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 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
39 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
42 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
44 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
47 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
48 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
50 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
52 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
53 Ch "The Debian Archive"
55 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
57 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
58 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
59 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
60 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
61 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
63 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
64 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
65 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
66 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
67 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
68 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
69 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
71 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
72 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
75 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
76 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
77 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
78 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
79 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
80 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
81 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
82 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
83 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
84 work-around with <...>
85 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
86 - update copyright date
87 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
88 - spell check and grammar corrections
92 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
94 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
95 recompile"; closes: #102626
96 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
97 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
98 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
99 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
100 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
102 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
103 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
104 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
106 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
108 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
109 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
110 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
111 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
112 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
113 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
114 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
115 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
116 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
118 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
120 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
122 - updated the list of available architectures.
123 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
124 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
125 of the package and nothing more.
126 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
127 any pain to the ftpmasters.
128 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
129 the use of the delayed queue.
130 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
131 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
133 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
134 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
135 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
136 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
137 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
138 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
139 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
141 - new Sec "Documentation"
142 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
143 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
144 "Being kind to porter" too
145 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
146 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
147 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
148 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
149 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
151 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
152 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
155 - update French translation
157 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
159 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
162 - some grammar corrections
163 - update French translation
165 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
166 anymore; closes: #135559
167 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
169 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
171 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
172 that would be welcome)
173 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
174 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
175 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
176 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
177 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
178 - other minor wording changes
179 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
180 - Ch "Package uploads":
181 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
182 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
183 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
184 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
185 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
186 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
187 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
189 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
191 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
193 * from Martin Michlmayr
194 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
195 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
196 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
198 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
200 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
202 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
204 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
205 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
206 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
209 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
211 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
214 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
216 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
219 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
221 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
222 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
223 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
224 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
225 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
226 talking about uploading to distributions
227 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
228 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
229 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
231 - French translation updated
233 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
234 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
235 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
237 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
239 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
242 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
243 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
246 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
248 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
251 * fix a typo in a link
252 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
253 update documentation accordingly
255 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
256 forwarding bugs upstream
258 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
259 entities which should be used
260 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
261 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
263 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
265 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
267 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
268 * French version: completely up-to-date now
269 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
270 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
272 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
275 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
277 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
279 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
281 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
282 this translation needs updating
283 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
284 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
285 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
287 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
288 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
289 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
291 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
292 included yet, however
294 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
296 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
298 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
300 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
301 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
303 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
305 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
307 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
309 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
310 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
311 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
313 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
315 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
317 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
320 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
321 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
322 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
323 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
324 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
325 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
326 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
327 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
328 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
329 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
330 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
331 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
333 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
334 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
335 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
336 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
337 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
339 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
341 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
342 * update copyright notice for 2001
343 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
344 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
345 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
347 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
349 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
351 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
353 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
355 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
357 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
359 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
361 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
362 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
364 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
365 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
366 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
367 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
368 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
369 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
370 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
371 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
372 could be used if necessary
373 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
374 mention the rsync dupload method
375 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
377 * other small corrections
378 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
379 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
380 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
381 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
383 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
385 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
386 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
388 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
390 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
392 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
393 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
394 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
395 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
397 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
398 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
399 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
400 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
401 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
403 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
405 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
406 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
407 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
408 team (closes: Bug#52906)
409 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
410 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
411 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
413 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
414 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
415 - added a section about the LDAP database
416 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
417 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
419 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
420 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
422 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
424 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
426 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
427 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
428 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
430 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
431 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
432 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
433 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
434 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
435 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
436 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
437 description from developers-reference.sgml
439 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
441 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
443 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
444 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
446 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
448 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
449 releases are available at archive.debian.org
450 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
451 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
452 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
453 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
454 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
455 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
456 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
457 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
459 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
460 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
461 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
462 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
464 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
465 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
466 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
467 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
468 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
469 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
470 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
471 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
472 suggestion from James Troup
473 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
474 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
475 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
476 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
479 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
481 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
483 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
484 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
486 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
488 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
490 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
491 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
492 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
493 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
494 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
495 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
496 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
498 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
500 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
502 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
503 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
504 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
505 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
506 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
507 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
509 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
510 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
512 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
514 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
516 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
518 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
520 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
521 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
522 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
523 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
524 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
526 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
527 with intro; demoted server sections under that
528 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
529 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
531 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
532 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
533 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
534 a normal developer may have access.
