indicate the bug number). If " "you are packaging so many new packages (>10) that notifying the mailing " -"list in seperate messages is too disruptive, do send a summary after filing " -"the bugs to the debian-devel list instead. This will inform the other " +"list in separate messages is too disruptive, send a summary after filing the " +"bugs to the debian-devel list instead. This will inform the other " "developers about upcoming packages and will allow a review of your " "description and package name." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> #: pkgs.dbk:45 msgid "" "Please include a <literal>Closes: " -"bug#<replaceable>nnnnn</replaceable></literal> entry in the changelog of the " +"#<replaceable>nnnnn</replaceable></literal> entry in the changelog of the " "new package in order for the bug report to be automatically closed once the " "new package is installed in the archive (see <xref " -"linkend=\"upload-bugfix\"/> )." +"linkend=\"upload-bugfix\"/>)." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> #: pkgs.dbk:51 msgid "" -"When closing security bugs include CVE numbers as well as the 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 include all available pointers to background " -"information in the original changelog entry." +"If you think your package needs some explanations for the administrators of " +"the NEW package queue, include them in your changelog, send to " +"&email-ftpmaster; a reply to the email you receive as a maintainer after " +"your upload, or reply to the rejection email in case you are already " +"re-uploading." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:59 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:57 +msgid "" +"When closing security bugs include CVE numbers as well as the " +"<literal>Closes: #<replaceable>nnnnn</replaceable></literal> 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 " +"include all available pointers to background information in the original " +"changelog entry." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:66 msgid "" "There are a number of reasons why we ask maintainers to announce their " "intentions:" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:65 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:72 msgid "" "It helps the (potentially new) maintainer to tap into the experience of " "people on the list, and lets them know if anyone else is working on it " "already." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:71 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:78 msgid "" "It lets other people thinking about working on the package know that there " "already is a volunteer, so efforts may be shared." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:77 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:84 msgid "" "It lets the rest of the maintainers know more about the package than the one " "line description and the usual changelog entry ``Initial release'' that gets " "posted to &email-debian-devel-changes;." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:84 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:91 msgid "" "It is helpful to the people who live off <literal>unstable</literal> (and " "form our first line of testers). We should encourage these people." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:90 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:97 msgid "" "The announcements give maintainers and other interested parties a better " "feel of what is going on, and what is new, in the project." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:96 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:103 msgid "" "Please see <ulink url=\"http://&ftp-master-host;/REJECT-FAQ.html\"></ulink> " "for common rejection reasons for a new package." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:102 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:109 msgid "Recording changes in the package" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:104 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:111 msgid "" "Changes that you make to the package need to be recorded in the " "<filename>debian/changelog</filename>. These changes should provide a " @@ -162,76 +173,74 @@ msgid "" "for native packages." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:115 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:122 msgid "" "The <filename>debian/changelog</filename> file conforms to a certain " "structure, with a number of different fields. One field of note, the " "<literal>distribution</literal>, is described in <xref " -"linkend=\"distribution\"/> . More information about the structure of this " +"linkend=\"distribution\"/>. More information about the structure of this " "file can be found in the Debian Policy section titled " "<filename>debian/changelog</filename>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:123 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:130 msgid "" "Changelog entries can be used to automatically close Debian bugs when the " "package is installed into the archive. See <xref " -"linkend=\"upload-bugfix\"/> ." +"linkend=\"upload-bugfix\"/>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:127 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:134 msgid "" "It is conventional that the changelog entry of a package that contains a new " "upstream version of the software looks like this:" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><screen> -#: pkgs.dbk:130 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><screen> +#: pkgs.dbk:138 #, no-wrap -msgid "" -"\n" -" * new upstream version\n" +msgid " * New upstream release.\n" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:134 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:141 msgid "" "There are tools to help you create entries and finalize the " "<filename>changelog</filename> for release — see <xref " -"linkend=\"devscripts\"/> and <xref linkend=\"dpkg-dev-el\"/> ." +"linkend=\"devscripts\"/> and <xref linkend=\"dpkg-dev-el\"/>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:139 -msgid "See also <xref linkend=\"bpp-debian-changelog\"/> ." +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:146 +msgid "See also <xref linkend=\"bpp-debian-changelog\"/>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:144 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:151 msgid "Testing the package" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:146 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:153 msgid "" "Before you upload your package, you should do basic testing on it. At a " "minimum, you should try the following activities (you'll need to have an " "older version of the same Debian package around):" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:153 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:160 msgid "" "Install the package and make sure the software works, or upgrade the package " "from an older version to your new version if a Debian package for it already " "exists." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:160 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:167 msgid "" "Run <command>lintian</command> over the package. You can run " "<command>lintian</command> as follows: <literal>lintian -v " @@ -243,94 +252,97 @@ msgid "" "problem." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:169 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:176 msgid "" "Normally, a package should <emphasis>not</emphasis> be uploaded if it causes " "lintian to emit errors (they will start with <literal>E</literal>)." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:173 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:180 msgid "" "For more information on <command>lintian</command>, see <xref " -"linkend=\"lintian\"/> ." +"linkend=\"lintian\"/>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:179 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:186 msgid "" -"Optionally run <xref linkend=\"debdiff\"/> to analyze changes from an older " -"version, if one exists." +"Optionally run <command>debdiff</command> (see <xref linkend=\"debdiff\"/>) " +"to analyze changes from an older version, if one exists." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:185 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:192 msgid "" "Downgrade the package to the previous version (if one exists) — this tests " "the <filename>postrm</filename> and <filename>prerm</filename> scripts." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:191 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:198 msgid "Remove the package, then reinstall it." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:196 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:203 msgid "" "Copy the source package in a different directory and try unpacking it and " "rebuilding it. This tests if the package relies on existing files outside " "of it, or if it relies on permissions being preserved on the files shipped " -"inside the .diff.gz file." +"inside the <filename>.diff.gz</filename> file." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:206 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:213 msgid "Layout of the source package" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:208 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:215 msgid "There are two types of Debian source packages:" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:213 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:220 msgid "" "the so-called <literal>native</literal> packages, where there is no " "distinction between the original sources and the patches applied for Debian" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:219 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:226 msgid "" "the (more common) packages where there's an original source tarball file " -"accompanied by another file that contains the patches applied for Debian" +"accompanied by another file that contains the changes made by Debian" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:225 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:232 msgid "" "For the native packages, the source package includes a Debian source control " -"file (<literal>.dsc</literal>) and the source tarball " -"(<literal>.tar.gz</literal>). A source package of a non-native package " -"includes a Debian source control file, the original source tarball " -"(<literal>.orig.tar.gz</literal>) and the Debian patches " -"(<literal>.diff.gz</literal>)." +"file (<filename>.dsc</filename>) and the source tarball " +"(<filename>.tar.{gz,bz2,lzma}</filename>). A source package of a non-native " +"package includes a Debian source control file, the original source tarball " +"(<filename>.orig.tar.{gz,bz2,lzma}</filename>) and the Debian changes " +"(<filename>.diff.gz</filename> for the source format “1.0” or " +"<filename>.debian.tar.{gz,bz2,lzma}</filename> for the source format “3.0 " +"(quilt)”)." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:233 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:241 msgid "" -"Whether a package is native or not is determined when it is built by " -"<citerefentry> <refentrytitle>dpkg-buildpackage</refentrytitle> " -"<manvolnum>1</manvolnum> </citerefentry>. The rest of this section relates " -"only to non-native packages." +"With source format “1.0”, whether a package is native or not was determined " +"by <command>dpkg-source</command> at build time. Nowadays it is recommended " +"to be explicit about the desired source format by putting either “3.0 " +"(quilt)” or “3.0 (native)” in <filename>debian/source/format</filename>. " +"The rest of this section relates only to non-native packages." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:239 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:248 msgid "" "The first time a version is uploaded which corresponds to a particular " "upstream version, the original source tar file should be uploaded and " @@ -339,19 +351,19 @@ msgid "" "<filename>.dsc</filename> files, and will not need to be re-uploaded." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:246 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:255 msgid "" "By default, <command>dpkg-genchanges</command> and " "<command>dpkg-buildpackage</command> will include the original source tar " -"file if and only if the Debian revision part of the source version number is " -"0 or 1, indicating a new upstream version. This behavior may be modified by " -"using <literal>-sa</literal> to always include it or <literal>-sd</literal> " -"to always leave it out." +"file if and only if the current changelog entry has a different upstream " +"version from the preceding entry. This behavior may be modified by using " +"<literal>-sa</literal> to always include it or <literal>-sd</literal> to " +"always leave it out." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:254 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:263 msgid "" "If no original source is included in the upload, the original source " "tar-file used by <command>dpkg-source</command> when constructing the " @@ -360,31 +372,34 @@ msgid "" "the archive." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:261 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:270 msgid "" "Please notice that, in non-native packages, permissions on files that are " -"not present in the .orig.tar.gz will not be preserved, as diff does not " -"store file permissions in the patch." +"not present in the <filename>*.orig.tar.{gz,bz2,lzma}</filename> will not be " +"preserved, as diff does not store file permissions in the patch. However " +"when using source format “3.0 (quilt)”, permissions of files inside the " +"<filename>debian</filename> directory are preserved since they are stored in " +"a tar archive." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:268 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:279 msgid "Picking a distribution" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:270 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:281 msgid "" "Each upload needs to specify which distribution the package is intended " "for. The package build process extracts this information from the first " "line of the <filename>debian/changelog</filename> file and places it in the " -"<literal>Distribution</literal> field of the <literal>.changes</literal> " +"<literal>Distribution</literal> field of the <filename>.changes</filename> " "file." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:276 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:287 msgid "" "There are several possible values for this field: <literal>stable</literal>, " "<literal>unstable</literal>, <literal>testing-proposed-updates</literal> and " @@ -392,41 +407,41 @@ msgid "" "<literal>unstable</literal>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:282 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:293 msgid "" "Actually, there are two other possible distributions: " -"<literal>stable-security </literal> and <literal>testing-security</literal>, " +"<literal>stable-security</literal> and <literal>testing-security</literal>, " "but read <xref linkend=\"bug-security\"/> for more information on those." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:287 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:298 msgid "" "It is not possible to upload a package into several distributions at the " "same time." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:291 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:302 msgid "" "Special case: uploads to the <literal>stable</literal> and " "<literal>oldstable</literal> distributions" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:294 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:305 msgid "" "Uploading to <literal>stable</literal> means that the package will " -"transfered to the <literal>proposed-updates-new</literal> queue for review " +"transferred to the <literal>proposed-updates-new</literal> queue for review " "by the stable release managers, and if approved will be installed in " "<filename>stable-proposed-updates</filename> directory of the Debian " "archive. From there, it will be included in <literal>stable</literal> with " "the next point release." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:302 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:313 msgid "" "To ensure that your upload will be accepted, you should discuss the changes " "with the stable release team before you upload. For that, send a mail to the " @@ -436,31 +451,31 @@ msgid "" "<literal>stable</literal> distribution." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:310 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:321 msgid "" "Extra care should be taken when uploading to <literal>stable</literal>. " "Basically, a package should only be uploaded to <literal>stable</literal> if " "one of the following happens:" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:317 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:328 msgid "a truly critical functionality problem" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:322 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:333 msgid "the package becomes uninstallable" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:327 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:338 msgid "a released architecture lacks the package" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:332 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:343 msgid "" "In the past, uploads to <literal>stable</literal> were used to address " "security problems as well. However, this practice is deprecated, as uploads " @@ -473,15 +488,15 @@ msgid "" "upload to <literal>stable</literal>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:343 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:354 msgid "" "Changing anything else in the package that isn't important is discouraged, " "because even trivial fixes can cause bugs later on." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:347 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:358 msgid "" "Packages uploaded to <literal>stable</literal> need to be compiled on " "systems running <literal>stable</literal>, so that their dependencies are " @@ -490,173 +505,157 @@ msgid "" "<literal>stable</literal> that depends on a library package that only exists " "in <literal>unstable</literal> will be rejected. Making changes to " "dependencies of other packages (by messing with <literal>Provides</literal> " -"or <literal>shlibs</literal> files), possibly making those other packages " +"or <filename>shlibs</filename> files), possibly making those other packages " "uninstallable, is strongly discouraged." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:357 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:368 msgid "" "Uploads to the <literal>oldstable</literal> distributions are possible as " -"long as it hasn't been archived. The same rules as for <literal>stable " -"</literal> apply." +"long as it hasn't been archived. The same rules as for " +"<literal>stable</literal> apply." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:364 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:375 msgid "Special case: uploads to <literal>testing/testing-proposed-updates</literal>" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:366 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:377 msgid "" "Please see the information in the <link linkend=\"t-p-u\">testing " "section</link> for details." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:374 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:385 msgid "Uploading a package" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:376 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:387 msgid "Uploading to <literal>ftp-master</literal>" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:378 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:389 msgid "" "To upload a package, you should upload the files (including the signed " "changes and dsc-file) with anonymous ftp to " -"<literal>&ftp-master-host;</literal> in the directory <ulink " -"url=\"ftp://&ftp-master-host;&upload-queue;\">&upload-queue;</ulink>. To " +"<literal>&ftp-upload-host;</literal> in the directory <ulink " +"url=\"ftp://&ftp-upload-host;&upload-queue;\">&upload-queue;</ulink>. To " "get the files processed there, they need to be signed with a key in the " "Debian Developers keyring or the Debian Maintainers keyring (see <ulink " "url=\"&url-wiki-dm;\"></ulink>)." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:387 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:398 msgid "" "Please note that you should transfer the changes file last. Otherwise, your " "upload may be rejected because the archive maintenance software will parse " "the changes file and see that not all files have been uploaded." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:392 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:403 msgid "" -"You may also find the Debian packages <xref linkend=\"dupload\"/> or <xref " -"linkend=\"dput\"/> useful when uploading packages. These handy programs " -"help automate the process of uploading packages into Debian." +"You may also find the Debian packages <link " +"linkend=\"dupload\">dupload</link> or <link linkend=\"dput\">dput</link> " +"useful when uploading packages.These handy programs help automate the " +"process of uploading packages into Debian." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:397 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:408 msgid "" -"For removing packages, please see the README file in that ftp directory, and " -"the Debian package <xref linkend=\"dcut\"/> ." +"For removing packages, please see <ulink " +"url=\"ftp://&ftp-upload-host;&upload-queue;README\"/> and the Debian package " +"<link linkend=\"dcut\">dcut</link>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:403 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:415 msgid "Delayed uploads" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:405 -msgid "" -"Delayed uploads are done for the moment via the delayed queue at " -"<literal>gluck </literal>. The upload-directory is " -"<literal>gluck:~tfheen/DELAYED/[012345678]-day</literal>. 