1 developers-reference (3.4.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
8 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
9 The most important changes are:
10 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
11 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
14 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
15 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
16 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
17 distinction. Closes: #464230.
18 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
19 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
20 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
21 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
23 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:43:48 +0100
25 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
28 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
29 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
30 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
31 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
32 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
33 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
34 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
35 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
37 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
39 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
42 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
43 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
44 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
45 release codenames in <literal>
46 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
47 doesn't exist anymore.
48 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
49 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
50 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
51 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
52 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
53 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
54 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
55 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
56 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
57 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
58 team before upload. Closes: #459343
59 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
60 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
61 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
62 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
63 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
64 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
65 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
67 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
68 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
70 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
71 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
72 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
73 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
74 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
75 Thomas. Closes: #485837
77 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
78 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
80 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
82 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
86 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
87 - fix debian/copyright
88 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
89 - add pdf for French version.
90 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
91 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
92 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
93 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
94 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
95 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
96 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
97 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
98 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
100 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
101 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
103 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
105 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
106 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
107 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
108 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
109 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
110 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
112 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
115 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
116 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
117 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
118 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
119 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
120 * Update information concerning Alioth.
121 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
122 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
124 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
125 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
127 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
130 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
132 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
134 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
136 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
137 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
139 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
140 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
141 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
143 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
144 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
145 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
147 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
148 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
149 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
150 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
151 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
152 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
153 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
154 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
155 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
156 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
157 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
158 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
160 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
161 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
162 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
163 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
164 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
165 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
166 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
167 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
168 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
169 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
173 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
175 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
177 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
180 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
181 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
182 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
183 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
184 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
185 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
187 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
189 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
191 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
193 - non-us discontinued.
194 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
196 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
197 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
198 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
199 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
200 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
201 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
202 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
203 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
204 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
205 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
206 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
207 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
208 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
209 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
210 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
211 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
212 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
213 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
215 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
216 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
218 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
221 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
223 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
225 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
228 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
229 - madison is on merkel.
230 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
231 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
232 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
233 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
234 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
235 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
237 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
238 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
239 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
240 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
241 - sync NM rules with reality.
243 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
245 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
247 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
250 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
251 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
252 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
253 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
254 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
255 - spelling, grammer fixes.
256 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
257 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
258 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
259 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
260 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
261 - add myself to uploaders.
262 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
263 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
264 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
265 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
266 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
267 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
268 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
269 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
270 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
271 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
272 - rewrote the NMU section, and
273 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
274 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
275 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
276 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
277 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
278 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
279 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
280 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
282 - Security uploads get urgency=high
283 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
285 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
287 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
289 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
292 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
293 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
294 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
295 - documented Alioth, somewhat
297 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
298 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
300 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
301 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
302 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
303 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
307 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
309 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
310 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
311 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
312 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
315 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
317 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
320 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
322 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
323 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
324 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
326 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
327 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
328 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
329 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
332 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
334 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
335 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
336 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
337 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
338 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
340 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
341 it clear these are special cases
342 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
344 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
346 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
348 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
351 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
352 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
354 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
356 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
358 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
361 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
363 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
364 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
365 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
367 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
368 - the synopsis formula changed to either
369 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
371 <package-name> is <synopsis>
373 <package-name> are <synopsis>
375 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
376 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
377 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
378 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
379 package; closes: #187143
381 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
383 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
386 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
387 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
389 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
391 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
392 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
393 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
394 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
395 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
396 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
397 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
398 right places in the document, closes: #172897
399 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
403 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
405 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
406 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
407 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
408 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
409 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
410 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
411 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
413 - editorial changes on material added in this version
414 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
415 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
416 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
417 closes: #139957, #108416
418 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
419 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
421 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
423 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
426 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
428 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
429 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
430 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
431 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
433 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
434 for best practices for documentation
435 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
436 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
437 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
438 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
440 - spell-checking pass
442 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
444 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
447 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
448 descriptions" moved under there
449 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
450 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
451 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
452 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
453 the document where these tools are discussed
454 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
455 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
456 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
457 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
458 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
459 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
461 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
462 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
463 that can be fixed by DDP folks
464 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
465 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
466 - simply PS and PDF building rules
468 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
470 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
473 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
474 section and adjusted links
475 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
477 - ChangeLog attribution updates
478 - fix typos, closes: #171781
479 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
480 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
481 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
482 for debian/rules", and write an intro
483 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
484 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
485 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
486 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
487 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
488 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
489 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
490 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
491 "Internationalization"
492 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
493 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
494 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
495 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
496 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
497 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
498 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
499 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
500 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
502 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
503 rather useless and broken
504 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
505 names and the first word
506 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
507 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
508 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
510 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
511 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
512 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
514 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
516 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
519 - DDP publishing update
521 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
522 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
523 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
524 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
526 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
528 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
531 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
532 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
533 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
535 - added myself as co-author
536 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
538 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
