1 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
5 - bump standards-version to 3.7.2 (no change)
7 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
8 - add pdf for French version.
9 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
10 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
11 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
12 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
13 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
14 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
15 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
16 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
17 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
19 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
20 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
22 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
24 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
25 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
26 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
27 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
28 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
31 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
32 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
33 * Remove reference to #debian-sf which doesn't exist anymore.
34 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
35 * Put myself back in Uploaders.
36 * Generaly wrap lines longer than 78 characters. Closes: #278267
37 Not done for translations. I leave that up to translators if they want to
39 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
40 * Update information concerning Alioth.
41 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
44 -- Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Sat, 04 Aug 2007 17:51:06 +0200
46 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
48 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
50 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
51 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
53 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
54 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
55 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
57 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
58 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
59 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
61 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
62 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
63 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
64 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
65 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
66 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
67 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
68 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
69 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
70 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
71 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
72 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
74 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
75 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
76 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
77 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
78 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
79 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
80 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
81 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
82 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
83 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
87 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
89 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
91 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
94 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
95 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
96 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
97 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
98 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
99 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
101 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
103 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
105 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
107 - non-us discontinued.
108 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
110 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
111 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
112 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
113 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
114 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
115 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
116 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
117 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
118 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
119 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
120 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
121 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
122 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
123 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
124 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
125 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
126 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
127 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
129 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
130 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
132 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
135 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
137 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
139 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
142 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
143 - madison is on merkel.
144 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
145 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
146 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
147 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
148 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
149 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
151 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
152 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
153 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
154 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
155 - sync NM rules with reality.
157 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
159 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
161 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
164 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
165 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
166 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
167 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
168 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
169 - spelling, grammer fixes.
170 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
171 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
172 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
173 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
174 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
175 - add myself to uploaders.
176 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
177 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
178 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
179 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
180 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
181 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
182 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
183 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
184 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
185 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
186 - rewrote the NMU section, and
187 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
188 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
189 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
190 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
191 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
192 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
193 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
194 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
196 - Security uploads get urgency=high
197 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
199 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
201 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
203 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
206 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
207 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
208 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
209 - documented Alioth, somewhat
211 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
212 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
214 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
215 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
216 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
217 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
221 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
223 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
224 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
225 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
226 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
229 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
231 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
234 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
236 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
237 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
238 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
240 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
241 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
242 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
243 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
246 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
248 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
249 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
250 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
251 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
252 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
254 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
255 it clear these are special cases
256 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
258 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
260 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
262 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
265 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
266 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
268 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
270 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
272 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
275 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
277 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
278 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
279 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
281 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
282 - the synopsis formula changed to either
283 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
285 <package-name> is <synopsis>
287 <package-name> are <synopsis>
289 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
290 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
291 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
292 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
293 package; closes: #187143
295 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
297 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
300 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
301 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
303 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
305 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
306 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
307 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
308 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
309 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
310 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
311 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
312 right places in the document, closes: #172897
313 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
317 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
319 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
320 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
321 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
322 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
323 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
324 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
325 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
327 - editorial changes on material added in this version
328 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
329 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
330 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
331 closes: #139957, #108416
332 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
333 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
335 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
337 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
340 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
342 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
343 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
344 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
345 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
347 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
348 for best practices for documentation
349 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
350 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
351 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
352 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
354 - spell-checking pass
356 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
358 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
361 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
362 descriptions" moved under there
363 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
364 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
365 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
366 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
367 the document where these tools are discussed
368 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
369 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
370 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
371 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
372 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
373 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
375 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
376 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
377 that can be fixed by DDP folks
378 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
379 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
380 - simply PS and PDF building rules
382 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
384 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
387 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
388 section and adjusted links
389 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
391 - ChangeLog attribution updates
392 - fix typos, closes: #171781
393 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
394 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
395 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
396 for debian/rules", and write an intro
397 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
398 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
399 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
400 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
401 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
402 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
403 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
404 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
405 "Internationalization"
406 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
407 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
408 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
409 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
410 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
411 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
412 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
413 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
414 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
416 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
417 rather useless and broken
418 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
419 names and the first word
420 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
421 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
422 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
424 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
425 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
426 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
428 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
430 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
433 - DDP publishing update
435 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
436 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
437 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
438 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
440 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
442 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
445 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
446 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
447 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
449 - added myself as co-author
450 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
452 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
453 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
455 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
456 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
458 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
460 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
463 - Corrected several errors with —
464 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
465 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
466 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
467 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
468 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
469 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
470 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
472 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
473 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
474 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
475 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
476 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
477 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
478 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
479 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
480 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
482 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
483 descriptions". closes: #158609
484 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
485 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
486 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
487 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
488 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
490 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
491 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
492 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
493 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
494 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
495 - updated the mailing lists section
497 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
498 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
501 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
503 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
506 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
507 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
509 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
511 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
512 Ch "The Debian Archive"
514 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
516 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
517 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
518 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
519 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
520 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
522 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
523 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
524 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
525 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
526 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
527 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
528 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
530 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
531 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
534 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
535 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
536 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
537 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
538 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
539 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
540 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
541 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
542 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
543 work-around with <...>
544 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
545 - update copyright date
546 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
547 - spell check and grammar corrections
551 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
553 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
554 recompile"; closes: #102626
555 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
556 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
557 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
558 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
559 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
561 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
562 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
563 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
565 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
567 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
568 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
569 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
570 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
571 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
572 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
573 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
574 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
575 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
577 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
579 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
581 - updated the list of available architectures.