0-day is uploaded " -"multiple times per day to <literal>&ftp-master-host;</literal>." -msgstr "" - -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:411 -msgid "With a fairly recent dput, this section" -msgstr "" - -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><screen> -#: pkgs.dbk:413 -#, no-wrap +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:418 msgid "" -"\n" -"[tfheen_delayed]\n" -"method = scp\n" -"fqdn = gluck.debian.org\n" -"incoming = ~tfheen\n" +"It is sometimes useful to upload a package immediately, but to want this " +"package to arrive in the archive only a few days later. For example, when " +"preparing a <link linkend=\"nmu\">Non-Maintainer Upload</link>, you might " +"want to give the maintainer a few days to react." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:420 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:425 msgid "" -"in <filename>~/.dput.cf</filename> should work fine for uploading to the " -"<literal>DELAYED</literal> queue." +"An upload to the delayed directory keeps the package in <ulink " +"url=\"http://ftp-master.debian.org/deferred.html\">the deferred uploads " +"queue</ulink>. When the specified waiting time is over, the package is " +"moved into the regular incoming directory for processing. This is done " +"through automatic uploading to <literal>&ftp-upload-host;</literal> in " +"upload-directory <literal>DELAYED/[012345678]-day</literal>. 0-day is " +"uploaded multiple times per day to <literal>&ftp-upload-host;</literal>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:424 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:435 msgid "" -"<emphasis>Note:</emphasis> Since this upload queue goes to " -"<literal>&ftp-master-host;</literal>, the prescription found in <xref " -"linkend=\"upload-ftp-master\"/> applies here as well." +"With dput, you can use the <literal>--delayed " +"<replaceable>DELAY</replaceable></literal> parameter to put the package into " +"one of the queues." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:431 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:441 msgid "Security uploads" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:433 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:443 msgid "" "Do <emphasis role=\"strong\">NOT</emphasis> upload a package to the security " "upload queue (<literal>oldstable-security</literal>, " -"<literal>stable-security </literal>, etc.) without prior authorization from " +"<literal>stable-security</literal>, etc.) without prior authorization from " "the security team. If the package does not exactly meet the team's " "requirements, it will cause many problems and delays in dealing with the " -"unwanted upload. For details, please see section <xref " -"linkend=\"bug-security\"/> ." +"unwanted upload. For details, please see <xref linkend=\"bug-security\"/>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:443 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:453 msgid "Other upload queues" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:445 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:455 msgid "" -"The scp queues on <literal>&ftp-master-host;</literal>, and <literal> " -"security.debian.org</literal> are mostly unusable due to the login " -"restrictions on those hosts." +"There is an alternative upload queue in Europe at <ulink " +"url=\"ftp://&ftp-eu-upload-host;&upload-queue;\"/>. It operates in the same " +"way as <literal>&ftp-upload-host;</literal>, but should be faster for " +"European developers." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:450 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:461 msgid "" -"The anonymous queues on ftp.uni-erlangen.de and ftp.uk.debian.org are " -"currently down. Work is underway to resurrect them." +"Packages can also be uploaded via ssh to " +"<literal>&ssh-upload-host;</literal>; files should be put " +"<literal>/srv/upload.debian.org/UploadQueue</literal>. This queue does not " +"support <link linkend=\"delayed-incoming\">delayed uploads</link>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:454 -msgid "" -"The queues on master.debian.org, samosa.debian.org, master.debian.or.jp, and " -"ftp.chiark.greenend.org.uk are down permanently, and will not be " -"resurrected. The queue in Japan will be replaced with a new queue on " -"hp.debian.or.jp some day." -msgstr "" - -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:462 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:469 msgid "Notification that a new package has been installed" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:464 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:471 msgid "" "The Debian archive maintainers are responsible for handling package " "uploads. For the most part, uploads are automatically handled on a daily " @@ -668,8 +667,8 @@ msgid "" "change to the archive may take up to a month to occur. Please be patient." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:474 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:481 msgid "" "In any case, you will receive an email notification indicating that the " "package has been added to the archive, which also indicates which bugs will " @@ -677,28 +676,28 @@ msgid "" "checking if any bugs you meant to close didn't get triggered." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:480 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:487 msgid "" "The installation notification also includes information on what section the " "package was inserted into. If there is a disparity, you will receive a " "separate email notifying you of that. Read on below." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:485 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:492 msgid "" "Note that if you upload via queues, the queue daemon software will also send " "you a notification by email." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:493 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:500 msgid "Specifying the package section, subsection and priority" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:495 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:502 msgid "" "The <filename>debian/control</filename> file's <literal>Section</literal> " "and <literal>Priority</literal> fields do not actually specify where the " @@ -708,8 +707,8 @@ msgid "" "<filename>debian/control</filename> file are actually just hints." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:503 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:510 msgid "" "The archive maintainers keep track of the canonical sections and priorities " "for packages in the <literal>override file</literal>. If there is a " @@ -721,19 +720,21 @@ msgid "" "may wish to make a change in the <literal>override file</literal>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:513 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:520 msgid "" "To alter the actual section that a package is put in, you need to first make " "sure that the <filename>debian/control</filename> file in your package is " -"accurate. Next, send an email &email-override; or submit a bug against " -"<systemitem role=\"package\">ftp.debian.org</systemitem> requesting that the " -"section or priority for your package be changed from the old section or " -"priority to the new one. Be sure to explain your reasoning." +"accurate. Next, submit a bug against <systemitem " +"role=\"package\">ftp.debian.org</systemitem> requesting that the section or " +"priority for your package be changed from the old section or priority to the " +"new one. Use a Subject like <literal>override: PACKAGE1:section/priority, " +"[...], PACKAGEX:section/priority</literal>, and include the justification " +"for the change in the body of the bug report." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:521 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:531 msgid "" "For more information about <literal>override files</literal>, see " "<citerefentry> <refentrytitle>dpkg-scanpackages</refentrytitle> " @@ -741,32 +742,32 @@ msgid "" "url=\"&url-bts-devel;#maintincorrect\"></ulink>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:527 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:537 msgid "" "Note that the <literal>Section</literal> field describes both the section as " "well as the subsection, which are described in <xref " -"linkend=\"archive-sections\"/> . If the section is main, it should be " +"linkend=\"archive-sections\"/>. If the section is main, it should be " "omitted. The list of allowable subsections can be found in <ulink " "url=\"&url-debian-policy;ch-archive.html#s-subsections\"></ulink>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:536 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:546 msgid "Handling bugs" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:538 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:548 msgid "" "Every developer has to be able to work with the Debian <ulink " "url=\"&url-bts;\">bug tracking system</ulink>. This includes knowing how to " -"file bug reports properly (see <xref linkend=\"submit-bug\"/> ), how to " +"file bug reports properly (see <xref linkend=\"submit-bug\"/>), how to " "update them and reorder them, and how to process and close them." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:544 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:554 msgid "" "The bug tracking system's features are described in the <ulink " "url=\"&url-bts-devel;\">BTS documentation for developers</ulink>. This " @@ -774,8 +775,8 @@ msgid "" "tags, marking bugs as forwarded, and other issues." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:550 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:560 msgid "" "Operations such as reassigning bugs to other packages, merging separate bug " "reports about the same issue, or reopening bugs when they are prematurely " @@ -784,13 +785,13 @@ msgid "" "url=\"&url-bts-control;\">BTS control server documentation</ulink>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:558 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:568 msgid "Monitoring bugs" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:560 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:570 msgid "" "If you want to be a good maintainer, you should periodically check the " "<ulink url=\"&url-bts;\">Debian bug tracking system (BTS)</ulink> for your " @@ -799,8 +800,8 @@ msgid "" "<literal>http://&bugs-host;/<replaceable>yourlogin</replaceable>@debian.org</literal>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:567 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:577 msgid "" "Maintainers interact with the BTS via email addresses at " "<literal>&bugs-host;</literal>. Documentation on available commands can be " @@ -809,67 +810,67 @@ msgid "" "at the local files &file-bts-docs;." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:574 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:584 msgid "" "Some find it useful to get periodic reports on open bugs. You can add a " "cron job such as the following if you want to get a weekly email outlining " "all the open bugs against your packages:" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><screen> -#: pkgs.dbk:578 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><screen> +#: pkgs.dbk:589 #, no-wrap msgid "" -"\n" "# ask for weekly reports of bugs in my packages\n" "&cron-bug-report;\n" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:583 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:593 msgid "" "Replace <replaceable>address</replaceable> with your official Debian " "maintainer address." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:589 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:599 msgid "Responding to bugs" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:591 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:601 msgid "" "When responding to bugs, make sure that any discussion you have about bugs " "is sent both to the original submitter of the bug, and to the bug itself " -"(e.g., <email>123@&bugs-host;</email>). If you're writing a new mail and " -"you don't remember the submitter email address, you can use the " -"<email>123-submitter@&bugs-host;</email> email to contact the submitter " -"<emphasis>and</emphasis> to record your mail within the bug log (that means " -"you don't need to send a copy of the mail to " -"<email>123@&bugs-host;</email>)." +"(e.g., <email><replaceable>123</replaceable>@&bugs-host;</email>). If " +"you're writing a new mail and you don't remember the submitter email " +"address, you can use the " +"<email><replaceable>123</replaceable>-submitter@&bugs-host;</email> email to " +"contact the submitter <emphasis>and</emphasis> to record your mail within " +"the bug log (that means you don't need to send a copy of the mail to " +"<email><replaceable>123</replaceable>@&bugs-host;</email>)." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:600 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:610 msgid "" "If you get a bug which mentions FTBFS, this means Fails to build from " "source. Porters frequently use this acronym." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:604 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:614 msgid "" "Once you've dealt with a bug report (e.g. fixed it), mark it as " "<literal>done</literal> (close it) by sending an explanation message to " -"<email>123-done@&bugs-host;</email>. If you're fixing a bug by changing and " -"uploading the package, you can automate bug closing as described in <xref " -"linkend=\"upload-bugfix\"/> ." +"<email><replaceable>123</replaceable>-done@&bugs-host;</email>. If you're " +"fixing a bug by changing and uploading the package, you can automate bug " +"closing as described in <xref linkend=\"upload-bugfix\"/>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:611 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:621 msgid "" "You should <emphasis>never</emphasis> close bugs via the bug server " "<literal>close</literal> command sent to &email-bts-control;. If you do so, " @@ -877,13 +878,13 @@ msgid "" "was closed." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:619 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:629 msgid "Bug housekeeping" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:621 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:631 msgid "" "As a package maintainer, you will often find bugs in other packages or have " "bugs reported against your packages which are actually bugs in other " @@ -895,8 +896,8 @@ msgid "" "your own bugs, based on the collective Debian developer experience." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:632 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:642 msgid "" "Filing bugs for problems that you find in other packages is one of the civic " "obligations of maintainership, see <xref linkend=\"submit-bug\"/> for " @@ -904,13 +905,13 @@ msgid "" "important." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:637 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:647 msgid "Here's a list of steps that you may follow to handle a bug report:" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:642 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:652 msgid "" "Decide whether the report corresponds to a real bug or not. Sometimes users " "are just calling a program in the wrong way because they haven't read the " @@ -922,8 +923,8 @@ msgid "" "This is an issue that may need to be brought up with the upstream author." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:652 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:662 msgid "" "If the bug submitter disagrees with your decision to close the bug, they may " "reopen it until you find an agreement on how to handle it. If you don't " @@ -937,8 +938,8 @@ msgid "" "procedure</ulink>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:666 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:676 msgid "" "If the bug is real but it's caused by another package, just reassign the bug " "to the right package. If you don't know which package it should be " @@ -946,15 +947,15 @@ msgid "" "linkend=\"irc-channels\">IRC</link> or on &email-debian-devel;. Please " "inform the maintainer(s) of the package you reassign the bug to, for example " "by Cc:ing the message that does the reassign to " -"<email>packagename@packages.debian.org</email> and explaining your reasons " -"in that mail. Please note that a simple reassignment is " -"<emphasis>not</emphasis> e-mailed to the maintainers of the package being " -"reassigned to, so they won't know about it until they look at a bug overview " -"for their packages." +"<email><replaceable>packagename</replaceable>@packages.debian.org</email> " +"and explaining your reasons in that mail. Please note that a simple " +"reassignment is <emphasis>not</emphasis> e-mailed to the maintainers of the " +"package being reassigned to, so they won't know about it until they look at " +"a bug overview for their packages." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:678 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:688 msgid "" "If the bug affects the operation of your package, please consider cloning " "the bug and reassigning the clone to the package that really causes the " @@ -964,8 +965,8 @@ msgid "" "relationship." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:688 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:698 msgid "" "Sometimes you also have to adjust the severity of the bug so that it matches " "our definition of the severity. That's because people tend to inflate the " @@ -974,8 +975,8 @@ msgid "" "cosmetic." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:696 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:706 msgid "" "If the bug is real but the same problem has already been reported by someone " "else, then the two relevant bug reports should be merged into one using the " @@ -986,8 +987,8 @@ msgid "" "its relative, the unmerge command, see the BTS control server documentation." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:707 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:717 msgid "" "The bug submitter may have forgotten to provide some information, in which " "case you have to ask them for the required information. You may use the " @@ -998,8 +999,8 @@ msgid "" "been sent by someone, the bug may be closed." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:718 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:728 msgid "" "If the bug is related to the packaging, you just fix it. If you are not " "able to fix it yourself, then tag the bug as <literal>help</literal>. You " @@ -1013,32 +1014,32 @@ msgid "" "<literal>patch</literal>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:732 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:742 msgid "" "If you have fixed a bug in your local copy, or if a fix has been committed " -"to the CVS repository, you may tag the bug as <literal>pending</literal> to " +"to the VCS repository, you may tag the bug as <literal>pending</literal> to " "let people know that the bug is corrected and that it will be closed with " "the next upload (add the <literal>closes:</literal> in the " "<filename>changelog</filename>). This is particularly useful if you are " "several developers working on the same package." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:742 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:752 msgid "" "Once a corrected package is available in the archive, the bug should be " "closed indicating the version in which it was fixed. This can be done " "automatically, read <xref linkend=\"upload-bugfix\"/>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:751 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:761 msgid "When bugs are closed by new uploads" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:753 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:763 msgid "" "As bugs and problems are fixed in your packages, it is your responsibility " "as the package maintainer to close these bugs. However, you should not " @@ -1048,8 +1049,8 @@ msgid "" "bug in the BTS. Also, the bug should be closed with the correct version." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:761 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:771 msgid "" "However, it's possible to avoid having to manually close bugs after the " "upload — just list the fixed bugs in your " @@ -1057,11 +1058,10 @@ msgid "" "the archive maintenance software will close the bugs for you. For example:" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><screen> -#: pkgs.dbk:766 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><screen> +#: pkgs.dbk:777 #, no-wrap msgid "" -"\n" "acme-cannon (3.1415) unstable; urgency=low\n" "\n" " * Frobbed with options (closes: Bug#98339)\n" @@ -1070,44 +1070,42 @@ msgid "" " * Added man page. Closes: #98725.\n" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:775 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:785 msgid "" "Technically speaking, the following Perl regular expression describes how " "bug closing changelogs are identified:" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><screen> -#: pkgs.dbk:778 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><screen> +#: pkgs.dbk:789 #, no-wrap -msgid "" -"\n" -" /closes:\\s*(?:bug)?\\#\\s*\\d+(?:,\\s*(?:bug)?\\#\\s*\\d+)*/ig\n" +msgid " /closes:\\s*(?:bug)?\\#\\s*\\d+(?:,\\s*(?:bug)?