1 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
4 - Corrected several errors with —
5 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
6 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
7 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
8 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
9 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
10 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt ! closes: #145287
11 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
13 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
14 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
15 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
16 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
17 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
18 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
19 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
20 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
21 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
23 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
24 descriptions". closes: #158609
25 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
26 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
27 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
28 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
29 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
31 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
32 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
33 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
34 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
35 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
36 - updated the mailing lists section
38 -- Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 9 Sep 2002 11:14:43 +0200
40 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
43 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
44 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
46 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
48 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
49 Ch "The Debian Archive"
51 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
53 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
54 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
55 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
56 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
57 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
59 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
60 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
61 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
62 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
63 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
64 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
65 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
67 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
68 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
71 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
72 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
73 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
74 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
75 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
76 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
77 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
78 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
79 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
80 work-around with <...>
81 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
82 - update copyright date
83 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
84 - spell check and grammar corrections
88 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
90 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
91 recompile"; closes: #102626
92 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
93 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
94 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
95 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
96 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
98 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
99 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
100 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
102 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
104 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
105 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
106 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
107 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
108 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
109 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
110 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
111 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
112 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
114 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
116 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
118 - updated the list of available architectures.
119 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
120 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
121 of the package and nothing more.
122 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
123 any pain to the ftpmasters.
124 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
125 the use of the delayed queue.
126 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
127 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
129 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
130 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
131 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
132 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
133 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
134 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
135 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
137 - new Sec "Documentation"
138 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
139 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
140 "Being kind to porter" too
141 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
142 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
143 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
144 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
145 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
147 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
148 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
151 - update French translation
153 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
155 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
158 - some grammar corrections
159 - update French translation
161 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
162 anymore; closes: #135559
163 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
165 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
167 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
168 that would be welcome)
169 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
170 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
171 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
172 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
173 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
174 - other minor wording changes
175 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
176 - Ch "Package uploads":
177 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
178 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
179 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
180 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
181 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
182 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
183 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
185 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
187 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
189 * from Martin Michlmayr
190 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
191 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
192 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
194 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
196 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
198 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
200 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
201 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
202 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
205 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
207 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
210 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
212 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
215 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
217 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
218 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
219 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
220 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
221 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
222 talking about uploading to distributions
223 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
224 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
225 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
227 - French translation updated
229 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
230 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
231 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
233 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
235 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
238 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
239 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
242 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
244 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
247 * fix a typo in a link
248 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
249 update documentation accordingly
251 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
252 forwarding bugs upstream
254 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
255 entities which should be used
256 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
257 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
259 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
261 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
263 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
264 * French version: completely up-to-date now
265 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
266 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
268 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
271 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
273 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
275 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
277 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
278 this translation needs updating
279 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
280 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
281 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
283 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
284 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
285 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
287 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
288 included yet, however
290 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
292 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
294 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
296 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
297 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
299 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
301 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
303 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
305 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
306 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
307 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
309 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
311 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
313 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
316 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
317 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
318 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
319 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
320 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
321 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
322 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
323 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
324 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
325 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
326 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
327 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
329 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
330 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
331 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
332 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
333 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
335 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
337 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
338 * update copyright notice for 2001
339 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
340 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
341 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
343 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
345 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
347 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
349 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
351 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
353 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
355 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
357 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
358 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
360 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
361 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
362 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
363 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
364 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
365 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
366 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
367 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
368 could be used if necessary
369 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
370 mention the rsync dupload method
371 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
373 * other small corrections
374 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
375 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
376 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
377 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
379 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
381 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
382 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
384 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
386 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
388 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
389 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
390 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
391 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
393 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
394 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
395 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
396 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
397 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
399 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
401 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
402 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
403 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
404 team (closes: Bug#52906)
405 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
406 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
407 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
409 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
410 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
411 - added a section about the LDAP database
412 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
413 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
415 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
416 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
418 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
420 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
422 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
423 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
424 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
426 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
427 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
428 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
429 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
430 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
431 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
432 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
433 description from developers-reference.sgml
435 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
437 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
439 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
440 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
442 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
444 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
445 releases are available at archive.debian.org
446 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
447 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
448 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
449 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
450 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
451 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
452 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
453 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
455 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
456 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
457 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
458 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
460 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
461 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
462 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
463 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
464 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
465 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
466 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
467 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
468 suggestion from James Troup
469 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
470 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
471 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
472 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
475 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
477 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
479 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
480 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
482 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
484 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
486 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
487 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
488 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
489 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
490 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
491 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
492 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
494 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
496 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
498 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
499 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
500 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
501 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
502 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
503 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
505 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
506 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
508 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
510 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
512 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
514 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
516 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
517 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
518 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
519 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
520 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
522 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
523 with intro; demoted server sections under that
524 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
525 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
527 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
528 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
529 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
530 a normal developer may have access.