582 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
583 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
584 of the package and nothing more.
585 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
586 any pain to the ftpmasters.
587 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
588 the use of the delayed queue.
589 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
590 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
592 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
593 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
594 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
595 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
596 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
597 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
598 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
600 - new Sec "Documentation"
601 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
602 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
603 "Being kind to porter" too
604 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
605 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
606 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
607 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
608 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
610 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
611 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
614 - update French translation
616 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
618 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
621 - some grammar corrections
622 - update French translation
624 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
625 anymore; closes: #135559
626 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
628 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
630 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
631 that would be welcome)
632 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
633 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
634 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
635 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
636 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
637 - other minor wording changes
638 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
639 - Ch "Package uploads":
640 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
641 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
642 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
643 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
644 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
645 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
646 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
648 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
650 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
652 * from Martin Michlmayr
653 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
654 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
655 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
657 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
659 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
661 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
663 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
664 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
665 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
668 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
670 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
673 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
675 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
678 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
680 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
681 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
682 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
683 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
684 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
685 talking about uploading to distributions
686 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
687 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
688 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
690 - French translation updated
692 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
693 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
694 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
696 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
698 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
701 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
702 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
705 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
707 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
710 * fix a typo in a link
711 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
712 update documentation accordingly
714 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
715 forwarding bugs upstream
717 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
718 entities which should be used
719 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
720 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
722 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
724 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
726 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
727 * French version: completely up-to-date now
728 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
729 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
731 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
734 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
736 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
738 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
740 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
741 this translation needs updating
742 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
743 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
744 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
746 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
747 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
748 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
750 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
751 included yet, however
753 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
755 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
757 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
759 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
760 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
762 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
764 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
766 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
768 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
769 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
770 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
772 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
774 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
776 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
779 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
780 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
781 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
782 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
783 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
784 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
785 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
786 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
787 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
788 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
789 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
790 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
792 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
793 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
794 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
795 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
796 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
798 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
800 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
801 * update copyright notice for 2001
802 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
803 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
804 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
806 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
808 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
810 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
812 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
814 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
816 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
818 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
820 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
821 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
823 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
824 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
825 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
826 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
827 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
828 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
829 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
830 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
831 could be used if necessary
832 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
833 mention the rsync dupload method
834 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
836 * other small corrections
837 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
838 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
839 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
840 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
842 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
844 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
845 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
847 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
849 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
851 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
852 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
853 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
854 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
856 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
857 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
858 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
859 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
860 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
862 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
864 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
865 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
866 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
867 team (closes: Bug#52906)
868 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
869 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
870 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
872 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
873 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
874 - added a section about the LDAP database
875 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
876 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
878 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
879 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
881 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
883 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
885 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
886 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
887 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
889 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
890 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
891 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
892 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
893 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
894 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
895 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
896 description from developers-reference.sgml
898 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
900 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
902 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
903 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
905 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
907 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
908 releases are available at archive.debian.org
909 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
910 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
911 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
912 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
913 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
914 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
915 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
916 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
918 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
919 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
920 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
921 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
923 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
924 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
925 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
926 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
927 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
928 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
929 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
930 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
931 suggestion from James Troup
932 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
933 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
934 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
935 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
938 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
940 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
942 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
943 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
945 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
947 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
949 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
950 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
951 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
952 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
953 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
954 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
955 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
957 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
959 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
961 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
962 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
963 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
964 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
965 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
966 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
968 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
969 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
971 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
973 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
975 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
977 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
979 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
980 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
981 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
982 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
983 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
985 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
986 with intro; demoted server sections under that
987 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
988 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
990 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
991 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
992 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
993 a normal developer may have access.