\\#\\s*\\d+)*/ig\n" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:782 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:792 msgid "" "We prefer the <literal>closes: #<replaceable>XXX</replaceable></literal> " "syntax, as it is the most concise entry and the easiest to integrate with " "the text of the <filename>changelog</filename>. Unless specified different " -"by the <replaceable>-v</replaceable>-switch to " -"<command>dpkg-buildpackage</command>, only the bugs closed in the most " -"recent changelog entry are closed (basically, exactly the bugs mentioned in " -"the changelog-part in the <filename>.changes</filename> file are closed)." +"by the <literal>-v</literal>-switch to <command>dpkg-buildpackage</command>, " +"only the bugs closed in the most recent changelog entry are closed " +"(basically, exactly the bugs mentioned in the changelog-part in the " +"<filename>.changes</filename> file are closed)." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:791 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:801 msgid "" -"Historically, uploads identified as <link linkend=\"nmu\">Non-maintainer " +"Historically, uploads identified as <link linkend=\"nmu\">non-maintainer " "upload (NMU)</link> were tagged <literal>fixed</literal> instead of being " "closed, but that practice was ceased with the advent of version-tracking. " "The same applied to the tag <literal>fixed-in-experimental</literal>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:797 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:807 msgid "" "If you happen to mistype a bug number or forget a bug in the changelog " "entries, don't hesitate to undo any damage the error caused. To reopen " @@ -1115,38 +1113,39 @@ msgid "" "<replaceable>XXX</replaceable></literal> command to the bug tracking " "system's control address, &email-bts-control;. To close any remaining bugs " "that were fixed by your upload, email the <filename>.changes</filename> file " -"to <email>XXX-done@&bugs-host;</email>, where <replaceable>XXX</replaceable> " -"is the bug number, and put Version: YYY and an empty line as the first two " -"lines of the body of the email, where <replaceable>YYY</replaceable> is the " -"first version where the bug has been fixed." +"to <email><replaceable>XXX</replaceable>-done@&bugs-host;</email>, where " +"<replaceable>XXX</replaceable> is the bug number, and put Version: " +"<replaceable>YYY</replaceable> and an empty line as the first two lines of " +"the body of the email, where <replaceable>YYY</replaceable> is the first " +"version where the bug has been fixed." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:809 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:819 msgid "" "Bear in mind that it is not obligatory to close bugs using the changelog as " "described above. If you simply want to close bugs that don't have anything " "to do with an upload you made, do it by emailing an explanation to " -"<email>XXX-done@&bugs-host;</email>. Do <emphasis " -"role=\"strong\">not</emphasis> close bugs in the changelog entry of a " -"version if the changes in that version of the package don't have any bearing " -"on the bug." +"<email><replaceable>XXX</replaceable>-done@&bugs-host;</email>. Do " +"<emphasis role=\"strong\">not</emphasis> close bugs in the changelog entry " +"of a version if the changes in that version of the package don't have any " +"bearing on the bug." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:817 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:827 msgid "" "For general information on how to write your changelog entries, see <xref " -"linkend=\"bpp-debian-changelog\"/> ." +"linkend=\"bpp-debian-changelog\"/>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:823 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:833 msgid "Handling security-related bugs" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:825 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:835 msgid "" "Due to their sensitive nature, security-related bugs must be handled " "carefully. The Debian Security Team exists to coordinate this activity, " @@ -1155,59 +1154,93 @@ msgid "" "and maintaining <literal>security.debian.org</literal>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:834 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:842 msgid "" "When you become aware of a security-related bug in a Debian package, whether " "or not you are the maintainer, collect pertinent information about the " "problem, and promptly contact the security team at &email-security-team; as " "soon as possible. <emphasis role=\"strong\">DO NOT UPLOAD</emphasis> any " -"packages for <literal>stable</literal>; the security team will do that. " -"Useful information includes, for example:" +"packages for <literal>stable</literal> without contacting the team. Useful " +"information includes, for example:" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:844 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:852 msgid "" "Which versions of the package are known to be affected by the bug. Check " "each version that is present in a supported Debian release, as well as " "<literal>testing</literal> and <literal>unstable</literal>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:851 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:859 msgid "The nature of the fix, if any is available (patches are especially helpful)" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:856 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:864 msgid "" "Any fixed packages that you have prepared yourself (send only the " "<literal>.diff.gz</literal> and <literal>.dsc</literal> files and read <xref " "linkend=\"bug-security-building\"/> first)" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:863 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:871 msgid "" "Any assistance you can provide to help with testing (exploits, regression " "testing, etc.)" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:869 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:877 msgid "" "Any information needed for the advisory (see <xref " -"linkend=\"bug-security-advisories\"/> )" +"linkend=\"bug-security-advisories\"/>)" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:875 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:882 +msgid "" +"As the maintainer of the package, you have the responsibility to maintain " +"it, even in the stable release. You are in the best position to evaluate " +"patches and test updated packages, so please see the sections below on how " +"to prepare packages for the Security Team to handle." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:888 +msgid "The Security Tracker" +msgstr "" + +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:890 +msgid "" +"The security team maintains a central database, the <ulink " +"url=\"http://security-tracker.debian.org/\">Debian Security " +"Tracker</ulink>. This contains all public information that is known about " +"security issues: which packages and versions are affected or fixed, and thus " +"whether stable, testing and/or unstable are vulnerable. Information that is " +"still confidential is not added to the tracker." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:898 +msgid "" +"You can search it for a specific issue, but also on package name. Look for " +"your package to see which issues are still open. If you can, please provide " +"more information about those issues, or help to address them in your " +"package. Instructions are on the tracker web pages." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:906 msgid "Confidentiality" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:877 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:908 msgid "" "Unlike most other activities within Debian, information about security " "issues must sometimes be kept private for a time. This allows software " @@ -1217,28 +1250,28 @@ msgid "" "knowledge." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:884 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:915 msgid "There are several ways developers can learn of a security problem:" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:889 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:920 msgid "they notice it on a public forum (mailing list, web site, etc.)" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:894 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:925 msgid "someone files a bug report" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:899 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:930 msgid "someone informs them via private email" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:904 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:935 msgid "" "In the first two cases, the information is public and it is important to " "have a fix as soon as possible. In the last case, however, it might not be " @@ -1246,23 +1279,23 @@ msgid "" "dealing with the problem:" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:912 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:943 msgid "" "If the security exposure is minor, there is sometimes no need to keep the " "problem a secret and a fix should be made and released." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:918 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:949 msgid "" "If the problem is severe, it is preferable to share the information with " "other vendors and coordinate a release. The security team keeps in contact " "with the various organizations and individuals and can take care of that." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:925 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:956 msgid "" "In all cases if the person who reports the problem asks that it not be " "disclosed, such requests should be honored, with the obvious exception of " @@ -1271,31 +1304,40 @@ msgid "" "team, be sure to mention this fact." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:932 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:963 msgid "" "Please note that if secrecy is needed you may not upload a fix to " -"<literal>unstable</literal> (or anywhere else, such as a public CVS " +"<literal>unstable</literal> (or anywhere else, such as a public VCS " "repository). It is not sufficient to obfuscate the details of the change, " "as the code itself is public, and can (and will) be examined by the general " "public." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:939 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:970 msgid "" "There are two reasons for releasing information even though secrecy is " "requested: the problem has been known for a while, or the problem or exploit " "has become public." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:946 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:975 +msgid "" +"The Security Team has a PGP-key to enable encrypted communication about " +"sensitive issues. See the <ulink " +"url=\"http://www.debian.org/security/faq#contact\">Security Team FAQ</ulink> " +"for details." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:981 msgid "Security Advisories" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:948 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:983 msgid "" "Security advisories are only issued for the current, released stable " "distribution, and <emphasis>not</emphasis> for <literal>testing</literal> or " @@ -1308,81 +1350,81 @@ msgid "" "in an advisory includes:" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:961 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:996 msgid "A description of the problem and its scope, including:" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:966 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1001 msgid "The type of problem (privilege escalation, denial of service, etc.)" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:971 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1006 msgid "What privileges may be gained, and by whom (if any)" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:976 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1011 msgid "How it can be exploited" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:981 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1016 msgid "Whether it is remotely or locally exploitable" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:986 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1021 msgid "How the problem was fixed" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:991 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1026 msgid "This information allows users to assess the threat to their systems." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:996 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1031 msgid "Version numbers of affected packages" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1001 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1036 msgid "Version numbers of fixed packages" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1006 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1041 msgid "" "Information on where to obtain the updated packages (usually from the Debian " "security archive)" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1012 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1047 msgid "" "References to upstream advisories, <ulink " "url=\"http://cve.mitre.org\">CVE</ulink> identifiers, and any other " "information useful in cross-referencing the vulnerability" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:1021 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:1056 msgid "Preparing packages to address security issues" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1023 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1058 msgid "" "One way that you can assist the security team in their duties is to provide " "them with fixed packages suitable for a security advisory for the stable " "Debian release." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1028 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1063 msgid "" "When an update is made to the stable release, care must be taken to avoid " "changing system behavior or introducing new bugs. In order to do this, make " @@ -1392,8 +1434,8 @@ msgid "" "sure you never change the API or ABI, no matter how small the change." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1036 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1071 msgid "" "This means that moving to a new upstream version is not a good solution. " "Instead, the relevant changes should be back-ported to the version present " @@ -1402,8 +1444,8 @@ msgid "" "help." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1042 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1077 msgid "" "In some cases, it is not possible to back-port a security fix, for example " "when large amounts of source code need to be modified or rewritten. If this " @@ -1412,8 +1454,8 @@ msgid "" "with the security team beforehand." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1049 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1084 msgid "" "Related to this is another important guideline: always test your changes. " "If you have an exploit available, try it and see if it indeed succeeds on " @@ -1422,8 +1464,8 @@ msgid "" "features in subtle ways." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1056 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1091 msgid "" "Do <emphasis role=\"strong\">NOT</emphasis> include any changes in your " "package which are not directly related to fixing the vulnerability. These " @@ -1435,162 +1477,153 @@ msgid "" "do not attempt to do this." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1066 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1101 msgid "" "Review and test your changes as much as possible. Check the differences " "from the previous version repeatedly (<command>interdiff</command> from the " "<systemitem role=\"package\">patchutils</systemitem> package and " "<command>debdiff</command> from <systemitem " "role=\"package\">devscripts</systemitem> are useful tools for this, see " -"<xref linkend=\"debdiff\"/> )." +"<xref linkend=\"debdiff\"/>)." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1074 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1109 msgid "Be sure to verify the following items:" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1079 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1114 msgid "" -"Target the right distribution in your " +"<emphasis role=\"strong\">Target the right distribution</emphasis> in your " "<filename>debian/changelog</filename>. For <literal>stable</literal> this " -"is <literal>stable-security</literal> and for testing this is " -"<literal>testing-security</literal>, and for the previous stable release, " -"this is <literal>oldstable-security</literal>. Do not target " +"is <literal>stable-security</literal> and for <literal>testing</literal> " +"this is <literal>testing-security</literal>, and for the previous stable " +"release, this is <literal>oldstable-security</literal>. Do not target " "<replaceable>distribution</replaceable><literal>-proposed-updates</literal> " "or <literal>stable</literal>!" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1089 -msgid "The upload should have urgency=high." +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1125 +msgid "The upload should have <emphasis role=\"strong\">urgency=high</emphasis>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1094 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1130 msgid "" "Make descriptive, meaningful changelog entries. Others will rely on them to " -"determine whether a particular bug was fixed. Always include an external " -"reference, preferably a CVE identifier, so that it can be cross-referenced. " -"Include the same information in the changelog for " -"<literal>unstable</literal>, so that it is clear that the same bug was " -"fixed, as this is very helpful when verifying that the bug is fixed in the " -"next stable release. If a CVE identifier has not yet been assigned, the " -"security team will request one so that it can be included in the package and " -"in the advisory." +"determine whether a particular bug was fixed. Add " +"<literal>closes:</literal> statements for any <emphasis " +"role=\"strong\">Debian bugs</emphasis> filed. Always include an external " +"reference, preferably a <emphasis role=\"strong\">CVE identifier</emphasis>, " +"so that it can be cross-referenced. However, if a CVE identifier has not yet " +"been assigned, do not wait for it but continue the process. The identifier " +"can be cross-referenced later." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1107 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1141 msgid "" -"Make sure the version number is proper. It must be greater than the current " -"package, but less than package versions in later distributions. If in " -"doubt, test it with <literal>dpkg --compare-versions</literal>. Be careful " -"not to re-use a version number that you have already used for a previous " -"upload. For <literal>testing</literal>, there must be a higher version in " -"<literal>unstable</literal>. If there is none yet (for example, if " -"<literal>testing</literal> and <literal>unstable</literal> have the same " -"version) you must upload a new version to <literal>unstable</literal> first." +"Make sure the <emphasis role=\"strong\">version number</emphasis> is " +"proper. It must be greater than the current package, but less than package " +"versions in later distributions. If in doubt, test it with <literal>dpkg " +"--compare-versions</literal>. Be careful not to re-use a version number " +"that you have already used for a previous upload, or one that conflicts with " +"a binNMU. The convention is to append " +"<literal>+</literal><replaceable>codename</replaceable><literal>1</literal>, " +"e.g. <literal>1:2.4.3-4+lenny1</literal>, of course increasing 1 for any " +"subsequent uploads." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1119 -msgid "" -"Do not make source-only uploads if your package has any binary-all packages " -"(do not use the <literal>-S</literal> option to " -"<command>dpkg-buildpackage</command>). The <command>buildd</command> " -"infrastructure will not build those. This point applies to normal package " -"uploads as well." -msgstr "" - -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1128 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1154 msgid "" "Unless the upstream source has been uploaded to <literal>security.debian.org " -"</literal> before (by a previous security update), build the upload with " -"full upstream source (<literal>dpkg-buildpackage -sa</literal>). If there " -"has been a previous upload to <literal>security.debian.org</literal> with " -"the same upstream version, you may upload without upstream source (<literal> " -"dpkg-buildpackage -sd</literal>)." +"</literal> before (by a previous security update), build the upload " +"<emphasis role=\"strong\">with full upstream source</emphasis> " +"(<literal>dpkg-buildpackage -sa</literal>). If there has been a previous " +"upload to <literal>security.debian.org</literal> with the same upstream " +"version, you may upload without upstream source (<literal>dpkg-buildpackage " +"-sd</literal>)." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1138 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1164 msgid "" -"Be sure to use the exact same <filename>*.orig.tar.gz</filename> as used in " -"the normal archive, otherwise it is not possible to move the security fix " -"into the main archives later." +"Be sure to use the <emphasis role=\"strong\">exact same " +"<filename>*.orig.tar.{gz,bz2,lzma}</filename></emphasis> as used in the " +"normal archive, otherwise it is not possible to move the security fix into " +"the main archives later." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1145 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1172 msgid "" -"Build the package on a clean system which only has packages installed from " -"the distribution you are building for. If you do not have such a system " -"yourself, you can use a debian.org machine (see <xref " -"linkend=\"server-machines\"/> ) or setup a chroot (see <xref " -"linkend=\"pbuilder\"/> and <xref linkend=\"debootstrap\"/> )." +"Build the package on a <emphasis role=\"strong\">clean system</emphasis> " +"which only has packages installed from the distribution you are building " +"for. If you do not have such a system yourself, you can use a debian.org " +"machine (see <xref linkend=\"server-machines\"/>) or setup a chroot (see " +"<xref linkend=\"pbuilder\"/> and <xref linkend=\"debootstrap\"/>)." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:1156 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:1183 msgid "Uploading the fixed package" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1158 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1185 msgid "" "Do <emphasis role=\"strong\">NOT</emphasis> upload a package to the security " "upload queue (<literal>oldstable-security</literal>, " -"<literal>stable-security </literal>, etc.) without prior authorization from " +"<literal>stable-security</literal>, etc.) without prior authorization from " "the security team. If the package does not exactly meet the team's " "requirements, it will cause many problems and delays in dealing with the " "unwanted upload." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1165 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1192 msgid "" -"Do <emphasis role=\"strong\">NOT</emphasis> upload your fix to <literal> " -"proposed-updates</literal> without coordinating with the security team. " -"Packages from <literal>security.debian.org</literal> will be copied into the " -"<literal>proposed-updates</literal> directory automatically. If a package " -"with the same or a higher version number is already installed into the " -"archive, the security update will be rejected by the archive system. That " -"way, the stable distribution will end up without a security update for this " -"package instead." +"Do <emphasis role=\"strong\">NOT</emphasis> upload your fix to " +"<literal>proposed-updates</literal> without coordinating with the security " +"team. Packages from <literal>security.debian.org</literal> will be copied " +"into the <literal>proposed-updates</literal> directory automatically. If a " +"package with the same or a higher version number is already installed into " +"the archive, the security update will be rejected by the archive system. " +"That way, the stable distribution will end up without a security update for " +"this package instead." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1175 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1202 msgid "" "Once you have created and tested the new package and it has been approved by " "the security team, it needs to be uploaded so that it can be installed in " "the archives. For security uploads, the place to upload to is " -"<literal>ftp://security-master.debian.org/pub/SecurityUploadQueue/</literal> " -"." +"<literal>ftp://security-master.debian.org/pub/SecurityUploadQueue/</literal>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1181 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1208 msgid "" "Once an upload to the security queue has been accepted, the package will " -"automatically be rebuilt for all architectures and stored for verification " -"by the security team." +"automatically be built for all architectures and stored for verification by " +"the security team." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1186 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1213 msgid "" "Uploads which are waiting for acceptance or verification are only accessible " "by the security team. This is necessary since there might be fixes for " "security problems that cannot be disclosed yet." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1191 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1218 msgid "" "If a member of the security team accepts a package, it will be installed on " "<literal>security.debian.org</literal> as well as proposed for the proper " @@ -1598,94 +1631,90 @@ msgid "" "on <literal>&ftp-master-host;</literal>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:1203 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:1230 msgid "Moving, removing, renaming, adopting, and orphaning packages" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1205 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1232 msgid "" "Some archive manipulation operations are not automated in the Debian upload " "process. These procedures should be manually followed by maintainers. This " "chapter gives guidelines on what to do in these cases." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:1210 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:1237 msgid "Moving packages" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para><footnote> -#: pkgs.dbk:1212 -msgid "" -"Sometimes a package will change its section. For instance, a package from " -"the `non-free' section might be GPL'd in a later version, in which case the " -"package should be moved to `main' or `contrib'.<footnote>" -msgstr "" - -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para><footnote><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1214 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para><footnote><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1241 msgid "" "See the <ulink url=\"&url-debian-policy;\">Debian Policy Manual</ulink> for " "guidelines on what section a package belongs in." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1216 pkgs.dbk:1648 -msgid "</footnote>" +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1239 +msgid "" +"Sometimes a package will change its section. For instance, a package from " +"the `non-free' section might be GPL'd in a later version, in which case the " +"package should be moved to `main' or `contrib'.<placeholder " +"type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/>" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1219 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1246 msgid "" "If you need to change the section for one of your packages, change the " "package control information to place the package in the desired section, and " "re-upload the package (see the <ulink url=\"&url-debian-policy;\">Debian " "Policy Manual</ulink> for details). You must ensure that you include the " -"<filename>.orig.tar.gz</filename> in your upload (even if you are not " -"uploading a new upstream version), or it will not appear in the new section " -"together with the rest of the package. If your new section is valid, it " -"will be moved automatically. If it does not, then contact the ftpmasters in " -"order to understand what happened." +"<filename>.orig.tar.{gz,bz2,lzma}</filename> in your upload (even if you are " +"not uploading a new upstream version), or it will not appear in the new " +"section together with the rest of the package. If your new section is " +"valid, it will be moved automatically. If it does not, then contact the " +"ftpmasters in order to understand what happened." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1231 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1258 msgid "" "If, on the other hand, you need to change the <literal>subsection</literal> " "of one of your packages (e.g., ``devel'', ``admin''), the procedure is " "slightly different. Correct the subsection as found in the control file of " "the package, and re-upload that. Also, you'll need to get the override file " -"updated, as described in <xref linkend=\"override-file\"/> ." +"updated, as described in <xref linkend=\"override-file\"/>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:1240 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:1267 msgid "Removing packages" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1242 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1269 msgid "" "If for some reason you want to completely remove a package (say, if it is an " "old compatibility library which is no longer required), you need to file a " "bug against <literal>ftp.debian.org</literal> asking that the package be " "removed; as all bugs, this bug should normally have normal severity. The " -"bug title should be in the form <literal>RM: <replaceable>package " -"</replaceable> <replaceable>[architecture list]</replaceable> -- " -"<replaceable>reason</replaceable></literal>, where " +"bug title should be in the form <literal>RM: " +"<replaceable>package</replaceable> <replaceable>[architecture " +"list]</replaceable> -- <replaceable>reason</replaceable></literal>, where " "<replaceable>package</replaceable> is the package to be removed and " "<replaceable>reason</replaceable> is a short summary of the reason for the " "removal request. <replaceable>[architecture list]</replaceable> is optional " "and only needed if the removal request only applies to some architectures, " "not all. Note that the <command>reportbug</command> will create a title " "conforming to these rules when you use it to report a bug against the " -"<literal> ftp.debian.org</literal> pseudo-package." +"<literal>ftp.debian.org</literal> pseudo-package." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1259 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1286 msgid "" "If you want to remove a package you maintain, you should note this in the " "bug title by prepending <literal>ROM</literal> (Request Of Maintainer). " @@ -1696,19 +1725,19 @@ msgid "" "requests." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1268 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1295 msgid "" -"Note that removals can only be done for the <literal>unstable </literal>, " -"<literal>experimental</literal> and <literal>stable </literal> " -"distribution. Packages are not removed from <literal>testing</literal> " -"directly. Rather, they will be removed automatically after the package has " -"been removed from <literal>unstable</literal> and no package in " -"<literal>testing </literal> depends on it." +"Note that removals can only be done for the <literal>unstable</literal>, " +"<literal>experimental</literal> and <literal>stable</literal> distribution. " +"Packages are not removed from <literal>testing</literal> directly. Rather, " +"they will be removed automatically after the package has been removed from " +"<literal>unstable</literal> and no package in <literal>testing</literal> " +"depends on it." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1277 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1304 msgid "" "There is one exception when an explicit removal request is not necessary: If " "a (source or binary) package is an orphan, it will be removed " @@ -1719,8 +1748,8 @@ msgid "" "refers to have been taken over by another source package." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1286 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1313 msgid "" "In your removal request, you have to detail the reasons justifying the " "request. This is to avoid unwanted removals and to keep a trace of why a " @@ -1728,8 +1757,8 @@ msgid "" "package that supersedes the one to be removed." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1292 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1319 msgid "" "Usually you only ask for the removal of a package maintained by yourself. " "If you want to remove another package, you have to get the approval of its " @@ -1741,8 +1770,8 @@ msgid "" "request." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1302 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1329 msgid "" "Further information relating to these and other package removal related " "topics may be found at <ulink " @@ -1750,8 +1779,8 @@ msgid "" "url=\"&url-debian-qa;howto-remove.html\"></ulink>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1307 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1334 msgid "" "If in doubt concerning whether a package is disposable, email " "&email-debian-devel; asking for opinions. Also of interest is the " @@ -1759,31 +1788,35 @@ msgid "" "role=\"package\">apt</systemitem> package. When invoked as " "<literal>apt-cache showpkg <replaceable>package</replaceable></literal>, the " "program will show details for <replaceable>package</replaceable>, including " -"reverse depends. Other useful programs include <literal>apt-cache " -"rdepends</literal>, <command>apt-rdepends</command>, " +"reverse depends. Other useful programs include <command>apt-cache " +"rdepends</command>, <command>apt-rdepends</command>, " "<command>build-rdeps</command> (in the <systemitem " "role=\"package\">devscripts</systemitem> package) and " "<command>grep-dctrl</command>. Removal of orphaned packages is discussed on " "&email-debian-qa;." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1320 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1347 msgid "" "Once the package has been removed, the package's bugs should be handled. " "They should either be reassigned to another package in the case where the " "actual code has evolved into another package (e.g. " "<literal>libfoo12</literal> was removed because <literal>libfoo13</literal> " -"supersedes it) or closed if the software is simply no longer part of Debian." +"supersedes it) or closed if the software is simply no longer part of " +"Debian. When closing the bugs, to avoid marking the bugs as fixed in " +"versions of the packages in previous Debian releases, they should be marked " +"as fixed in the version " +"<literal><most-recent-version-ever-in-Debian>+rm</literal>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:1327 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:1358 msgid "Removing packages from <filename>Incoming</filename>" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1329 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1360 msgid "" "In the past, it was possible to remove packages from " "<filename>incoming</filename>. However, with the introduction of the new " @@ -1796,31 +1829,31 @@ msgid "" "package should not occur too often anyway." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:1344 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:1375 msgid "Replacing or renaming packages" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1346 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1377 msgid "" "When the upstream maintainers for one of your packages chose to rename their " "software (or you made a mistake naming your package), you should follow a " "two-step process to rename it. In the first step, change the " "<filename>debian/control</filename> file to reflect the new name and to " "replace, provide and conflict with the obsolete package name (see the <ulink " -"url=\"&url-debian-policy;\"> Debian Policy Manual</ulink> for details). " +"url=\"&url-debian-policy;\">Debian Policy Manual</ulink> for details). " "Please note that you should only add a <literal>Provides</literal> relation " "if all packages depending on the obsolete package name continue to work " "after the renaming. Once you've uploaded the package and the package has " -"moved into the archive, file a bug against <literal> " -"ftp.debian.org</literal> asking to remove the package with the obsolete name " -"(see <xref linkend=\"removing-pkgs\"/>). Do not forget to properly reassign " -"the package's bugs at the same time." +"moved into the archive, file a bug against <literal>ftp.debian.org</literal> " +"asking to remove the package with the obsolete name (see <xref " +"linkend=\"removing-pkgs\"/>). Do not forget to properly reassign the " +"package's bugs at the same time." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1362 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1393 msgid "" "At other times, you may make a mistake in constructing your package and wish " "to replace it. The only way to do this is to increase the version number " @@ -1829,18 +1862,19 @@ msgid "" "sources: if you wish to replace the upstream source tarball of your package, " "you will need to upload it with a different version. An easy possibility is " "to replace <filename>foo_1.00.orig.tar.gz</filename> with " -"<filename>foo_1.00+0.orig.tar.gz</filename>. This restriction gives each " +"<filename>foo_1.00+0.orig.tar.gz</filename> or " +"<filename>foo_1.00.orig.tar.bz2</filename>. This restriction gives each " "file on the ftp site a unique name, which helps to ensure consistency across " "the mirror network." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:1376 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:1408 msgid "Orphaning a package" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1378 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1410 msgid "" "If you can no longer maintain a package, you need to inform others, and see " "that the package is marked as orphaned. You should set the package " @@ -1857,8 +1891,8 @@ msgid "" "subject won't indicate the bug number)." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1393 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1425 msgid "" "If you just intend to give the package away, but you can keep maintainership " "for the moment, then you should instead submit a bug against <systemitem " @@ -1868,18 +1902,18 @@ msgid "" "<literal>Request For Adoption</literal>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1401 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1433 msgid "More information is on the <ulink url=\"&url-wnpp;\">WNPP web pages</ulink>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:1407 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:1439 msgid "Adopting a package" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1409 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1441 msgid "" "A list of packages in need of a new maintainer is available in the <ulink " "url=\"&url-wnpp;\">Work-Needing and Prospective Packages list " @@ -1888,18 +1922,18 @@ msgid "" "information and procedures." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1416 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1448 msgid "" "It is not OK to simply take over a package that you feel is neglected — that " "would be package hijacking. You can, of course, contact the current " "maintainer and ask them if you may take over the package. If you have " "reason to believe a maintainer has gone AWOL (absent without leave), see " -"<xref linkend=\"mia-qa\"/> ." +"<xref linkend=\"mia-qa\"/>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1422 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1454 msgid "" "Generally, you may not take over the package without the assent of the " "current maintainer. Even if they ignore you, that is still not grounds to " @@ -1911,26 +1945,26 @@ msgid "" "information)." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1432 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1464 msgid "" "If you take over an old package, you probably want to be listed as the " "package's official maintainer in the bug system. This will happen " "automatically once you upload a new version with an updated " -"<literal>Maintainer:</literal> field, although it can take a few hours after " +"<literal>Maintainer</literal> field, although it can take a few hours after " "the upload is done. If you do not expect to upload a new version for a " "while, you can use <xref linkend=\"pkg-tracking-system\"/> to get the bug " "reports. However, make sure that the old maintainer has no problem with the " "fact that they will continue to receive the bugs during that time." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:1446 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:1478 msgid "Porting and being ported" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1448 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1480 msgid "" "Debian supports an ever-increasing number of architectures. Even if you are " "not a porter, and you don't use any architecture but one, it is part of your " @@ -1938,25 +1972,25 @@ msgid "" "if you are not a porter, you should read most of this chapter." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1454 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1486 msgid "" "Porting is the act of building Debian packages for architectures that are " "different from the original architecture of the package maintainer's binary " "package. It is a unique and essential activity. In fact, porters do most " "of the actual compiling of Debian packages. For instance, when a maintainer " -"uploads a (portable) source packages with binaries for the <literal>i386 " -"</literal> architecture, it will be built for each of the other " +"uploads a (portable) source packages with binaries for the " +"<literal>i386</literal> architecture, it will be built for each of the other " "architectures, amounting to &number-of-arches; more builds." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:1463 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:1495 msgid "Being kind to porters" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1465 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1497 msgid "" "Porters have a difficult and unique task, since they are required to deal " "with a large volume of packages. Ideally, every source package should build " @@ -1966,8 +2000,8 @@ msgid "" "jobs unnecessarily difficult." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1473 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1505 msgid "" "The first and most important thing is to respond quickly to bug or issues " "raised by porters. Please treat porters with courtesy, as if they were in " @@ -1976,16 +2010,16 @@ msgid "" "whatever the problem is." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1480 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1512 msgid "" "By far, most of the problems encountered by porters are caused by " "<emphasis>packaging bugs</emphasis> in the source packages. Here is a " "checklist of things you should check or be aware of." