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
11 -- Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Wed, 19 Jun 2002 10:00:09 +0200
13 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
16 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
17 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
19 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
21 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
22 Ch "The Debian Archive"
24 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
26 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
27 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
28 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
29 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
30 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
32 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
33 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
34 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
35 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
36 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
37 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
38 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
40 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
41 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
44 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
45 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
46 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
47 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
48 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
49 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
50 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
51 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
52 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
53 work-around with <...>
54 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
55 - update copyright date
56 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
57 - spell check and grammar corrections
61 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
63 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
64 recompile"; closes: #102626
65 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
66 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
67 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
68 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
69 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
71 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
72 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
73 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
75 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
77 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
78 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
79 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
80 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
81 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
82 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
83 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
84 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
85 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
87 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
89 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
91 - updated the list of available architectures.
92 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
93 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
94 of the package and nothing more.
95 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
96 any pain to the ftpmasters.
97 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
98 the use of the delayed queue.
99 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
100 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
102 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
103 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
104 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
105 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
106 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
107 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
108 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
110 - new Sec "Documentation"
111 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
112 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
113 "Being kind to porter" too
114 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
115 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
116 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
117 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
118 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
120 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
121 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
124 - update French translation
126 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
128 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
131 - some grammar corrections
132 - update French translation
134 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
135 anymore; closes: #135559
136 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
138 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
140 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
141 that would be welcome)
142 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
143 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
144 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
145 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
146 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
147 - other minor wording changes
148 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
149 - Ch "Package uploads":
150 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
151 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
152 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
153 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
154 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
155 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
156 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
158 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
160 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
162 * from Martin Michlmayr
163 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
164 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
165 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
167 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
169 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
171 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
173 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
174 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
175 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
178 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
180 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
183 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
185 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
188 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
190 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
191 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
192 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
193 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
194 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
195 talking about uploading to distributions
196 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
197 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
198 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
200 - French translation updated
202 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
203 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
204 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
206 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
208 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
211 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
212 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
215 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
217 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
220 * fix a typo in a link
221 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
222 update documentation accordingly
224 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
225 forwarding bugs upstream
227 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
228 entities which should be used
229 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
230 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
232 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
234 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
236 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
237 * French version: completely up-to-date now
238 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
239 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
241 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
244 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
246 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
248 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
250 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
251 this translation needs updating
252 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
253 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
254 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
256 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
257 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
258 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
260 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
261 included yet, however
263 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
265 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
267 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
269 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
270 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
272 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
274 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
276 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
278 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
279 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
280 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
282 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
284 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
286 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
289 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
290 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
291 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
292 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
293 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
294 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
295 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
296 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
297 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
298 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
299 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
300 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
302 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
303 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
304 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
305 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
306 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
308 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
310 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
311 * update copyright notice for 2001
312 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
313 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
314 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
316 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
318 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
320 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
322 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
324 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
326 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
328 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
330 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
331 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
333 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
334 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
335 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
336 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
337 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
338 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
339 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
340 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
341 could be used if necessary
342 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
343 mention the rsync dupload method
344 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
346 * other small corrections
347 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
348 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
349 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
350 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
352 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
354 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
355 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
357 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
359 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
361 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
362 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
363 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
364 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
366 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
367 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
368 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
369 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
370 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
372 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
374 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
375 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
376 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
377 team (closes: Bug#52906)
378 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
379 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
380 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
382 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
383 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
384 - added a section about the LDAP database
385 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
386 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
388 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
389 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
391 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
393 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
395 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
396 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
397 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
399 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
400 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
401 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
402 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
403 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
404 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
405 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
406 description from developers-reference.sgml
408 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
410 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
412 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
413 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
415 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
417 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
418 releases are available at archive.debian.org
419 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
420 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
421 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
422 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
423 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
424 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
425 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
426 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
428 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
429 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
430 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
431 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
433 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
434 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
435 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
436 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
437 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
438 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
439 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
440 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
441 suggestion from James Troup
442 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
443 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
444 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
445 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
448 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
450 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
452 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
453 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
455 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
457 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
459 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
460 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
461 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
462 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
463 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
464 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
465 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
467 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
469 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
471 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
472 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
473 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
474 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
475 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
476 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
478 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
479 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
481 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
483 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
485 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
487 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
489 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
490 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
491 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
492 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
493 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
495 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
496 with intro; demoted server sections under that
497 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
498 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
500 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
501 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
502 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
503 a normal developer may have access.