536 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
538 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
540 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
541 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
542 step all over each other
544 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
546 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
548 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
549 address for PGP key updates
551 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
553 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
555 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
556 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
557 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
558 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
559 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
561 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
563 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
565 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
566 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
567 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
568 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
569 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
570 <keyring-maint> instead)
571 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
572 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
574 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
576 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
577 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
578 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
580 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
582 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
584 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
585 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
586 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
587 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
588 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
589 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
591 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
592 tighten up the language a bit
593 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
594 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
595 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
596 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
598 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
599 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
600 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
601 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
602 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
603 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
605 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
606 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
607 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
608 about how to depart Debian gracefully
609 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
610 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
611 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
612 number of available packages
613 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
614 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
616 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
618 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
620 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
623 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
625 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
627 * not officially released
628 * more spelling corrections
629 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
631 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
633 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
635 * not officially released
636 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
637 * some PGP-centricity removed
638 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
639 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
640 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
641 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
642 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
643 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
645 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
647 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
649 * not officially released
650 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
651 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
652 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
653 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
654 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
655 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
656 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
657 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
658 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
659 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
660 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
661 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
662 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
663 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
665 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
666 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
668 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
670 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
671 take a couple of weeks
672 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
673 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
674 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
675 excited about it and can't wait
676 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
677 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
679 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
680 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
682 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
683 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
684 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
686 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
688 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
690 * move to 3-level version number:
691 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
692 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
693 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
694 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
695 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
698 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
699 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
700 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
702 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
704 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
705 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
706 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
707 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
708 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
709 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
711 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
713 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
714 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
715 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
716 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
717 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
718 - "The CVS server": new section added
719 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
721 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
722 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
723 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
724 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
725 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
727 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
728 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
729 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
730 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
731 a canonical location?)
732 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
733 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
734 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
735 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
737 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
739 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
740 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
741 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
742 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
744 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
746 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
748 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
749 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
750 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
751 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
752 them. (closes Bug#26948)
753 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
754 and should not be included in this Reference.
755 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
756 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
757 maintainer tools only!
758 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
759 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
760 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
761 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
762 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
763 * Little corrections here and there.
764 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
765 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
768 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
770 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
772 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
773 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
774 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
776 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
777 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
778 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
779 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
780 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
781 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
782 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
783 do prior to uploading
784 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
785 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
787 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
788 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
789 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
790 duties with respect to bugs
791 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
792 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
793 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
795 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
796 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
797 * grammar and markup changes throughout
798 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
799 explicit what is used to build this package
801 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
803 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
806 * version number and date are automatically populated now
807 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
808 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
809 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
810 * utilize the new URL tag
811 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
814 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
816 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
818 * non-maintainer release
819 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
820 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
821 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
822 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
823 text, it can't hurt you.)
824 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
825 reflect this packages version number
826 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
828 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
830 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
834 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
836 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
838 * New version numbering scheme:
840 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
841 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
842 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
845 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
846 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
847 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
848 differ between the manuals.
850 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
851 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
852 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
853 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
855 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
856 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
858 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
860 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
862 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
864 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
866 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
867 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
869 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
870 (as requested by James Troup)
872 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
874 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
876 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
878 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
880 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
882 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
884 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
886 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
887 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
888 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
889 the non-maintainer release
891 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
892 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
893 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
896 - Lots of typos fixed
898 * Compressed SGML source code
900 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
901 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
903 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
905 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
907 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
909 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
910 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
911 - Announcing package uploads
912 * New section about Debian Mentors
913 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
914 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
915 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
916 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
918 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
920 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
922 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
923 of our FTP server and the development process
924 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
925 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
926 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
928 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
929 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
930 debian-devel before they are uploaded
931 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
932 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
933 contacting the maintainer
934 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
935 a new manual released soon)
937 * Include SGML source in package
938 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
939 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
941 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
943 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
947 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200