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1487 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1519 msgid "" "Make sure that your <literal>Build-Depends</literal> and " "<literal>Build-Depends-Indep</literal> settings in " @@ -1993,31 +2027,31 @@ msgid "" "validate this is to use the <systemitem " "role=\"package\">debootstrap</systemitem> package to create an " "<literal>unstable</literal> chroot environment (see <xref " -"linkend=\"debootstrap\"/> ). Within that chrooted environment, install the " +"linkend=\"debootstrap\"/>). Within that chrooted environment, install the " "<systemitem role=\"package\">build-essential</systemitem> package and any " "package dependencies mentioned in <literal>Build-Depends</literal> and/or " "<literal>Build-Depends-Indep</literal>. Finally, try building your package " "within that chrooted environment. These steps can be automated by the use " "of the <command>pbuilder</command> program which is provided by the package " -"of the same name (see <xref linkend=\"pbuilder\"/> )." +"of the same name (see <xref linkend=\"pbuilder\"/>)." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1502 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1534 msgid "" "If you can't set up a proper chroot, <command>dpkg-depcheck</command> may be " -"of assistance (see <xref linkend=\"dpkg-depcheck\"/> )." +"of assistance (see <xref linkend=\"dpkg-depcheck\"/>)." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1506 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1538 msgid "" "See the <ulink url=\"&url-debian-policy;\">Debian Policy Manual</ulink> for " "instructions on setting build dependencies." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1512 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1544 msgid "" "Don't set architecture to a value other than <literal>all</literal> or " "<literal>any</literal> unless you really mean it. In too many cases, " @@ -2027,8 +2061,8 @@ msgid "" "<literal>amd64</literal>) is usually incorrect." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1522 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1554 msgid "" "Make sure your source package is correct. Do <literal>dpkg-source -x " "<replaceable>package</replaceable>.dsc</literal> to make sure your source " @@ -2036,8 +2070,8 @@ msgid "" "scratch with <command>dpkg-buildpackage</command>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1530 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1562 msgid "" "Make sure you don't ship your source package with the " "<filename>debian/files</filename> or <filename>debian/substvars</filename> " @@ -2045,8 +2079,8 @@ msgid "" "<filename>debian/rules</filename>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1538 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1570 msgid "" "Make sure you don't rely on locally installed or hacked configurations or " "programs. For instance, you should never be calling programs in " @@ -2055,8 +2089,8 @@ msgid "" "machine, even if it's the same architecture." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1547 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1579 msgid "" "Don't depend on the package you're building being installed already (a " "sub-case of the above issue). There are, of course, exceptions to this rule, " @@ -2064,8 +2098,8 @@ msgid "" "be done by automated package builders." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1555 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1587 msgid "" "Don't rely on the compiler being a certain version, if possible. If not, " "then make sure your build dependencies reflect the restrictions, although " @@ -2073,23 +2107,24 @@ msgid "" "standardize on different compilers." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1563 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1595 msgid "" -"Make sure your debian/rules contains separate <literal>binary-arch</literal> " -"and <literal>binary-indep</literal> targets, as the Debian Policy Manual " -"requires. Make sure that both targets work independently, that is, that you " -"can call the target without having called the other before. To test this, " -"try to run <command>dpkg-buildpackage -B</command>." +"Make sure your <filename>debian/rules</filename> contains separate " +"<literal>binary-arch</literal> and <literal>binary-indep</literal> targets, " +"as the Debian Policy Manual requires. Make sure that both targets work " +"independently, that is, that you can call the target without having called " +"the other before. To test this, try to run <command>dpkg-buildpackage " +"-B</command>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:1574 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:1606 msgid "Guidelines for porter uploads" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1576 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1608 msgid "" "If the package builds out of the box for the architecture to be ported to, " "you are in luck and your job is easy. This section applies to that case; it " @@ -2099,16 +2134,16 @@ msgid "" "source NMU, so consult <xref linkend=\"nmu-guidelines\"/> instead." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1584 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1616 msgid "" "For a porter upload, no changes are being made to the source. You do not " "need to touch any of the files in the source package. This includes " "<filename>debian/changelog</filename>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1589 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1621 msgid "" "The way to invoke <command>dpkg-buildpackage</command> is as " "<literal>dpkg-buildpackage -B " @@ -2116,11 +2151,11 @@ msgid "" "<replaceable>porter-email</replaceable> to your email address. This will do " "a binary-only build of only the architecture-dependent portions of the " "package, using the <literal>binary-arch</literal> target in " -"<filename>debian/rules </filename>." +"<filename>debian/rules</filename>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1598 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1630 msgid "" "If you are working on a Debian machine for your porting efforts and you need " "to sign your upload locally for its acceptance in the archive, you can run " @@ -2129,43 +2164,43 @@ msgid "" "<command>dpkg-sig</command>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:1605 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:1637 msgid "Recompilation or binary-only NMU" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1607 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1639 msgid "" "Sometimes the initial porter upload is problematic because the environment " "in which the package was built was not good enough (outdated or obsolete " -"library, bad compiler, ...). Then you may just need to recompile it in an " +"library, bad compiler, etc.). Then you may just need to recompile it in an " "updated environment. However, you have to bump the version number in this " "case, so that the old bad package can be replaced in the Debian archive " "(<command>dak</command> refuses to install new packages if they don't have a " "version number greater than the currently available one)." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1616 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1648 msgid "" "You have to make sure that your binary-only NMU doesn't render the package " "uninstallable. This could happen when a source package generates " "arch-dependent and arch-independent packages that have inter-dependencies " -"generated using dpkg's substitution variable <literal>$(Source-Version) " -"</literal>." +"generated using dpkg's substitution variable " +"<literal>$(Source-Version)</literal>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1623 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1654 msgid "" "Despite the required modification of the changelog, these are called " "binary-only NMUs — there is no need in this case to trigger all other " "architectures to consider themselves out of date or requiring recompilation." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1628 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1659 msgid "" "Such recompilations require special ``magic'' version numbering, so that the " "archive maintenance tools recognize that, even though there is a new Debian " @@ -2174,21 +2209,8 @@ msgid "" "corresponding source code)." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para><footnote> -#: pkgs.dbk:1635 -msgid "" -"The ``magic'' for a recompilation-only NMU is triggered by using a suffix " -"appended to the package version number, following the form <literal> " -"b<replaceable>number</replaceable></literal>. For instance, if the latest " -"version you are recompiling against was version <literal>2.9-3</literal>, " -"your binary-only NMU should carry a version of <literal>2.9-3+b1</literal>. " -"If the latest version was <literal>3.4+b1 </literal> (i.e, a native package " -"with a previous recompilation NMU), your binary-only NMU should have a " -"version number of <literal>3.4+b2</literal>. <footnote>" -msgstr "" - -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para><footnote><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1643 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para><footnote><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1674 msgid "" "In the past, such NMUs used the third-level number on the Debian part of the " "revision to denote their recompilation-only status; however, this syntax was " @@ -2197,24 +2219,38 @@ msgid "" "has therefore been abandoned in favor of this new syntax." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1651 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1666 +msgid "" +"The ``magic'' for a recompilation-only NMU is triggered by using a suffix " +"appended to the package version number, following the form " +"<literal>b<replaceable>number</replaceable></literal>. For instance, if the " +"latest version you are recompiling against was version " +"<literal>2.9-3</literal>, your binary-only NMU should carry a version of " +"<literal>2.9-3+b1</literal>. If the latest version was " +"<literal>3.4+b1</literal> (i.e, a native package with a previous " +"recompilation NMU), your binary-only NMU should have a version number of " +"<literal>3.4+b2</literal>.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/>" +msgstr "" + +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1682 msgid "" "Similar to initial porter uploads, the correct way of invoking " "<command>dpkg-buildpackage</command> is <literal>dpkg-buildpackage " "-B</literal> to only build the architecture-dependent parts of the package." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:1658 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:1689 msgid "When to do a source NMU if you are a porter" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1660 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1691 msgid "" "Porters doing a source NMU generally follow the guidelines found in <xref " -"linkend=\"nmu\"/> , just like non-porters. However, it is expected that the " +"linkend=\"nmu\"/>, just like non-porters. However, it is expected that the " "wait cycle for a porter's source NMU is smaller than for a non-porter, since " "porters have to cope with a large quantity of packages. Again, the " "situation varies depending on the distribution they are uploading to. It " @@ -2223,8 +2259,8 @@ msgid "" "architectures are candidates." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1669 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1700 msgid "" "If you are a porter doing an NMU for <literal>unstable</literal>, the above " "guidelines for porting should be followed, with two variations. Firstly, " @@ -2234,12 +2270,12 @@ msgid "" "shortened if the problem is critical and imposes hardship on the porting " "effort, at the discretion of the porter group. (Remember, none of this is " "Policy, just mutually agreed upon guidelines.) For uploads to " -"<literal>stable</literal> or <literal>testing </literal>, please coordinate " +"<literal>stable</literal> or <literal>testing</literal>, please coordinate " "with the appropriate release team first." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1681 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1712 msgid "" "Secondly, porters doing source NMUs should make sure that the bug they " "submit to the BTS should be of severity <literal>serious</literal> or " @@ -2249,8 +2285,8 @@ msgid "" "architectures in order to comply with many licenses." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1689 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1720 msgid "" "Porters should try to avoid patches which simply kludge around bugs in the " "current version of the compile environment, kernel, or libc. Sometimes such " @@ -2260,8 +2296,8 @@ msgid "" "problems have been fixed." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1697 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1728 msgid "" "Porters may also have an unofficial location where they can put the results " "of their work during the waiting period. This helps others running the port " @@ -2269,13 +2305,13 @@ msgid "" "course, such locations have no official blessing or status, so buyer beware." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:1707 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:1738 msgid "Porting infrastructure and automation" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1709 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1740 msgid "" "There is infrastructure and several tools to help automate package porting. " "This section contains a brief overview of this automation and porting to " @@ -2283,20 +2319,20 @@ msgid "" "information." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:1714 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:1745 msgid "Mailing lists and web pages" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1716 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1747 msgid "" "Web pages containing the status of each port can be found at <ulink " "url=\"&url-debian-ports;\"></ulink>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1720 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1751 msgid "" "Each port of Debian has a mailing list. The list of porting mailing lists " "can be found at <ulink url=\"&url-debian-port-lists;\"></ulink>. These " @@ -2304,58 +2340,59 @@ msgid "" "port with the porters." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:1728 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:1759 msgid "Porter tools" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1730 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1761 msgid "" "Descriptions of several porting tools can be found in <xref " -"linkend=\"tools-porting\"/> ." +"linkend=\"tools-porting\"/>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:1736 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:1767 msgid "<systemitem role=\"package\">wanna-build</systemitem>" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1738 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1769 msgid "" "The <systemitem role=\"package\">wanna-build</systemitem> system is used as " "a distributed, client-server build distribution system. It is usually used " "in conjunction with build daemons running the <systemitem " -"role=\"package\">buildd </systemitem> program. <literal>Build " +"role=\"package\">buildd</systemitem> program. <literal>Build " "daemons</literal> are ``slave'' hosts which contact the central <systemitem " -"role=\"package\"> wanna-build</systemitem> system to receive a list of " +"role=\"package\">wanna-build</systemitem> system to receive a list of " "packages that need to be built." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1746 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1777 msgid "" "<systemitem role=\"package\">wanna-build</systemitem> is not yet available " "as a package; however, all Debian porting efforts are using it for automated " "package building. The tool used to do the actual package builds, " "<systemitem role=\"package\">sbuild</systemitem> is available as a package, " -"see its description in <xref linkend=\"sbuild\"/> . Please note that the " +"see its description in <xref linkend=\"sbuild\"/>. Please note that the " "packaged version is not the same as the one used on build daemons, but it is " "close enough to reproduce problems." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1755 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1786 msgid "" -"Most of the data produced by <systemitem role=\"package\">wanna-build " -"</systemitem> which is generally useful to porters is available on the web " -"at <ulink url=\"&url-buildd;\"></ulink>. This data includes nightly updated " -"statistics, queueing information and logs for build attempts." +"Most of the data produced by <systemitem " +"role=\"package\">wanna-build</systemitem> which is generally useful to " +"porters is available on the web at <ulink url=\"&url-buildd;\"></ulink>. " +"This data includes nightly updated statistics, queueing information and logs " +"for build attempts." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1761 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1792 msgid "" "We are quite proud of this system, since it has so many possible uses. " "Independent development groups can use the system for different sub-flavors " @@ -2364,20 +2401,29 @@ msgid "" "will also enable Debian to recompile entire distributions quickly." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1768 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1799 msgid "" -"The buildds admins of each arch can be contacted at the mail address " -"<literal><replaceable>arch</replaceable>@buildd.debian.org</literal>." +"The wanna-build team, in charge of the buildds, can be reached at " +"<literal>debian-wb-team@lists.debian.org</literal>. To determine who " +"(wanna-build team, release team) and how (mail, BTS) to contact, refer to " +"<ulink url=\"&url-wb-team;\"></ulink>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:1776 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1806 +msgid "" +"When requesting binNMUs or give-backs (retries after a failed build), please " +"use the format described at <ulink url=\"&url-release-wb;\"/>." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:1815 msgid "When your package is <emphasis>not</emphasis> portable" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1778 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1817 msgid "" "Some packages still have issues with building and/or working on some of the " "architectures supported by Debian, and cannot be ported at all, or not " @@ -2387,15 +2433,15 @@ msgid "" "supported on all architectures." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1785 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1824 msgid "" "In order to prevent broken packages from being uploaded to the archive, and " "wasting buildd time, you need to do a few things:" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1791 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1830 msgid "" "First, make sure your package <emphasis>does</emphasis> fail to build on " "architectures that it cannot support. There are a few ways to achieve " @@ -2406,8 +2452,8 @@ msgid "" "required functionality is available." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1799 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1838 msgid "" "Additionally, if you believe the list of supported architectures is pretty " "constant, you should change <literal>any</literal> to a list of supported " @@ -2415,502 +2461,472 @@ msgid "" "will fail also, and indicate this to a human reader without actually trying." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1807 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1846 msgid "" "In order to prevent autobuilders from needlessly trying to build your " -"package, it must be included in <filename>packages-arch-specific</filename>, " +"package, it must be included in <filename>Packages-arch-specific</filename>, " "a list used by the <command>wanna-build</command> script. The current " -"version is available as <ulink " -"url=\"&url-cvsweb;srcdep/Packages-arch-specific?cvsroot=dak\"></ulink>; " -"please see the top of the file for whom to contact for changes." +"version is available as <ulink url=\"&url-buildd-p-a-s;\"/>; please see the " +"top of the file for whom to contact for changes." