1 developers-reference (3.4.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
6 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:49:40 +0900
8 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
10 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
11 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
13 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
15 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
17 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
18 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
20 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
22 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
24 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
25 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
26 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
27 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
28 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
29 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
30 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
31 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
32 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
33 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
34 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
35 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
36 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
37 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
38 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
39 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
40 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
41 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
42 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
43 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
44 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
45 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
47 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
49 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
52 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
56 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
57 The most important changes are:
58 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
59 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
62 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
63 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
64 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
65 distinction. Closes: #464230.
66 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
67 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
68 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
69 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
70 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
71 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
73 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
74 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
76 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
77 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
79 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
80 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
82 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
84 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
85 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
87 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
88 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
89 Closes: #512620, #510783.
91 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
93 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
96 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
97 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
98 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
99 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
100 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
101 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
102 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
103 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
105 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
107 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
110 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
111 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
112 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
113 release codenames in <literal>
114 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
115 doesn't exist anymore.
116 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
117 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
118 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
119 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
120 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
121 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
122 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
123 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
124 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
125 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
126 team before upload. Closes: #459343
127 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
128 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
129 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
130 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
131 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
132 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
133 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
135 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
136 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
138 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
139 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
140 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
141 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
142 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
143 Thomas. Closes: #485837
145 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
146 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
148 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
150 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
154 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
155 - fix debian/copyright
156 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
157 - add pdf for French version.
158 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
159 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
160 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
161 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
162 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
163 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
164 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
165 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
166 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
168 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
169 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
171 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
173 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
174 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
175 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
176 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
177 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
178 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
180 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
183 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
184 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
185 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
186 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
187 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
188 * Update information concerning Alioth.
189 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
190 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
192 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
193 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
195 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
198 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
200 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
202 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
204 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
205 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
207 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
208 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
209 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
211 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
212 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
213 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
215 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
216 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
217 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
218 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
219 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
220 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
221 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
222 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
223 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
224 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
225 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
226 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
228 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
229 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
230 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
231 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
232 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
233 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
234 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
235 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
236 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
237 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
241 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
243 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
245 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
248 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
249 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
250 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
251 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
252 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
253 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
255 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
257 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
259 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
261 - non-us discontinued.
262 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
264 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
265 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
266 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
267 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
268 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
269 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
270 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
271 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
272 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
273 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
274 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
275 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
276 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
277 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
278 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
279 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
280 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
281 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
283 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
284 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
286 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
289 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
291 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
293 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
296 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
297 - madison is on merkel.
298 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
299 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
300 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
301 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
302 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
303 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
305 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
306 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
307 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
308 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
309 - sync NM rules with reality.
311 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
313 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
315 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
318 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
319 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
320 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
321 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
322 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
323 - spelling, grammer fixes.
324 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
325 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
326 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
327 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
328 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
329 - add myself to uploaders.
330 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
331 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
332 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
333 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
334 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
335 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
336 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
337 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
338 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
339 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
340 - rewrote the NMU section, and
341 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
342 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
343 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
344 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
345 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
346 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
347 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
348 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
350 - Security uploads get urgency=high
351 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
353 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
355 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
357 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
360 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
361 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
362 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
363 - documented Alioth, somewhat
365 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
366 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
368 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
369 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
370 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
371 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
375 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
377 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
378 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
379 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
380 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
383 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
385 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
388 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
390 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
391 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
392 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
394 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
395 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
396 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
397 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
400 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
402 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
403 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
404 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
405 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
406 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
408 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
409 it clear these are special cases
410 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
412 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
414 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
416 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
419 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
420 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
422 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
424 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
426 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
429 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
431 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
432 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
433 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
435 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
436 - the synopsis formula changed to either
437 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
439 <package-name> is <synopsis>
441 <package-name> are <synopsis>
443 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
444 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
445 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
446 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
447 package; closes: #187143
449 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
451 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
454 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
455 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
457 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
459 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
460 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
461 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
462 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
463 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
464 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
465 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
466 right places in the document, closes: #172897
467 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
471 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
473 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
474 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
475 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
476 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
477 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
478 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
479 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
481 - editorial changes on material added in this version
482 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
483 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
484 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
485 closes: #139957, #108416
486 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
487 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
489 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
491 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
494 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
496 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
497 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
498 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
499 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
501 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
502 for best practices for documentation
503 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
504 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
505 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
506 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
508 - spell-checking pass
510 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
512 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
515 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
516 descriptions" moved under there
517 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
518 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
519 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
520 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
521 the document where these tools are discussed
522 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
523 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
524 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
525 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
526 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
527 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
529 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
530 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
531 that can be fixed by DDP folks
532 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
533 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
534 - simply PS and PDF building rules
536 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
538 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
541 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
542 section and adjusted links
543 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
545 - ChangeLog attribution updates
546 - fix typos, closes: #171781
547 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
548 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
549 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
550 for debian/rules", and write an intro
551 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
552 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
553 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
554 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
555 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
556 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
557 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
558 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
559 "Internationalization"
560 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
561 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
562 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
563 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
564 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
565 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
566 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
567 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