532 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
534 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
536 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
537 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
538 step all over each other
540 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
542 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
544 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
545 address for PGP key updates
547 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
549 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
551 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
552 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
553 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
554 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
555 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
557 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
559 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
561 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
562 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
563 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
564 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
565 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
566 <keyring-maint> instead)
567 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
568 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
570 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
572 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
573 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
574 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
576 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
578 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
580 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
581 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
582 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
583 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
584 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
585 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
587 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
588 tighten up the language a bit
589 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
590 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
591 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
592 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
594 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
595 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
596 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
597 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
598 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
599 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
601 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
602 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
603 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
604 about how to depart Debian gracefully
605 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
606 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
607 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
608 number of available packages
609 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
610 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
612 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
614 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
616 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
619 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
621 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
623 * not officially released
624 * more spelling corrections
625 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
627 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
629 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
631 * not officially released
632 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
633 * some PGP-centricity removed
634 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
635 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
636 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
637 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
638 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
639 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
641 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
643 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
645 * not officially released
646 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
647 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
648 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
649 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
650 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
651 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
652 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
653 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
654 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
655 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
656 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
657 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
658 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
659 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
661 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
662 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
664 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
666 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
667 take a couple of weeks
668 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
669 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
670 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
671 excited about it and can't wait
672 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
673 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
675 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
676 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
678 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
679 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
680 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
682 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
684 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
686 * move to 3-level version number:
687 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
688 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
689 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
690 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
691 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
694 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
695 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
696 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
698 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
700 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
701 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
702 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
703 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
704 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
705 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
707 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
709 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
710 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
711 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
712 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
713 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
714 - "The CVS server": new section added
715 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
717 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
718 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
719 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
720 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
721 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
723 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
724 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
725 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
726 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
727 a canonical location?)
728 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
729 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
730 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
731 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
733 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
735 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
736 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
737 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
738 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
740 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
742 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
744 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
745 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
746 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
747 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
748 them. (closes Bug#26948)
749 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
750 and should not be included in this Reference.
751 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
752 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
753 maintainer tools only!
754 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
755 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
756 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
757 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
758 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
759 * Little corrections here and there.
760 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
761 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
764 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
766 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
768 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
769 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
770 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
772 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
773 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
774 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
775 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
776 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
777 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
778 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
779 do prior to uploading
780 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
781 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
783 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
784 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
785 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
786 duties with respect to bugs
787 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
788 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
789 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
791 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
792 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
793 * grammar and markup changes throughout
794 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
795 explicit what is used to build this package
797 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
799 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
802 * version number and date are automatically populated now
803 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
804 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
805 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
806 * utilize the new URL tag
807 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
810 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
812 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
814 * non-maintainer release
815 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
816 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
817 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
818 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
819 text, it can't hurt you.)
820 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
821 reflect this packages version number
822 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
824 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
826 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
830 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
832 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
834 * New version numbering scheme:
836 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
837 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
838 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
841 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
842 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
843 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
844 differ between the manuals.
846 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
847 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
848 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
849 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
851 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
852 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
854 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
856 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
858 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
860 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
862 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
863 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
865 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
866 (as requested by James Troup)
868 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
870 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
872 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
874 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
876 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
878 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
880 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
882 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
883 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
884 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
885 the non-maintainer release
887 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
888 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
889 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
892 - Lots of typos fixed
894 * Compressed SGML source code
896 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
897 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
899 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
901 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
903 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
905 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
906 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
907 - Announcing package uploads
908 * New section about Debian Mentors
909 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
910 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
911 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
912 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
914 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
916 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
918 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
919 of our FTP server and the development process
920 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
921 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
922 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
924 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
925 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
926 debian-devel before they are uploaded
927 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
928 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
929 contacting the maintainer
930 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
931 a new manual released soon)
933 * Include SGML source in package
934 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
935 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
937 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
939 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
943 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200