505 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
507 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
509 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
510 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
511 step all over each other
513 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
515 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
517 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
518 address for PGP key updates
520 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
522 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
524 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
525 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
526 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
527 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
528 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
530 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
532 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
534 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
535 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
536 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
537 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
538 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
539 <keyring-maint> instead)
540 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
541 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
543 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
545 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
546 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
547 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
549 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
551 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
553 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
554 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
555 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
556 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
557 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
558 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
560 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
561 tighten up the language a bit
562 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
563 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
564 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
565 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
567 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
568 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
569 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
570 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
571 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
572 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
574 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
575 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
576 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
577 about how to depart Debian gracefully
578 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
579 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
580 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
581 number of available packages
582 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
583 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
585 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
587 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
589 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
592 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
594 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
596 * not officially released
597 * more spelling corrections
598 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
600 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
602 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
604 * not officially released
605 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
606 * some PGP-centricity removed
607 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
608 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
609 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
610 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
611 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
612 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
614 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
616 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
618 * not officially released
619 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
620 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
621 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
622 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
623 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
624 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
625 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
626 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
627 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
628 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
629 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
630 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
631 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
632 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
634 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
635 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
637 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
639 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
640 take a couple of weeks
641 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
642 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
643 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
644 excited about it and can't wait
645 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
646 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
648 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
649 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
651 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
652 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
653 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
655 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
657 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
659 * move to 3-level version number:
660 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
661 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
662 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
663 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
664 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
667 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
668 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
669 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
671 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
673 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
674 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
675 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
676 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
677 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
678 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
680 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
682 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
683 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
684 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
685 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
686 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
687 - "The CVS server": new section added
688 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
690 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
691 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
692 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
693 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
694 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
696 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
697 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
698 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
699 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
700 a canonical location?)
701 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
702 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
703 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
704 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
706 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
708 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
709 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
710 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
711 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
713 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
715 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
717 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
718 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
719 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
720 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
721 them. (closes Bug#26948)
722 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
723 and should not be included in this Reference.
724 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
725 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
726 maintainer tools only!
727 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
728 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
729 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
730 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
731 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
732 * Little corrections here and there.
733 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
734 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
737 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
739 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
741 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
742 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
743 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
745 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
746 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
747 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
748 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
749 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
750 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
751 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
752 do prior to uploading
753 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
754 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
756 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
757 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
758 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
759 duties with respect to bugs
760 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
761 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
762 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
764 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
765 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
766 * grammar and markup changes throughout
767 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
768 explicit what is used to build this package
770 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
772 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
775 * version number and date are automatically populated now
776 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
777 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
778 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
779 * utilize the new URL tag
780 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
783 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
785 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
787 * non-maintainer release
788 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
789 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
790 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
791 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
792 text, it can't hurt you.)
793 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
794 reflect this packages version number
795 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
797 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
799 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
803 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
805 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
807 * New version numbering scheme:
809 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
810 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
811 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
814 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
815 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
816 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
817 differ between the manuals.
819 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
820 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
821 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
822 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
824 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
825 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
827 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
829 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
831 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
833 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
835 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
836 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
838 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
839 (as requested by James Troup)
841 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
843 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
845 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
847 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
849 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
851 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
853 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
855 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
856 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
857 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
858 the non-maintainer release
860 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
861 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
862 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
865 - Lots of typos fixed
867 * Compressed SGML source code
869 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
870 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
872 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
874 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
876 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
878 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
879 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
880 - Announcing package uploads
881 * New section about Debian Mentors
882 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
883 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
884 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
885 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
887 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
889 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
891 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
892 of our FTP server and the development process
893 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
894 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
895 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
897 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
898 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
899 debian-devel before they are uploaded
900 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
901 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
902 contacting the maintainer
903 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
904 a new manual released soon)
906 * Include SGML source in package
907 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
908 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
910 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
912 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
916 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200