995 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
997 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
999 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1000 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1001 step all over each other
1003 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1005 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1007 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1008 address for PGP key updates
1010 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1012 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1014 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1015 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1016 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1017 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1018 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1020 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1022 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1024 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1025 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1026 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1027 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1028 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1029 <keyring-maint> instead)
1030 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1031 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1033 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1035 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1036 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1037 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1039 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1041 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1043 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1044 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1045 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1046 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1047 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1048 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1050 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1051 tighten up the language a bit
1052 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1053 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1054 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1055 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1057 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1058 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1059 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1060 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1061 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1062 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1064 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1065 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1066 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1067 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1068 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1069 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1070 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1071 number of available packages
1072 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1073 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1075 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1077 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1079 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1082 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1084 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1086 * not officially released
1087 * more spelling corrections
1088 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1090 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1092 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1094 * not officially released
1095 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1096 * some PGP-centricity removed
1097 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1098 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1099 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1100 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1101 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1102 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1104 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1106 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1108 * not officially released
1109 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1110 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1111 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1112 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1113 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1114 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1115 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1116 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1117 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1118 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1119 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1120 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1121 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1122 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1124 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1125 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1127 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1129 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1130 take a couple of weeks
1131 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1132 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1133 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1134 excited about it and can't wait
1135 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1136 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1138 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1139 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1141 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1142 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1143 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1145 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1147 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1149 * move to 3-level version number:
1150 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1151 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1152 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1153 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1154 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1157 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1158 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1159 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1161 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1163 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1164 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1165 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1166 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1167 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1168 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1170 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1172 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1173 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1174 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1175 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1176 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1177 - "The CVS server": new section added
1178 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1180 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1181 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1182 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1183 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1184 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1185 with respect to GPG.
1186 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1187 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1188 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1189 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1190 a canonical location?)
1191 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1192 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1193 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1194 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1196 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1198 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1199 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1200 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1201 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1203 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1205 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1207 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1208 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1209 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1210 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1211 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1212 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1213 and should not be included in this Reference.
1214 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1215 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1216 maintainer tools only!
1217 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1218 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1219 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1220 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1221 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1222 * Little corrections here and there.
1223 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1224 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1227 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1229 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1231 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1232 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1233 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1235 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1236 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1237 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1238 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1239 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1240 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1241 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1242 do prior to uploading
1243 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1244 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1246 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1247 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1248 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1249 duties with respect to bugs
1250 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1251 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1252 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1254 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1255 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1256 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1257 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1258 explicit what is used to build this package
1260 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1262 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1265 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1266 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1267 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1268 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1269 * utilize the new URL tag
1270 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1273 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1275 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1277 * non-maintainer release
1278 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1279 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1280 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1281 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1282 text, it can't hurt you.)
1283 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1284 reflect this packages version number
1285 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1287 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1289 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1293 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1295 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1297 * New version numbering scheme:
1299 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1300 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1301 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1304 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1305 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1306 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1307 differ between the manuals.
1309 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1310 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1311 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1312 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1314 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1315 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1317 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1319 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1321 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1323 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1325 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1326 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1328 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1329 (as requested by James Troup)
1331 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1333 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1335 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1337 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1339 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1341 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1343 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1345 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1346 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1347 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1348 the non-maintainer release
1350 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1351 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1352 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1355 - Lots of typos fixed
1357 * Compressed SGML source code
1359 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1360 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1362 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1364 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1366 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1368 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1369 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1370 - Announcing package uploads
1371 * New section about Debian Mentors
1372 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1373 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1374 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1375 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1377 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1379 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1381 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1382 of our FTP server and the development process
1383 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1384 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1385 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1387 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1388 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1389 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1390 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1391 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1392 contacting the maintainer
1393 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1394 a new manual released soon)
1395 * Some minor changes
1396 * Include SGML source in package
1397 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1398 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1400 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1402 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1406 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200