1 developers-reference (3.2.3) unstable; urgency=low
4 - French translation update to latest version
5 - Proofread by Philippe Batailler
9 - Added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation.
11 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 2 Jan 2003 04:10:54 -0500
13 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
16 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
18 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
19 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
20 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
21 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
23 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
24 for best practices for documentation
25 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
26 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
27 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
28 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
32 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
34 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
37 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
38 descriptions" moved under there
39 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
40 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
41 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
42 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
43 the document where these tools are discussed
44 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
45 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
46 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
47 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
48 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
49 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
51 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
52 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
53 that can be fixed by DDP folks
54 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
55 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
56 - simply PS and PDF building rules
58 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
60 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
63 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
64 section and adjusted links
65 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
67 - ChangeLog attribution updates
68 - fix typos, closes: #171781
69 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
70 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
71 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
72 for debian/rules", and write an intro
73 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
74 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
75 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
76 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
77 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
78 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
79 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
80 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
81 "Internationalization"
82 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
83 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
84 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
85 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
86 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
87 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
88 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
89 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
90 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
92 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
93 rather useless and broken
94 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
95 names and the first word
96 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
97 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
98 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
100 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
101 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
102 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
104 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
106 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
109 - DDP publishing update
111 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
112 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
113 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
114 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
116 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
118 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
121 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
122 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
123 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
125 - added myself as co-author
126 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
128 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
129 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
131 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
132 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
134 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
136 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
139 - Corrected several errors with —
140 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
141 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
142 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
143 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
144 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
145 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
146 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
148 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
149 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
150 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
151 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
152 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
153 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
154 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
155 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
156 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
158 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
159 descriptions". closes: #158609
160 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
161 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
162 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
163 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
164 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
166 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
167 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
168 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
169 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
170 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
171 - updated the mailing lists section
173 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
174 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
177 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
179 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
182 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
183 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
185 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
187 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
188 Ch "The Debian Archive"
190 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
192 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
193 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
194 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
195 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
196 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
198 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
199 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
200 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
201 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
202 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
203 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
204 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
206 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
207 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
210 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
211 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
212 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
213 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
214 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
215 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
216 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
217 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
218 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
219 work-around with <...>
220 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
221 - update copyright date
222 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
223 - spell check and grammar corrections
227 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
229 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
230 recompile"; closes: #102626
231 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
232 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
233 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
234 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
235 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
237 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
238 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
239 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
241 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
243 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
244 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
245 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
246 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
247 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
248 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
249 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
250 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
251 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
253 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
255 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
257 - updated the list of available architectures.
258 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
259 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
260 of the package and nothing more.
261 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
262 any pain to the ftpmasters.
263 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
264 the use of the delayed queue.
265 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
266 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
268 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
269 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
270 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
271 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
272 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
273 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
274 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
276 - new Sec "Documentation"
277 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
278 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
279 "Being kind to porter" too
280 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
281 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
282 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
283 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
284 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
286 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
287 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
290 - update French translation
292 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
294 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
297 - some grammar corrections
298 - update French translation
300 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
301 anymore; closes: #135559
302 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
304 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
306 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
307 that would be welcome)
308 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
309 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
310 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
311 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
312 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
313 - other minor wording changes
314 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
315 - Ch "Package uploads":
316 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
317 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
318 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
319 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
320 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
321 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
322 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
324 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
326 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
328 * from Martin Michlmayr
329 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
330 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
331 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
333 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
335 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
337 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
339 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
340 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
341 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
344 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
346 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
349 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
351 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
354 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
356 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
357 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
358 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
359 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
360 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
361 talking about uploading to distributions
362 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
363 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
364 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
366 - French translation updated
368 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
369 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
370 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
372 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
374 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
377 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
378 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
381 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
383 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
386 * fix a typo in a link
387 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
388 update documentation accordingly
390 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
391 forwarding bugs upstream
393 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
394 entities which should be used
395 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
396 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
398 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
400 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
402 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
403 * French version: completely up-to-date now
404 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
405 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
407 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
410 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
412 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
414 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
416 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
417 this translation needs updating
418 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
419 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
420 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
422 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
423 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
424 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
426 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
427 included yet, however
429 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
431 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
433 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
435 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
436 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
438 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
440 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
442 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
444 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
445 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
446 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
448 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
450 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
452 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
455 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
456 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
457 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
458 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
459 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
460 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
461 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
462 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
463 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
464 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
465 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
466 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
468 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
469 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
470 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
471 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
472 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
474 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
476 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
477 * update copyright notice for 2001
478 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
479 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
480 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
482 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
484 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
486 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
488 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
490 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
492 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
494 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
496 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
497 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
499 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
500 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
501 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
502 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
503 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
504 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
505 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
506 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
507 could be used if necessary
508 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
509 mention the rsync dupload method
510 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
512 * other small corrections
513 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
514 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
515 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
516 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
518 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
520 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
521 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
523 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
525 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
527 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
528 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
529 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
530 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
532 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
533 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
534 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
535 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
536 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
538 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
540 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
541 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
542 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
543 team (closes: Bug#52906)
544 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
545 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
546 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
548 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
549 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
550 - added a section about the LDAP database
551 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
552 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
554 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
555 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
557 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
559 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
561 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
562 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
563 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
565 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
566 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
567 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
568 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
569 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
570 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
571 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
572 description from developers-reference.sgml
574 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
576 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
578 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
579 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
581 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
583 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
584 releases are available at archive.debian.org
585 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
586 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
587 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
588 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
589 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
590 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
591 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
592 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
594 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
595 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
596 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
597 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
599 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
600 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
601 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
602 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
603 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
604 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
605 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
606 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
607 suggestion from James Troup
608 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
609 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
610 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
611 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
614 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
616 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
618 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
619 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
621 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
623 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
625 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
626 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
627 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
628 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
629 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
630 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
631 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
633 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
635 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
637 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
638 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
639 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
640 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
641 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
642 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
644 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
645 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
647 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
649 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
651 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
653 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
655 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
656 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
657 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
658 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
659 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
661 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
662 with intro; demoted server sections under that
663 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
664 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
666 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
667 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
668 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
669 a normal developer may have access.