539 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
541 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
542 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
544 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
546 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
549 - Corrected several errors with —
550 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
551 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
552 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
553 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
554 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
555 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
556 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
558 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
559 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
560 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
561 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
562 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
563 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
564 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
565 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
566 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
568 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
569 descriptions". closes: #158609
570 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
571 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
572 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
573 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
574 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
576 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
577 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
578 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
579 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
580 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
581 - updated the mailing lists section
583 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
584 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
587 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
589 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
592 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
593 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
595 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
597 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
598 Ch "The Debian Archive"
600 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
602 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
603 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
604 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
605 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
606 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
608 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
609 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
610 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
611 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
612 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
613 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
614 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
616 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
617 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
620 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
621 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
622 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
623 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
624 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
625 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
626 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
627 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
628 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
629 work-around with <...>
630 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
631 - update copyright date
632 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
633 - spell check and grammar corrections
637 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
639 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
640 recompile"; closes: #102626
641 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
642 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
643 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
644 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
645 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
647 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
648 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
649 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
651 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
653 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
654 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
655 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
656 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
657 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
658 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
659 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
660 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
661 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
663 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
665 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
667 - updated the list of available architectures.
668 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
669 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
670 of the package and nothing more.
671 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
672 any pain to the ftpmasters.
673 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
674 the use of the delayed queue.
675 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
676 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
678 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
679 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
680 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
681 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
682 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
683 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
684 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
686 - new Sec "Documentation"
687 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
688 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
689 "Being kind to porter" too
690 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
691 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
692 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
693 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
694 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
696 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
697 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
700 - update French translation
702 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
704 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
707 - some grammar corrections
708 - update French translation
710 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
711 anymore; closes: #135559
712 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
714 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
716 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
717 that would be welcome)
718 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
719 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
720 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
721 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
722 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
723 - other minor wording changes
724 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
725 - Ch "Package uploads":
726 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
727 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
728 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
729 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
730 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
731 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
732 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
734 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
736 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
738 * from Martin Michlmayr
739 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
740 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
741 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
743 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
745 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
747 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
749 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
750 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
751 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
754 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
756 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
759 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
761 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
764 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
766 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
767 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
768 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
769 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
770 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
771 talking about uploading to distributions
772 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
773 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
774 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
776 - French translation updated
778 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
779 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
780 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
782 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
784 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
787 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
788 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
791 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
793 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
796 * fix a typo in a link
797 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
798 update documentation accordingly
800 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
801 forwarding bugs upstream
803 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
804 entities which should be used
805 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
806 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
808 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
810 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
812 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
813 * French version: completely up-to-date now
814 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
815 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
817 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
820 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
822 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
824 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
826 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
827 this translation needs updating
828 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
829 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
830 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
832 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
833 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
834 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
836 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
837 included yet, however
839 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
841 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
843 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
845 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
846 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
848 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
850 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
852 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
854 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
855 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
856 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
858 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
860 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
862 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
865 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
866 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
867 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
868 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
869 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
870 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
871 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
872 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
873 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
874 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
875 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
876 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
878 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
879 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
880 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
881 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
882 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
884 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
886 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
887 * update copyright notice for 2001
888 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
889 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
890 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
892 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
894 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
896 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
898 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
900 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
902 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
904 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
906 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
907 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
909 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
910 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
911 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
912 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
913 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
914 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
915 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
916 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
917 could be used if necessary
918 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
919 mention the rsync dupload method
920 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
922 * other small corrections
923 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
924 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
925 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
926 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
928 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
930 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
931 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
933 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
935 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
937 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
938 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
939 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
940 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
942 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
943 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
944 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
945 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
946 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
948 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
950 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
951 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
952 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
953 team (closes: Bug#52906)
954 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
955 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
956 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
958 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
959 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
960 - added a section about the LDAP database
961 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
962 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
964 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
965 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
967 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
969 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
971 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
972 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
973 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
975 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
976 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
977 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
978 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
979 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
980 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
981 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
982 description from developers-reference.sgml
984 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
986 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
988 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
989 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
991 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
993 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
994 releases are available at archive.debian.org
995 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
996 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
997 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
998 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
999 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1000 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1001 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1002 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1004 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1005 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1006 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1007 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1009 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1010 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1011 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1012 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1013 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1014 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1015 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1016 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1017 suggestion from James Troup
1018 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1019 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1020 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1021 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1024 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1026 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1028 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1029 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1031 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1033 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1035 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1036 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1037 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1038 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1039 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1040 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1041 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1043 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1045 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1047 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1048 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1049 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1050 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1051 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1052 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1054 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1055 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1057 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1059 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1061 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1063 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1065 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1066 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1067 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1068 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1069 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1071 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1072 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1073 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1074 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1076 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1077 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1078 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1079 a normal developer may have access.