568 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
570 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
571 rather useless and broken
572 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
573 names and the first word
574 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
575 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
576 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
578 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
579 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
580 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
582 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
584 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
587 - DDP publishing update
589 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
590 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
591 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
592 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
594 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
596 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
599 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
600 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
601 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
603 - added myself as co-author
604 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
606 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
607 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
609 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
610 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
612 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
614 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
617 - Corrected several errors with —
618 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
619 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
620 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
621 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
622 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
623 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
624 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
626 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
627 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
628 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
629 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
630 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
631 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
632 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
633 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
634 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
636 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
637 descriptions". closes: #158609
638 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
639 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
640 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
641 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
642 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
644 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
645 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
646 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
647 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
648 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
649 - updated the mailing lists section
651 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
652 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
655 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
657 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
660 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
661 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
663 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
665 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
666 Ch "The Debian Archive"
668 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
670 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
671 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
672 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
673 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
674 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
676 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
677 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
678 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
679 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
680 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
681 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
682 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
684 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
685 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
688 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
689 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
690 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
691 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
692 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
693 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
694 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
695 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
696 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
697 work-around with <...>
698 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
699 - update copyright date
700 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
701 - spell check and grammar corrections
705 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
707 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
708 recompile"; closes: #102626
709 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
710 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
711 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
712 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
713 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
715 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
716 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
717 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
719 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
721 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
722 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
723 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
724 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
725 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
726 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
727 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
728 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
729 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
731 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
733 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
735 - updated the list of available architectures.
736 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
737 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
738 of the package and nothing more.
739 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
740 any pain to the ftpmasters.
741 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
742 the use of the delayed queue.
743 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
744 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
746 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
747 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
748 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
749 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
750 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
751 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
752 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
754 - new Sec "Documentation"
755 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
756 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
757 "Being kind to porter" too
758 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
759 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
760 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
761 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
762 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
764 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
765 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
768 - update French translation
770 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
772 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
775 - some grammar corrections
776 - update French translation
778 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
779 anymore; closes: #135559
780 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
782 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
784 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
785 that would be welcome)
786 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
787 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
788 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
789 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
790 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
791 - other minor wording changes
792 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
793 - Ch "Package uploads":
794 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
795 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
796 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
797 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
798 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
799 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
800 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
802 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
804 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
806 * from Martin Michlmayr
807 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
808 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
809 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
811 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
813 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
815 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
817 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
818 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
819 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
822 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
824 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
827 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
829 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
832 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
834 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
835 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
836 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
837 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
838 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
839 talking about uploading to distributions
840 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
841 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
842 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
844 - French translation updated
846 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
847 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
848 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
850 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
852 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
855 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
856 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
859 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
861 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
864 * fix a typo in a link
865 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
866 update documentation accordingly
868 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
869 forwarding bugs upstream
871 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
872 entities which should be used
873 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
874 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
876 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
878 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
880 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
881 * French version: completely up-to-date now
882 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
883 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
885 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
888 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
890 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
892 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
894 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
895 this translation needs updating
896 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
897 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
898 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
900 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
901 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
902 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
904 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
905 included yet, however
907 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
909 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
911 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
913 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
914 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
916 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
918 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
920 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
922 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
923 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
924 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
926 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
928 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
930 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
933 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
934 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
935 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
936 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
937 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
938 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
939 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
940 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
941 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
942 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
943 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
944 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
946 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
947 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
948 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
949 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
950 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
952 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
954 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
955 * update copyright notice for 2001
956 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
957 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
958 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
960 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
962 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
964 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
966 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
968 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
970 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
972 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
974 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
975 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
977 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
978 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
979 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
980 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
981 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
982 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
983 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
984 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
985 could be used if necessary
986 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
987 mention the rsync dupload method
988 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
990 * other small corrections
991 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
992 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
993 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
994 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
996 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
998 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
999 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1001 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1003 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1005 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1006 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1007 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1008 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1010 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1011 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1012 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1013 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1014 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1016 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1018 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1019 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1020 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1021 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1022 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1023 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1024 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1026 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1027 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1028 - added a section about the LDAP database
1029 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1030 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1032 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1033 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1035 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1037 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1039 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1040 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1041 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1043 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1044 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1045 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1046 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1047 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1048 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1049 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1050 description from developers-reference.sgml
1052 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1054 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1056 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1057 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1059 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1061 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1062 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1063 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1064 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1065 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1066 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1067 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1068 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1069 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1070 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1072 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1073 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1074 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1075 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1077 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1078 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1079 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1080 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1081 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1082 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1083 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1084 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1085 suggestion from James Troup
1086 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1087 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1088 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1089 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1092 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1094 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1096 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1097 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1099 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1101 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1103 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1104 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1105 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1106 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1107 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1108 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1109 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1111 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1113 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1115 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1116 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1117 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1118 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1119 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1120 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1122 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1123 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1125 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1127 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1129 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1131 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1133 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1134 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1135 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1136 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1137 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1139 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1140 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1141 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1142 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1144 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1145 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1146 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1147 a normal developer may have access.