671 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
673 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
675 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
676 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
677 step all over each other
679 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
681 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
683 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
684 address for PGP key updates
686 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
688 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
690 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
691 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
692 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
693 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
694 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
696 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
698 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
700 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
701 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
702 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
703 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
704 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
705 <keyring-maint> instead)
706 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
707 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
709 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
711 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
712 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
713 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
715 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
717 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
719 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
720 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
721 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
722 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
723 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
724 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
726 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
727 tighten up the language a bit
728 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
729 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
730 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
731 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
733 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
734 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
735 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
736 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
737 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
738 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
740 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
741 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
742 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
743 about how to depart Debian gracefully
744 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
745 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
746 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
747 number of available packages
748 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
749 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
751 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
753 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
755 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
758 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
760 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
762 * not officially released
763 * more spelling corrections
764 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
766 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
768 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
770 * not officially released
771 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
772 * some PGP-centricity removed
773 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
774 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
775 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
776 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
777 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
778 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
780 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
782 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
784 * not officially released
785 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
786 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
787 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
788 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
789 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
790 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
791 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
792 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
793 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
794 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
795 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
796 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
797 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
798 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
800 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
801 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
803 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
805 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
806 take a couple of weeks
807 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
808 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
809 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
810 excited about it and can't wait
811 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
812 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
814 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
815 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
817 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
818 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
819 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
821 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
823 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
825 * move to 3-level version number:
826 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
827 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
828 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
829 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
830 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
833 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
834 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
835 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
837 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
839 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
840 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
841 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
842 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
843 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
844 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
846 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
848 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
849 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
850 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
851 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
852 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
853 - "The CVS server": new section added
854 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
856 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
857 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
858 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
859 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
860 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
862 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
863 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
864 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
865 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
866 a canonical location?)
867 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
868 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
869 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
870 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
872 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
874 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
875 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
876 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
877 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
879 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
881 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
883 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
884 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
885 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
886 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
887 them. (closes Bug#26948)
888 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
889 and should not be included in this Reference.
890 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
891 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
892 maintainer tools only!
893 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
894 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
895 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
896 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
897 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
898 * Little corrections here and there.
899 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
900 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
903 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
905 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
907 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
908 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
909 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
911 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
912 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
913 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
914 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
915 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
916 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
917 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
918 do prior to uploading
919 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
920 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
922 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
923 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
924 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
925 duties with respect to bugs
926 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
927 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
928 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
930 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
931 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
932 * grammar and markup changes throughout
933 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
934 explicit what is used to build this package
936 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
938 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
941 * version number and date are automatically populated now
942 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
943 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
944 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
945 * utilize the new URL tag
946 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
949 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
951 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
953 * non-maintainer release
954 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
955 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
956 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
957 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
958 text, it can't hurt you.)
959 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
960 reflect this packages version number
961 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
963 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
965 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
969 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
971 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
973 * New version numbering scheme:
975 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
976 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
977 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
980 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
981 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
982 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
983 differ between the manuals.
985 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
986 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
987 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
988 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
990 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
991 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
993 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
995 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
997 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
999 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1001 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1002 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1004 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1005 (as requested by James Troup)
1007 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1009 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1011 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1013 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1015 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1017 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1019 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1021 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1022 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1023 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1024 the non-maintainer release
1026 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1027 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1028 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1031 - Lots of typos fixed
1033 * Compressed SGML source code
1035 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1036 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1038 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1040 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1042 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1044 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1045 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1046 - Announcing package uploads
1047 * New section about Debian Mentors
1048 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1049 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1050 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1051 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1053 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1055 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1057 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1058 of our FTP server and the development process
1059 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1060 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1061 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1063 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1064 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1065 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1066 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1067 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1068 contacting the maintainer
1069 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1070 a new manual released soon)
1071 * Some minor changes
1072 * Include SGML source in package
1073 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1074 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1076 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1078 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1082 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200