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1817 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1855 msgid "" "Please note that it is insufficient to only add your package to " -"Packages-arch-specific without making it fail to build on unsupported " -"architectures: A porter or any other person trying to build your package " -"might accidently upload it without noticing it doesn't work. If in the past " -"some binary packages were uploaded on unsupported architectures, request " -"their removal by filing a bug against <systemitem " -"role=\"package\">ftp.debian.org</systemitem>" +"<filename>Packages-arch-specific</filename> without making it fail to build " +"on unsupported architectures: A porter or any other person trying to build " +"your package might accidently upload it without noticing it doesn't work. " +"If in the past some binary packages were uploaded on unsupported " +"architectures, request their removal by filing a bug against <systemitem " +"role=\"package\">ftp.debian.org</systemitem>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:1830 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:1868 msgid "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1832 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1870 msgid "" -"Under certain circumstances it is necessary for someone other than the " -"official package maintainer to make a release of a package. This is called " -"a non-maintainer upload, or NMU." +"Every package has one or more maintainers. Normally, these are the people " +"who work on and upload new versions of the package. In some situations, it " +"is useful that other developers can upload a new version as well, for " +"example if they want to fix a bug in a package they don't maintain, when the " +"maintainer needs help to respond to issues. Such uploads are called " +"<emphasis>Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMU)</emphasis>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1837 -msgid "" -"This section handles only source NMUs, i.e. NMUs which upload a new version " -"of the package. For binary-only NMUs by porters or QA members, please see " -"<xref linkend=\"binary-only-nmu\"/> . If a buildd builds and uploads a " -"package, that too is strictly speaking a binary NMU. See <xref " -"linkend=\"wanna-build\"/> for some more information." +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:1879 +msgid "When and how to do an NMU" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1844 -msgid "" -"The main reason why NMUs are done is when a developer needs to fix another " -"developer's package in order to address serious problems or crippling bugs " -"or when the package maintainer is unable to release a fix in a timely " -"fashion." +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1882 +msgid "Before doing an NMU, consider the following questions:" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1849 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1887 msgid "" -"First and foremost, it is critical that NMU patches to source should be as " -"non-disruptive as possible. Do not do housekeeping tasks, do not change the " -"name of modules or files, do not move directories; in general, do not fix " -"things which are not broken. Keep the patch as small as possible. If " -"things bother you aesthetically, talk to the Debian maintainer, talk to the " -"upstream maintainer, or submit a bug. However, aesthetic changes must " -"<emphasis>not</emphasis> be made in a non-maintainer upload." +"Does your NMU really fix bugs? Fixing cosmetic issues or changing the " +"packaging style in NMUs is discouraged." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1858 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1893 msgid "" -"And please remember the Hippocratic Oath: Above all, do no harm. It is " -"better to leave a package with an open grave bug than applying a " -"non-functional patch, or one that hides the bug instead of resolving it." +"Did you give enough time to the maintainer? When was the bug reported to the " +"BTS? Being busy for a week or two isn't unusual. Is the bug so severe that " +"it needs to be fixed right now, or can it wait a few more days?" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:1863 -msgid "How to do a NMU" +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1900 +msgid "" +"How confident are you about your changes? Please remember the Hippocratic " +"Oath: \"Above all, do no harm.\" It is better to leave a package with an " +"open grave bug than applying a non-functional patch, or one that hides the " +"bug instead of resolving it. If you are not 100% sure of what you did, it " +"might be a good idea to seek advice from others. Remember that if you break " +"something in your NMU, many people will be very unhappy about it." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1865 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1910 msgid "" -"NMUs which fix important, serious or higher severity bugs are encouraged and " -"accepted. You should endeavor to reach the current maintainer of the " -"package; they might be just about to upload a fix for the problem, or have a " -"better solution." +"Have you clearly expressed your intention to NMU, at least in the BTS? It is " +"also a good idea to try to contact the maintainer by other means (private " +"email, IRC)." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1871 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1917 msgid "" -"NMUs should be made to assist a package's maintainer in resolving bugs. " -"Maintainers should be thankful for that help, and NMUers should respect the " -"decisions of maintainers, and try to personally help the maintainer by their " -"work." +"If the maintainer is usually active and responsive, have you tried to " +"contact him? In general it should be considered preferable that a maintainer " +"takes care of an issue himself and that he is given the chance to review and " +"correct your patch, because he can be expected to be more aware of potential " +"issues which an NMUer might miss. It is often a better use of everyone's " +"time if the maintainer is given an opportunity to upload a fix on their own." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1877 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1927 msgid "" -"A NMU should follow all conventions, written down in this section. For an " -"upload to <literal>testing</literal> or <literal>unstable</literal>, this " -"order of steps is recommended:" +"When doing an NMU, you must first make sure that your intention to NMU is " +"clear. Then, you must send a patch with the differences between the current " +"package and your proposed NMU to the BTS. The <command>nmudiff</command> " +"script in the <systemitem role=\"package\">devscripts</systemitem> package " +"might be helpful." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1884 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1934 msgid "" -"Make sure that the package's bugs that the NMU is meant to address are all " -"filed in the Debian Bug Tracking System (BTS). If they are not, submit them " -"immediately." +"While preparing the patch, you should better be aware of any " +"package-specific practices that the maintainer might be using. Taking them " +"into account reduces the burden of getting your changes integrated back in " +"the normal package workflow and thus increases the possibilities that that " +"will happen. A good place where to look for for possible package-specific " +"practices is <ulink " +"url=\"&url-debian-policy;ch-source.html#s-readmesource\"><filename>debian/README.source</filename></ulink>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1891 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1942 msgid "" -"Wait a few days for the response from the maintainer. If you don't get any " -"response, you may want to help them by sending the patch that fixes the " -"bug. Don't forget to tag the bug with the patch keyword." +"Unless you have an excellent reason not to do so, you must then give some " +"time to the maintainer to react (for example, by uploading to the " +"<literal>DELAYED</literal> queue). Here are some recommended values to use " +"for delays:" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1898 -msgid "" -"Wait a few more days. If you still haven't got an answer from the " -"maintainer, send them a mail announcing your intent to NMU the package. " -"Prepare an NMU as described in this section, and test it carefully on your " -"machine (cf. <xref linkend=\"sanitycheck\"/> ). Double check that your " -"patch doesn't have any unexpected side effects. Make sure your patch is as " -"small and as non-disruptive as it can be." +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1949 +msgid "Upload fixing only release-critical bugs older than 7 days: 2 days" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1908 -msgid "" -"Upload your package to incoming in <filename>DELAYED/7-day</filename> (cf. " -"<xref linkend=\"delayed-incoming\"/> ), send the final patch to the " -"maintainer via the BTS, and explain to them that they have 7 days to react " -"if they want to cancel the NMU." +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1954 +msgid "Upload fixing only release-critical and important bugs: 5 days" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1916 -msgid "" -"Follow what happens, you're responsible for any bug that you introduced with " -"your NMU. You should probably use <xref linkend=\"pkg-tracking-system\"/> " -"(PTS) to stay informed of the state of the package after your NMU." +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1959 +msgid "Other NMUs: 10 days" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1923 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1965 msgid "" -"At times, the release manager or an organized group of developers can " -"announce a certain period of time in which the NMU rules are relaxed. This " -"usually involves shortening the period during which one is to wait before " -"uploading the fixes, and shortening the DELAYED period. It is important to " -"notice that even in these so-called bug squashing party times, the NMU'er " -"has to file bugs and contact the developer first, and act later. Please see " -"<xref linkend=\"qa-bsp\"/> for details." +"Those delays are only examples. In some cases, such as uploads fixing " +"security issues, or fixes for trivial bugs that blocking a transition, it is " +"desirable that the fixed package reaches <literal>unstable</literal> sooner." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1932 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1971 msgid "" -"For the <literal>testing</literal> distribution, the rules may be changed by " -"the release managers. Please take additional care, and acknowledge that the " -"usual way for a package to enter <literal>testing</literal> is through " -"<literal>unstable</literal>." +"Sometimes, release managers decide to allow NMUs with shorter delays for a " +"subset of bugs (e.g release-critical bugs older than 7 days). Also, some " +"maintainers list themselves in the <ulink " +"url=\"&url-low-threshold-nmu;\">Low Threshold NMU list</ulink>, and accept " +"that NMUs are uploaded without delay. But even in those cases, it's still a " +"good idea to give the maintainer a few days to react before you upload, " +"especially if the patch wasn't available in the BTS before, or if you know " +"that the maintainer is generally active." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1938 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1981 msgid "" -"For the stable distribution, please take extra care. Of course, the release " -"managers may also change the rules here. Please verify before you upload " -"that all your changes are OK for inclusion into the next stable release by " -"the release manager." +"After you upload an NMU, you are responsible for the possible problems that " +"you might have introduced. You must keep an eye on the package (subscribing " +"to the package on the PTS is a good way to achieve this)." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1944 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1987 msgid "" -"When a security bug is detected, the security team may do an NMU, using " -"their own rules. Please refer to <xref linkend=\"bug-security\"/> for more " -"information." +"This is not a license to perform NMUs thoughtlessly. If you NMU when it is " +"clear that the maintainers are active and would have acknowledged a patch in " +"a timely manner, or if you ignore the recommendations of this document, your " +"upload might be a cause of conflict with the maintainer. You should always " +"be prepared to defend the wisdom of any NMU you perform on its own merits." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1949 -msgid "" -"For the differences for Porters NMUs, please see <xref " -"linkend=\"source-nmu-when-porter\"/> ." +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:1997 +msgid "NMUs and <filename>debian/changelog</filename>" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1953 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:1999 msgid "" -"Of course, it is always possible to agree on special rules with a maintainer " -"(like the maintainer asking please upload this fix directly for me, and no " -"diff required)." +"Just like any other (source) upload, NMUs must add an entry to " +"<filename>debian/changelog</filename>, telling what has changed with this " +"upload. The first line of this entry must explicitely mention that this " +"upload is an NMU, e.g.:" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:1960 -msgid "NMU version numbering" +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><screen> +#: pkgs.dbk:2004 +#, no-wrap +msgid " * Non-maintainer upload.\n" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1962 -msgid "" -"Whenever you have made a change to a package, no matter how trivial, the " -"version number needs to change. This enables our packing system to " -"function." +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2008 +msgid "The way to version NMUs differs for native and non-native packages." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1966 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2011 msgid "" -"If you are doing a non-maintainer upload (NMU), you should add a new minor " -"version number to the <replaceable>debian-revision</replaceable> part of the " -"version number (the portion after the last hyphen). This extra minor number " -"will start at `1'. For example, consider the package `foo', which is at " -"version 1.1-3. In the archive, the source package control file would be " -"<filename>foo_1.1-3.dsc</filename>. The upstream version is `1.1' and the " -"Debian revision is `3'. The next NMU would add a new minor number `.1' to " -"the Debian revision; the new source control file would be " -"<filename>foo_1.1-3.1.dsc</filename>." +"If the package is a native package (without a Debian revision in the version " +"number), the version must be the version of the last maintainer upload, plus " +"<literal>+nmu<replaceable>X</replaceable></literal>, where " +"<replaceable>X</replaceable> is a counter starting at <literal>1</literal>. " +"If the last upload was also an NMU, the counter should be increased. For " +"example, if the current version is <literal>1.5</literal>, then an NMU would " +"get version <literal>1.5+nmu1</literal>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1977 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2021 msgid "" -"The Debian revision minor number is needed to avoid stealing one of the " -"package maintainer's version numbers, which might disrupt their work. It " -"also has the benefit of making it visually clear that a package in the " -"archive was not made by the official maintainer." +"If the package is a not a native package, you should add a minor version " +"number to the Debian revision part of the version number (the portion after " +"the last hyphen). This extra number must start at <literal>1</literal>. For " +"example, if the current version is <literal>1.5-2</literal>, then an NMU " +"would get version <literal>1.5-2.1</literal>. If a new upstream version is " +"packaged in the NMU, the Debian revision is set to <literal>0</literal>, for " +"example <literal>1.6-0.1</literal>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1983 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2030 msgid "" -"If there is no <replaceable>debian-revision</replaceable> component in the " -"version number then one should be created, starting at `0.1' (but in case of " -"a debian native package still upload it as native package). If it is " -"absolutely necessary for someone other than the usual maintainer to make a " -"release based on a new upstream version then the person making the release " -"should start with the <replaceable>debian-revision</replaceable> value " -"`0.1'. The usual maintainer of a package should start their " -"<replaceable>debian-revision</replaceable> numbering at `1'." +"In both cases, if the last upload was also an NMU, the counter should be " +"increased. For example, if the current version is " +"<literal>1.5+nmu3</literal> (a native package which has already been NMUed), " +"the NMU would get version <literal>1.5+nmu4</literal>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:1993 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2036 msgid "" -"If you upload a package to <literal>testing</literal> or <literal>stable " -"</literal>, sometimes, you need to fork the version number tree. For this, " -"version numbers like 1.1-3sarge0.1 could be used." -msgstr "" - -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:2000 -msgid "Source NMUs must have a new changelog entry" +"A special versioning scheme is needed to avoid disrupting the maintainer's " +"work, since using an integer for the Debian revision will potentially " +"conflict with a maintainer upload already in preparation at the time of an " +"NMU, or even one sitting in the ftp NEW queue. It also has the benefit of " +"making it visually clear that a package in the archive was not made by the " +"official maintainer." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2002 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2046 msgid "" -"Anyone who is doing a source NMU must create a changelog entry, describing " -"which bugs are fixed by the NMU, and generally why the NMU was required and " -"what it fixed. The changelog entry will have the email address of the " -"person who uploaded it in the log entry and the NMU version number in it." +"If you upload a package to testing or stable, you sometimes need to \"fork\" " +"the version number tree. This is the case for security uploads, for " +"example. For this, a version of the form " +"<literal>+deb<replaceable>XY</replaceable>u<replaceable>Z</replaceable></literal> " +"should be used, where <replaceable>X</replaceable> and " +"<replaceable>Y</replaceable> are the major and minor release numbers, and " +"<replaceable>Z</replaceable> is a counter starting at <literal>1</literal>. " +"When the release number is not yet known (often the case for " +"<literal>testing</literal>, at the beginning of release cycles), the lowest " +"release number higher than the last stable release number must be used. For " +"example, while Lenny (Debian 5.0) is stable, a security NMU to stable for a " +"package at version <literal>1.5-3</literal> would have version " +"<literal>1.5-3+deb50u1</literal>, whereas a security NMU to Squeeze would " +"get version <literal>1.5-3+deb60u1</literal>. After the release of Squeeze, " +"security uploads to the <literal>testing</literal> distribution will be " +"versioned <literal>+deb61uZ</literal>, until it is known whether that " +"release will be Debian 6.1 or Debian 7.0 (if that becomes the case, uploads " +"will be versioned as <literal>+deb70uZ</literal>)." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2008 -msgid "By convention, source NMU changelog entries start with the line" +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:2068 +msgid "Using the <literal>DELAYED/</literal> queue" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><screen> -#: pkgs.dbk:2010 -#, no-wrap +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2071 msgid "" -"\n" -" * Non-maintainer upload\n" +"Having to wait for a response after you request permission to NMU is " +"inefficient, because it costs the NMUer a context switch to come back to the " +"issue. The <literal>DELAYED</literal> queue (see <xref " +"linkend=\"delayed-incoming\"/>) allows the developer doing the NMU to " +"perform all the necessary tasks at the same time. For instance, instead of " +"telling the maintainer that you will upload the updated package in 7 days, " +"you should upload the package to <literal>DELAYED/7</literal> and tell the " +"maintainer that he has 7 days to react. During this time, the maintainer " +"can ask you to delay the upload some more, or cancel your upload." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:2016 -msgid "Source NMUs and the Bug Tracking System" -msgstr "" - -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2018 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2085 msgid "" -"Maintainers other than the official package maintainer should make as few " -"changes to the package as possible, and they should always send a patch as a " -"unified context diff (<literal>diff -u</literal>) detailing their changes to " -"the Bug Tracking System." +"The <literal>DELAYED</literal> queue should not be used to put additional " +"pressure on the maintainer. In particular, it's important that you are " +"available to cancel or delay the upload before the delay expires since the " +"maintainer cannot cancel the upload himself." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2024 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2092 msgid "" -"What if you are simply recompiling the package? If you just need to " -"recompile it for a single architecture, then you may do a binary-only NMU as " -"described in <xref linkend=\"binary-only-nmu\"/> which doesn't require any " -"patch to be sent. If you want the package to be recompiled for all " -"architectures, then you do a source NMU as usual and you will have to send a " -"patch." +"If you make an NMU to <literal>DELAYED</literal> and the maintainer updates " +"his package before the delay expires, your upload will be rejected because a " +"newer version is already available in the archive. Ideally, the maintainer " +"will take care to include your proposed changes (or at least a solution for " +"the problems they address) in that upload." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2031 -msgid "" -"Bugs fixed by source NMUs used to be tagged fixed instead of closed, but " -"since version tracking is in place, such bugs are now also closed with the " -"NMU version." +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:2102 +msgid "NMUs from the maintainer's point of view" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2036 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2105 msgid "" -"Also, after doing an NMU, you have to send the information to the existing " -"bugs that are fixed by your NMU, including the unified diff. Historically, " -"it was custom to open a new bug and include a patch showing all the changes " -"you have made. The normal maintainer will either apply the patch or employ " -"an alternate method of fixing the problem. Sometimes bugs are fixed " -"independently upstream, which is another good reason to back out an NMU's " -"patch. If the maintainer decides not to apply the NMU's patch but to " -"release a new version, the maintainer needs to ensure that the new upstream " -"version really fixes each problem that was fixed in the non-maintainer " -"release." +"When someone NMUs your package, this means they want to help you to keep it " +"in good shape. This gives users fixed packages faster. You can consider " +"asking the NMUer to become a co-maintainer of the package. Receiving an NMU " +"on a package is not a bad thing; it just means that the package is " +"interesting enough for other people to work on it." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2047 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2114 msgid "" -"In addition, the normal maintainer should <emphasis>always</emphasis> retain " -"the entry in the changelog file documenting the non-maintainer upload -- and " -"of course, also keep the changes. If you revert some of the changes, please " -"reopen the relevant bug reports." +"To acknowledge an NMU, include its changes and changelog entry in your next " +"maintainer upload. If you do not acknowledge the NMU by including the NMU " +"changelog entry in your changelog, the bugs will remain closed in the BTS " +"but will be listed as affecting your maintainer version of the package." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:2055 -msgid "Building source NMUs" +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:2123 +msgid "Source NMUs vs Binary-only NMUs (binNMUs)" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2057 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2126 msgid "" -"Source NMU packages are built normally. Pick a distribution using the same " -"rules as found in <xref linkend=\"distribution\"/> , follow the other " -"instructions in <xref linkend=\"upload\"/> ." +"The full name of an NMU is <emphasis>source NMU</emphasis>. There is also " +"another type, namely the <emphasis>binary-only NMU</emphasis>, or " +"<emphasis>binNMU</emphasis>. A binNMU is also a package upload by someone " +"other than the package's maintainer. However, it is a binary-only upload." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2062 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2133 msgid "" -"Make sure you do <emphasis>not</emphasis> change the value of the maintainer " -"in the <filename>debian/control</filename> file. Your name as given in the " -"NMU entry of the <filename>debian/changelog</filename> file will be used for " -"signing the changes file." -msgstr "" - -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:2070 -msgid "Acknowledging an NMU" +"When a library (or other dependency) is updated, the packages using it may " +"need to be rebuilt. Since no changes to the source are needed, the same " +"source package is used." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2072 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2139 msgid "" -"If one of your packages has been NMU'ed, you have to incorporate the changes " -"in your copy of the sources. This is easy, you just have to apply the patch " -"that has been sent to you. Once this is done, you have to close the bugs " -"that have been tagged fixed by the NMU. The easiest way is to use the " -"<literal>-v</literal> option of <command>dpkg-buildpackage</command>, as " -"this allows you to include just all changes since your last maintainer " -"upload. Alternatively, you can close them manually by sending the required " -"mails to the BTS or by adding the required <literal>closes: #nnnn</literal> " -"in the changelog entry of your next upload." +"BinNMUs are usually triggered on the buildds by wanna-build. An entry is " +"added to <filename>debian/changelog</filename>, explaining why the upload " +"was needed and increasing the version number as described in <xref " +"linkend=\"binary-only-nmu\"/>. This entry should not be included in the " +"next upload." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2083 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2147 msgid "" -"In any case, you should not be upset by the NMU. An NMU is not a personal " -"attack against the maintainer. It is a proof that someone cares enough " -"about the package that they were willing to help you in your work, so you " -"should be thankful. You may also want to ask them if they would be " -"interested in helping you on a more frequent basis as co-maintainer or " -"backup maintainer (see <xref linkend=\"collaborative-maint\"/> )." +"Buildds upload packages for their architecture to the archive as binary-only " +"uploads. Strictly speaking, these are binNMUs. However, they are not " +"normally called NMU, and they don't add an entry to " +"<filename>debian/changelog</filename>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:2093 -msgid "NMU vs QA uploads" +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:2155 +msgid "NMUs vs QA uploads" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2095 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2158 msgid "" -"Unless you know the maintainer is still active, it is wise to check the " -"package to see if it has been orphaned. The current list of orphaned " -"packages which haven't had their maintainer set correctly is available at " -"<ulink url=\"&url-debian-qa-orphaned;\"></ulink>. If you perform an NMU on " -"an improperly orphaned package, please set the maintainer to <literal>Debian " -"QA Group <packages@qa.debian.org></literal>." +"NMUs are uploads of packages by somebody else than their assigned " +"maintainer. There is another type of upload where the uploaded package is " +"not yours: QA uploads. QA uploads are uploads of orphaned packages." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:2105 -msgid "Who can do an NMU" -msgstr "" - -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2107 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2165 msgid "" -"Only official, registered Debian Developers can do binary or source NMUs. A " -"Debian Developer is someone who has their key in the Debian key ring. " -"Non-developers, however, are encouraged to download the source package and " -"start hacking on it to fix problems; however, rather than doing an NMU, they " -"should just submit worthwhile patches to the Bug Tracking System. " -"Maintainers almost always appreciate quality patches and bug reports." +"QA uploads are very much like normal maintainer uploads: they may fix " +"anything, even minor issues; the version numbering is normal, and there is " +"no need to use a delayed upload. The difference is that you are not listed " +"as the <literal>Maintainer</literal> or <literal>Uploader</literal> for the " +"package. Also, the changelog entry of a QA upload has a special first line:" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:2117 -msgid "Terminology" +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><screen> +#: pkgs.dbk:2173 +#, no-wrap +msgid " * QA upload.\n" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2119 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2177 msgid "" -"There are two new terms used throughout this section: ``binary-only NMU'' " -"and ``source NMU''. These terms are used with specific technical meaning " -"throughout this document. Both binary-only and source NMUs are similar, " -"since they involve an upload of a package by a developer who is not the " -"official maintainer of that package. That is why it's a " -"<literal>non-maintainer</literal> upload." +"If you want to do an NMU, and it seems that the maintainer is not active, it " +"is wise to check if the package is orphaned (this information is displayed " +"on the package's Package Tracking System page). When doing the first QA " +"upload to an orphaned package, the maintainer should be set to " +"<literal>Debian QA Group <packages@qa.debian.org></literal>. Orphaned " +"packages which did not yet have a QA upload still have their old maintainer " +"set. There is a list of them at <ulink url=\"&url-orphaned-not-qa;\"/>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2127 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2188 msgid "" -"A source NMU is an upload of a package by a developer who is not the " -"official maintainer, for the purposes of fixing a bug in the package. " -"Source NMUs always involves changes to the source (even if it is just a " -"change to <filename>debian/changelog</filename>). This can be either a " -"change to the upstream source, or a change to the Debian bits of the " -"source. Note, however, that source NMUs may also include " -"architecture-dependent packages, as well as an updated Debian diff." +"Instead of doing a QA upload, you can also consider adopting the package by " +"making yourself the maintainer. You don't need permission from anybody to " +"adopt an orphaned package, you can just set yourself as maintainer and " +"upload the new version (see <xref linkend=\"adopting\"/>)." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2136 -msgid "" -"A binary-only NMU is a recompilation and upload of a binary package for a " -"given architecture. As such, it is usually part of a porting effort. A " -"binary-only NMU is a non-maintainer uploaded binary version of a package, " -"with no source changes required. There are many cases where porters must " -"fix problems in the source in order to get them to compile for their target " -"architecture; that would be considered a source NMU rather than a " -"binary-only NMU. As you can see, we don't distinguish in terminology " -"between porter NMUs and non-porter NMUs." +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:2197 +msgid "NMUs vs team uploads" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2146 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2200 msgid "" -"Both classes of NMUs, source and binary-only, can be lumped under the term " -"``NMU''. However, this often leads to confusion, since most people think " -"``source NMU'' when they think ``NMU''. So it's best to be careful: always " -"use ``binary NMU'' or ``binNMU'' for binary-only NMUs." +"Sometimes you are fixing and/or updating a package because you are member of " +"a packaging team (which uses a mailing list as <literal>Maintainer</literal> " +"or <literal>Uploader</literal>, see <xref linkend=\"collaborative-maint\"/>) " +"but you don't want to add yourself to <literal>Uploaders</literal> because " +"you do not plan to contribute regularly to this specific package. If it " +"conforms with your team's policy, you can perform a normal upload without " +"being listed directly as <literal>Maintainer</literal> or " +"<literal>Uploader</literal>. In that case, you should start your changelog " +"entry with the following line:" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:2156 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><screen> +#: pkgs.dbk:2210 +#, no-wrap +msgid " * Team upload.\n" +msgstr "" + +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:2218 msgid "Collaborative maintenance" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2158 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2220 msgid "" "Collaborative maintenance is a term describing the sharing of Debian package " "maintenance duties by several people. This collaboration is almost always a " "good idea, since it generally results in higher quality and faster bug fix " "turnaround times. It is strongly recommended that packages with a priority " -"of <literal>Standard</literal> or which are part of the base set have " +"of <literal>standard</literal> or which are part of the base set have " "co-maintainers." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2166 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2228 msgid "" "Generally there is a primary maintainer and one or more co-maintainers. The " "primary maintainer is the person whose name is listed in the " @@ -2920,118 +2936,123 @@ msgid "" "<filename>debian/control</filename> file." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2174 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2236 msgid "" "In its most basic form, the process of adding a new co-maintainer is quite " "easy:" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2180 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2242 msgid "" "Setup the co-maintainer with access to the sources you build the package " "from. Generally this implies you are using a network-capable version " -"control system, such as <command>CVS</command> or " -"<command>Subversion</command>. Alioth (see <xref linkend=\"alioth\"/> ) " +"control system, such as <literal>CVS</literal> or " +"<literal>Subversion</literal>. Alioth (see <xref linkend=\"alioth\"/>) " "provides such tools, amongst others." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2188 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2250 msgid "" "Add the co-maintainer's correct maintainer name and address to the " "<literal>Uploaders</literal> field in the first paragraph of the " "<filename>debian/control</filename> file." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><screen> -#: pkgs.dbk:2192 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><screen> +#: pkgs.dbk:2255 #, no-wrap msgid "" -"\n" "Uploaders: John Buzz <jbuzz@debian.org>, Adam Rex " "<arex@debian.org>\n" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2198 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2260 msgid "" -"Using the PTS (<xref linkend=\"pkg-tracking-system\"/> ), the co-maintainers " +"Using the PTS (<xref linkend=\"pkg-tracking-system\"/>), the co-maintainers " "should subscribe themselves to the appropriate source package." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2204 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2266 msgid "" "Another form of collaborative maintenance is team maintenance, which is " "recommended if you maintain several packages with the same group of " -"developers. In that case, the Maintainer and Uploaders field of each " -"package must be managed with care. It is recommended to choose between one " -"of the two following schemes:" +"developers. In that case, the <literal>Maintainer</literal> and " +"<literal>Uploaders</literal> field of each package must be managed with " +"care. It is recommended to choose between one of the two following schemes:" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2213 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2275 msgid "" -"Put the team member mainly responsible for the package in the Maintainer " -"field. In the Uploaders, put the mailing list address, and the team members " -"who care for the package." +"Put the team member mainly responsible for the package in the " +"<literal>Maintainer</literal> field. In the <literal>Uploaders</literal>, " +"put the mailing list address, and the team members who care for the package." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2220 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><orderedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2282 msgid "" -"Put the mailing list address in the Maintainer field. In the Uploaders " -"field, put the team members who care for the package. In this case, you " -"must make sure the mailing list accept bug reports without any human " -"interaction (like moderation for non-subscribers)." +"Put the mailing list address in the <literal>Maintainer</literal> field. In " +"the <literal>Uploaders</literal> field, put the team members who care for " +"the package. In this case, you must make sure the mailing list accept bug " +"reports without any human interaction (like moderation for non-subscribers)." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2228 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2291 msgid "" "In any case, it is a bad idea to automatically put all team members in the " -"Uploaders field. It clutters the Developer's Package Overview listing (see " -"<xref linkend=\"ddpo\"/> ) with packages one doesn't really care for, and " -"creates a false sense of good maintenance." -msgstr "" - -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:2236 +"<literal>Uploaders</literal> field. It clutters the Developer's Package " +"Overview listing (see <xref linkend=\"ddpo\"/>) with packages one doesn't " +"really care for, and creates a false sense of good maintenance. For the same " +"reason, team members do not need to add themselves to the " +"<literal>Uploaders</literal> field just because they are uploading the " +"package once, they can do a “Team upload” (see <xref " +"linkend=\"nmu-team-upload\"/>). Conversely, it it a bad idea to keep a " +"package with only the mailing list address as a " +"<literal>Maintainer</literal> and no <literal>Uploaders</literal>." +msgstr "" + +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:2304 msgid "The testing distribution" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:2238 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:2306 msgid "Basics" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2240 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2308 msgid "" "Packages are usually installed into the <literal>testing</literal> " "distribution after they have undergone some degree of " "<literal>testing</literal> in <literal>unstable</literal>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2245 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2313 msgid "" "They must be in sync on all architectures and mustn't have dependencies that " "make them uninstallable; they also have to have generally no known " -"release-critical bugs at the time they're installed into <literal>testing " -"</literal>. This way, <literal>testing</literal> should always be close to " -"being a release candidate. Please see below for details." +"release-critical bugs at the time they're installed into " +"<literal>testing</literal>. This way, <literal>testing</literal> should " +"always be close to being a release candidate. Please see below for details." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:2254 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:2322 msgid "Updates from unstable" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2256 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2324 msgid "" "The scripts that update the <literal>testing</literal> distribution are run " "twice each day, right after the installation of the updated packages; these " @@ -3041,15 +3062,15 @@ msgid "" "inconsistency and to use only non-buggy packages." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2264 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2332 msgid "" "The inclusion of a package from <literal>unstable</literal> is conditional " "on the following:" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2270 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2338 msgid "" "The package must have been available in <literal>unstable</literal> for 2, 5 " "or 10 days, depending on the urgency (high, medium or low). Please note " @@ -3059,40 +3080,40 @@ msgid "" "transitions may be switched off altogether;" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2280 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2348 msgid "" "It must not have new release-critical bugs (RC bugs affecting the version " "available in <literal>unstable</literal>, but not affecting the version in " "<literal>testing</literal>);" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2287 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2355 msgid "" "It must be available on all architectures on which it has previously been " -"built in <literal>unstable</literal>. <xref linkend=\"dak-ls\"/> may be of " -"interest to check that information;" +"built in <literal>unstable</literal>. <link linkend=\"dak-ls\">dak ls</link> " +"may be of interest to check that information;" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2294 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2362 msgid "" "It must not break any dependency of a package which is already available in " "<literal>testing</literal>;" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2300 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2368 msgid "" "The packages on which it depends must either be available in " "<literal>testing</literal> or they must be accepted into " "<literal>testing</literal> at the same time (and they will be if they " -"fulfill all the necessary criteria);" +"fulfill all the necessary criteria)." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2308 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2376 msgid "" "To find out whether a package is progressing into <literal>testing</literal> " "or not, see the <literal>testing</literal> script output on the <ulink " @@ -3104,8 +3125,8 @@ msgid "" "progression of your packages into <literal>testing</literal>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2319 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2387 msgid "" "The <filename>update_excuses</filename> file does not always give the " "precise reason why the package is refused; you may have to find it on your " @@ -3114,30 +3135,30 @@ msgid "" "information about the usual problems which may be causing such troubles." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2326 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2394 msgid "" "Sometimes, some packages never enter <literal>testing</literal> because the " "set of inter-relationship is too complicated and cannot be sorted out by the " "scripts. See below for details." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2331 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2399 msgid "" "Some further dependency analysis is shown on <ulink " "url=\"http://release.debian.org/migration/\"></ulink> — but be warned, this " "page also shows build dependencies which are not considered by britney." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:2336 -msgid "out-of-date" +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:2404 +msgid "Out-of-date" msgstr "" #. FIXME: better rename this file than document rampant professionalism? -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2339 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2407 msgid "" "For the <literal>testing</literal> migration script, outdated means: There " "are different versions in <literal>unstable</literal> for the release " @@ -3148,90 +3169,91 @@ msgid "" "<literal>testing</literal>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2347 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2415 msgid "Consider this example:" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><thead><row><entry> -#: pkgs.dbk:2354 pkgs.dbk:2387 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><thead><row><entry> +#: pkgs.dbk:2422 pkgs.dbk:2455 msgid "alpha" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><thead><row><entry> -#: pkgs.dbk:2355 pkgs.dbk:2388 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><thead><row><entry> +#: pkgs.dbk:2423 pkgs.dbk:2456 msgid "arm" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><thead><row><entry> -#: pkgs.dbk:2360 pkgs.dbk:2394 pkgs.dbk:2456 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><thead><row><entry> +#: pkgs.dbk:2428 pkgs.dbk:2462 pkgs.dbk:2524 msgid "testing" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><tbody><row><entry> -#: pkgs.dbk:2361 pkgs.dbk:2366 pkgs.dbk:2395 pkgs.dbk:2396 pkgs.dbk:2403 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><tbody><row><entry> +#: pkgs.dbk:2429 pkgs.dbk:2434 pkgs.dbk:2463 pkgs.dbk:2464 pkgs.dbk:2471 msgid "1" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><tbody><row><entry> -#: pkgs.dbk:2362 pkgs.dbk:2397 pkgs.dbk:2402 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><tbody><row><entry> +#: pkgs.dbk:2430 pkgs.dbk:2465 pkgs.dbk:2470 msgid "-" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><thead><row><entry> -#: pkgs.dbk:2365 pkgs.dbk:2400 pkgs.dbk:2457 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><thead><row><entry> +#: pkgs.dbk:2433 pkgs.dbk:2468 pkgs.dbk:2525 msgid "unstable" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><tbody><row><entry> -#: pkgs.dbk:2367 pkgs.dbk:2401 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><tbody><row><entry> +#: pkgs.dbk:2435 pkgs.dbk:2469 msgid "2" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2373 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2441 msgid "" -"The package is out of date on alpha in <literal>unstable</literal>, and will " -"not go to <literal>testing</literal>. Removing the package would not help at " -"all, the package is still out of date on <literal>alpha</literal>, and will " -"not propagate to testing." +"The package is out of date on <literal>alpha</literal> in " +"<literal>unstable</literal>, and will not go to " +"<literal>testing</literal>. Removing the package would not help at all, the " +"package is still out of date on <literal>alpha</literal>, and will not " +"propagate to <literal>testing</literal>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2379 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2447 msgid "" "However, if ftp-master removes a package in <literal>unstable</literal> " "(here on <literal>arm</literal>):" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><thead><row><entry> -#: pkgs.dbk:2389 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><thead><row><entry> +#: pkgs.dbk:2457 msgid "hurd-i386" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2409 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2477 msgid "" "In this case, the package is up to date on all release architectures in " "<literal>unstable</literal> (and the extra <literal>hurd-i386</literal> " "doesn't matter, as it's not a release architecture)." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2414 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2482 msgid "" "Sometimes, the question is raised if it is possible to allow packages in " "that are not yet built on all architectures: No. Just plainly no. (Except " "if you maintain glibc or so.)" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:2421 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:2489 msgid "Removals from testing" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2423 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2491 msgid "" "Sometimes, a package is removed to allow another package in: This happens " "only to allow <emphasis>another</emphasis> package to go in if it's ready in " @@ -3240,126 +3262,126 @@ msgid "" "<literal>a</literal> may be removed to allow <literal>b</literal> in." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2430 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2498 msgid "" -"Of course, there is another reason to remove a package from <literal>testing " -"</literal>: It's just too buggy (and having a single RC-bug is enough to be " -"in this state)." +"Of course, there is another reason to remove a package from " +"<literal>testing</literal>: It's just too buggy (and having a single RC-bug " +"is enough to be in this state)." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2435 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2503 msgid "" "Furthermore, if a package has been removed from <literal>unstable</literal>, " "and no package in <literal>testing</literal> depends on it any more, then it " "will automatically be removed." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:2442 -msgid "circular dependencies" +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:2510 +msgid "Circular dependencies" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2444 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2512 msgid "" "A situation which is not handled very well by britney is if package " "<literal>a</literal> depends on the new version of package " "<literal>b</literal>, and vice versa." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2449 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2517 msgid "An example of this is:" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><tbody><row><entry> -#: pkgs.dbk:2462 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><tbody><row><entry> +#: pkgs.dbk:2530 msgid "a" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><tbody><row><entry> -#: pkgs.dbk:2463 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><tbody><row><entry> +#: pkgs.dbk:2531 msgid "1; depends: b=1" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><tbody><row><entry> -#: pkgs.dbk:2464 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><tbody><row><entry> +#: pkgs.dbk:2532 msgid "2; depends: b=2" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><tbody><row><entry> -#: pkgs.dbk:2467 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><tbody><row><entry> +#: pkgs.dbk:2535 msgid "b" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><tbody><row><entry> -#: pkgs.dbk:2468 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><tbody><row><entry> +#: pkgs.dbk:2536 msgid "1; depends: a=1" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><tbody><row><entry> -#: pkgs.dbk:2469 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><informaltable><tgroup><tbody><row><entry> +#: pkgs.dbk:2537 msgid "2; depends: a=2" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2475 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2543 msgid "" "Neither package <literal>a</literal> nor package <literal>b</literal> is " "considered for update." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2479 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2547 msgid "" "Currently, this requires some manual hinting from the release team. Please " "contact them by sending mail to &email-debian-release; if this happens to " "one of your packages." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:2486 -msgid "influence of package in testing" +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:2554 +msgid "Influence of package in testing" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2488 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2556 msgid "" -"Generally, there is nothing that the status of a package in <literal>testing " -"</literal> means for transition of the next version from <literal>unstable " -"</literal> to <literal>testing</literal>, with two exceptions: If the " -"RC-bugginess of the package goes down, it may go in even if it is still " -"RC-buggy. The second exception is if the version of the package in " -"<literal> testing</literal> is out of sync on the different arches: Then any " -"arch might just upgrade to the version of the source package; however, this " -"can happen only if the package was previously forced through, the arch is in " -"fuckedarches, or there was no binary package of that arch present in " -"<literal>unstable </literal> at all during the <literal>testing</literal> " -"migration." +"Generally, there is nothing that the status of a package in " +"<literal>testing</literal> means for transition of the next version from " +"<literal>unstable</literal> to <literal>testing</literal>, with two " +"exceptions: If the RC-bugginess of the package goes down, it may go in even " +"if it is still RC-buggy. The second exception is if the version of the " +"package in <literal>testing</literal> is out of sync on the different " +"arches: Then any arch might just upgrade to the version of the source " +"package; however, this can happen only if the package was previously forced " +"through, the arch is in fuckedarches, or there was no binary package of that " +"arch present in <literal>unstable</literal> at all during the " +"<literal>testing</literal> migration." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2500 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2568 msgid "" -"In summary this means: The only influence that a package being in <literal> " -"testing</literal> has on a new version of the same package is that the new " -"version might go in easier." +"In summary this means: The only influence that a package being in " +"<literal>testing</literal> has on a new version of the same package is that " +"the new version might go in easier." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:2507 -msgid "details" +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:2575 +msgid "Details" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2509 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2577 msgid "If you are interested in details, this is how britney works:" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2512 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2580 msgid "" "The packages are looked at to determine whether they are valid candidates. " "This gives the update excuses. The most common reasons why a package is not " @@ -3371,53 +3393,54 @@ msgid "" "the code.)" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2521 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2589 msgid "" -"Now, the more complex part happens: Britney tries to update <literal>testing " -"</literal> with the valid candidates. For that, britney tries to add each " -"valid candidate to the testing distribution. If the number of uninstallable " -"packages in <literal>testing</literal> doesn't increase, the package is " -"accepted. From that point on, the accepted package is considered to be part " -"of <literal>testing</literal>, such that all subsequent installability tests " -"include this package. Hints from the release team are processed before or " -"after this main run, depending on the exact type." +"Now, the more complex part happens: Britney tries to update " +"<literal>testing</literal> with the valid candidates. For that, britney " +"tries to add each valid candidate to the testing distribution. If the number " +"of uninstallable packages in <literal>testing</literal> doesn't increase, " +"the package is accepted. From that point on, the accepted package is " +"considered to be part of <literal>testing</literal>, such that all " +"subsequent installability tests include this package. Hints from the " +"release team are processed before or after this main run, depending on the " +"exact type." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2531 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2599 msgid "" "If you want to see more details, you can look it up on " "<filename>merkel:/org/&ftp-debian-org;/testing/update_out/</filename> (or in " "<filename>merkel:~aba/testing/update_out</filename> to see a setup with a " "smaller packages file). Via web, it's at <ulink " -"url=\"http://&ftp-master-host;/testing/update_out_code/\"></ulink>" +"url=\"http://&ftp-master-host;/testing/update_out_code/\"></ulink>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2538 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2606 msgid "" "The hints are available via <ulink " "url=\"http://&ftp-master-host;/testing/hints/\"></ulink>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:2546 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:2614 msgid "Direct updates to testing" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2548 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2616 msgid "" "The <literal>testing</literal> distribution is fed with packages from " "<literal>unstable</literal> according to the rules explained above. " "However, in some cases, it is necessary to upload packages built only for " -"<literal> testing</literal>. For that, you may want to upload to <literal> " -"testing-proposed-updates</literal>." +"<literal>testing</literal>. For that, you may want to upload to " +"<literal>testing-proposed-updates</literal>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2555 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2623 msgid "" "Keep in mind that packages uploaded there are not automatically processed, " "they have to go through the hands of the release manager. So you'd better " @@ -3426,140 +3449,140 @@ msgid "" "regularly give on &email-debian-devel-announce;." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2562 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2630 msgid "" "You should not upload to <literal>testing-proposed-updates</literal> when " "you can update your packages through <literal>unstable</literal>. If you " "can't (for example because you have a newer development version in " -"<literal>unstable </literal>), you may use this facility, but it is " +"<literal>unstable</literal>), you may use this facility, but it is " "recommended that you ask for authorization from the release manager first. " "Even if a package is frozen, updates through <literal>unstable</literal> are " "possible, if the upload via <literal>unstable</literal> does not pull in any " "new dependencies." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2571 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2639 msgid "" "Version numbers are usually selected by adding the codename of the " "<literal>testing</literal> distribution and a running number, like " -"<literal>1.2sarge1</literal> for the first upload through " +"<literal>1.2squeeze1</literal> for the first upload through " "<literal>testing-proposed-updates</literal> of package version " "<literal>1.2</literal>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2578 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2646 msgid "Please make sure you didn't miss any of these items in your upload:" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2583 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2651 msgid "" "Make sure that your package really needs to go through " -"<literal>testing-proposed-updates</literal>, and can't go through <literal> " -"unstable</literal>;" +"<literal>testing-proposed-updates</literal>, and can't go through " +"<literal>unstable</literal>;" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2590 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2658 msgid "Make sure that you included only the minimal amount of changes;" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2595 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2663 msgid "Make sure that you included an appropriate explanation in the changelog;" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2600 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2668 msgid "" "Make sure that you've written <literal>testing</literal> or " "<literal>testing-proposed-updates</literal> into your target distribution;" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2606 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2674 msgid "" "Make sure that you've built and tested your package in " "<literal>testing</literal>, not in <literal>unstable</literal>;" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2612 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2680 msgid "" "Make sure that your version number is higher than the version in " "<literal>testing</literal> and <literal>testing-proposed-updates</literal>, " "and lower than in <literal>unstable</literal>;" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2619 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><itemizedlist><listitem><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2687 msgid "" "After uploading and successful build on all platforms, contact the release " "team at &email-debian-release; and ask them to approve your upload." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:2627 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:2695 msgid "Frequently asked questions" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:2629 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:2697 msgid "What are release-critical bugs, and how do they get counted?" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2631 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2699 msgid "" "All bugs of some higher severities are by default considered " "release-critical; currently, these are <literal>critical</literal>, " "<literal>grave</literal> and <literal>serious</literal> bugs." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2636 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2704 msgid "" "Such bugs are presumed to have an impact on the chances that the package " "will be released with the <literal>stable</literal> release of Debian: in " "general, if a package has open release-critical bugs filed on it, it won't " "get into <literal>testing</literal>, and consequently won't be released in " -"<literal> stable</literal>." +"<literal>stable</literal>." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2643 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2711 msgid "" "The <literal>unstable</literal> bug count are all release-critical bugs " "which are marked to apply to " -"<replaceable>package</replaceable>/<replaceable>version </replaceable> " +"<replaceable>package</replaceable>/<replaceable>version</replaceable> " "combinations that are available in unstable for a release architecture. The " "<literal>testing</literal> bug count is defined analogously." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> -#: pkgs.dbk:2651 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><title> +#: pkgs.dbk:2719 msgid "" "How could installing a package into <literal>testing</literal> possibly " "break other packages?" msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2654 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2722 msgid "" "The structure of the distribution archives is such that they can only " "contain one version of a package; a package is defined by its name. So when " "the source package <literal>acmefoo</literal> is installed into " "<literal>testing</literal>, along with its binary packages " -"<literal>acme-foo-bin</literal>, <literal> acme-bar-bin</literal>, " -"<literal>libacme-foo1</literal> and <literal> libacme-foo-dev</literal>, the " +"<literal>acme-foo-bin</literal>, <literal>acme-bar-bin</literal>, " +"<literal>libacme-foo1</literal> and <literal>libacme-foo-dev</literal>, the " "old version is removed." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2662 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2730 msgid "" "However, the old version may have provided a binary package with an old " "soname of a library, such as <literal>libacme-foo0</literal>. Removing the " @@ -3567,8 +3590,8 @@ msgid "" "which will break any packages which depend on it." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2668 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2736 msgid "" "Evidently, this mainly affects packages which provide changing sets of " "binary packages in different versions (in turn, mainly libraries). However, " @@ -3576,8 +3599,8 @@ msgid "" "declared of the ==, <=, or << varieties." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2674 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2742 msgid "" "When the set of binary packages provided by a source package change in this " "way, all the packages that depended on the old binaries will have to be " @@ -3590,8 +3613,8 @@ msgid "" "required." msgstr "" -# type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> -#: pkgs.dbk:2685 +#. type: Content of: <chapter><section><section><section><para> +#: pkgs.dbk:2753 msgid "" "If you are having problems with complicated groups of packages like this, " "contact &email-debian-devel; or &email-debian-release; for help."