1081 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1083 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1085 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1086 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1087 step all over each other
1089 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1091 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1093 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1094 address for PGP key updates
1096 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1098 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1100 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1101 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1102 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1103 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1104 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1106 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1108 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1110 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1111 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1112 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1113 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1114 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1115 <keyring-maint> instead)
1116 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1117 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1119 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1121 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1122 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1123 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1125 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1127 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1129 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1130 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1131 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1132 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1133 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1134 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1136 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1137 tighten up the language a bit
1138 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1139 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1140 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1141 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1143 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1144 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1145 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1146 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1147 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1148 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1150 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1151 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1152 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1153 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1154 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1155 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1156 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1157 number of available packages
1158 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1159 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1161 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1163 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1165 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1168 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1170 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1172 * not officially released
1173 * more spelling corrections
1174 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1176 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1178 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1180 * not officially released
1181 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1182 * some PGP-centricity removed
1183 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1184 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1185 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1186 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1187 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1188 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1190 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1192 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1194 * not officially released
1195 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1196 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1197 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1198 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1199 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1200 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1201 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1202 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1203 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1204 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1205 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1206 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1207 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1208 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1210 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1211 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1213 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1215 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1216 take a couple of weeks
1217 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1218 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1219 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1220 excited about it and can't wait
1221 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1222 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1224 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1225 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1227 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1228 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1229 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1231 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1233 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1235 * move to 3-level version number:
1236 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1237 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1238 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1239 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1240 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1243 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1244 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1245 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1247 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1249 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1250 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1251 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1252 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1253 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1254 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1256 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1258 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1259 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1260 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1261 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1262 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1263 - "The CVS server": new section added
1264 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1266 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1267 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1268 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1269 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1270 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1271 with respect to GPG.
1272 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1273 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1274 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1275 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1276 a canonical location?)
1277 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1278 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1279 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1280 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1282 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1284 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1285 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1286 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1287 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1289 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1291 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1293 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1294 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1295 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1296 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1297 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1298 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1299 and should not be included in this Reference.
1300 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1301 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1302 maintainer tools only!
1303 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1304 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1305 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1306 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1307 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1308 * Little corrections here and there.
1309 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1310 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1313 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1315 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1317 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1318 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1319 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1321 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1322 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1323 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1324 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1325 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1326 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1327 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1328 do prior to uploading
1329 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1330 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1332 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1333 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1334 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1335 duties with respect to bugs
1336 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1337 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1338 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1340 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1341 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1342 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1343 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1344 explicit what is used to build this package
1346 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1348 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1351 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1352 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1353 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1354 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1355 * utilize the new URL tag
1356 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1359 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1361 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1363 * non-maintainer release
1364 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1365 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1366 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1367 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1368 text, it can't hurt you.)
1369 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1370 reflect this packages version number
1371 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1373 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1375 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1379 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1381 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1383 * New version numbering scheme:
1385 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1386 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1387 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1390 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1391 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1392 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1393 differ between the manuals.
1395 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1396 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1397 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1398 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1400 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1401 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1403 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1405 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1407 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1409 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1411 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1412 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1414 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1415 (as requested by James Troup)
1417 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1419 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1421 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1423 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1425 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1427 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1429 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1431 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1432 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1433 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1434 the non-maintainer release
1436 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1437 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1438 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1441 - Lots of typos fixed
1443 * Compressed SGML source code
1445 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1446 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1448 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1450 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1452 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1454 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1455 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1456 - Announcing package uploads
1457 * New section about Debian Mentors
1458 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1459 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1460 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1461 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1463 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1465 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1467 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1468 of our FTP server and the development process
1469 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1470 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1471 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1473 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1474 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1475 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1476 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1477 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1478 contacting the maintainer
1479 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1480 a new manual released soon)
1481 * Some minor changes
1482 * Include SGML source in package
1483 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1484 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1486 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1488 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1492 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200