1149 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1151 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1153 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1154 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1155 step all over each other
1157 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1159 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1161 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1162 address for PGP key updates
1164 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1166 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1168 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1169 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1170 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1171 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1172 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1174 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1176 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1178 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1179 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1180 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1181 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1182 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1183 <keyring-maint> instead)
1184 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1185 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1187 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1189 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1190 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1191 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1193 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1195 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1197 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1198 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1199 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1200 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1201 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1202 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1204 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1205 tighten up the language a bit
1206 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1207 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1208 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1209 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1211 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1212 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1213 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1214 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1215 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1216 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1218 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1219 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1220 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1221 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1222 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1223 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1224 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1225 number of available packages
1226 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1227 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1229 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1231 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1233 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1236 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1238 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1240 * not officially released
1241 * more spelling corrections
1242 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1244 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1246 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1248 * not officially released
1249 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1250 * some PGP-centricity removed
1251 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1252 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1253 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1254 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1255 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1256 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1258 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1260 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1262 * not officially released
1263 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1264 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1265 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1266 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1267 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1268 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1269 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1270 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1271 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1272 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1273 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1274 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1275 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1276 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1278 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1279 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1281 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1283 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1284 take a couple of weeks
1285 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1286 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1287 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1288 excited about it and can't wait
1289 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1290 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1292 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1293 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1295 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1296 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1297 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1299 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1301 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1303 * move to 3-level version number:
1304 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1305 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1306 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1307 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1308 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1311 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1312 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1313 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1315 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1317 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1318 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1319 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1320 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1321 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1322 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1324 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1326 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1327 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1328 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1329 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1330 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1331 - "The CVS server": new section added
1332 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1334 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1335 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1336 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1337 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1338 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1339 with respect to GPG.
1340 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1341 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1342 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1343 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1344 a canonical location?)
1345 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1346 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1347 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1348 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1350 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1352 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1353 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1354 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1355 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1357 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1359 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1361 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1362 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1363 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1364 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1365 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1366 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1367 and should not be included in this Reference.
1368 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1369 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1370 maintainer tools only!
1371 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1372 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1373 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1374 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1375 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1376 * Little corrections here and there.
1377 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1378 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1381 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1383 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1385 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1386 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1387 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1389 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1390 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1391 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1392 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1393 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1394 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1395 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1396 do prior to uploading
1397 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1398 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1400 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1401 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1402 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1403 duties with respect to bugs
1404 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1405 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1406 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1408 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1409 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1410 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1411 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1412 explicit what is used to build this package
1414 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1416 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1419 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1420 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1421 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1422 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1423 * utilize the new URL tag
1424 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1427 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1429 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1431 * non-maintainer release
1432 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1433 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1434 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1435 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1436 text, it can't hurt you.)
1437 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1438 reflect this packages version number
1439 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1441 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1443 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1447 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1449 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1451 * New version numbering scheme:
1453 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1454 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1455 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1458 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1459 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1460 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1461 differ between the manuals.
1463 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1464 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1465 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1466 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1468 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1469 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1471 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1473 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1475 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1477 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1479 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1480 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1482 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1483 (as requested by James Troup)
1485 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1487 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1489 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1491 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1493 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1495 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1497 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1499 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1500 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1501 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1502 the non-maintainer release
1504 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1505 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1506 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1509 - Lots of typos fixed
1511 * Compressed SGML source code
1513 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1514 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1516 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1518 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1520 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1522 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1523 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1524 - Announcing package uploads
1525 * New section about Debian Mentors
1526 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1527 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1528 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1529 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1531 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1533 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1535 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1536 of our FTP server and the development process
1537 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1538 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1539 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1541 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1542 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1543 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1544 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1545 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1546 contacting the maintainer
1547 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1548 a new manual released soon)
1549 * Some minor changes
1550 * Include SGML source in package
1551 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1552 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1554 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1556 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1560 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200