1 developers-reference (3.2.3) unstable; urgency=low
4 - French translation update to latest version
5 - Proofread by Philippe Batailler
7 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
9 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
12 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
14 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
15 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
16 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
17 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
19 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
20 for best practices for documentation
21 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
22 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
23 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
24 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
28 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
30 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
33 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
34 descriptions" moved under there
35 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
36 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
37 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
38 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
39 the document where these tools are discussed
40 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
41 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
42 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
43 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
44 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
45 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
47 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
48 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
49 that can be fixed by DDP folks
50 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
51 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
52 - simply PS and PDF building rules
54 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
56 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
59 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
60 section and adjusted links
61 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
63 - ChangeLog attribution updates
64 - fix typos, closes: #171781
65 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
66 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
67 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
68 for debian/rules", and write an intro
69 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
70 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
71 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
72 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
73 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
74 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
75 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
76 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
77 "Internationalization"
78 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
79 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
80 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
81 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
82 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
83 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
84 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
85 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
86 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
88 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
89 rather useless and broken
90 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
91 names and the first word
92 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
93 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
94 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
96 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
97 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
98 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
100 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
102 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
105 - DDP publishing update
107 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
108 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
109 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
110 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
112 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
114 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
117 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
118 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
119 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
121 - added myself as co-author
122 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
124 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
125 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
127 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
128 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
130 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
132 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
135 - Corrected several errors with —
136 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
137 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
138 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
139 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
140 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
141 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
142 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
144 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
145 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
146 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
147 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
148 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
149 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
150 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
151 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
152 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
154 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
155 descriptions". closes: #158609
156 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
157 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
158 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
159 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
160 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
162 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
163 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
164 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
165 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
166 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
167 - updated the mailing lists section
169 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
170 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
173 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
175 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
178 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
179 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
181 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
183 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
184 Ch "The Debian Archive"
186 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
188 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
189 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
190 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
191 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
192 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
194 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
195 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
196 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
197 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
198 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
199 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
200 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
202 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
203 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
206 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
207 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
208 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
209 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
210 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
211 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
212 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
213 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
214 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
215 work-around with <...>
216 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
217 - update copyright date
218 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
219 - spell check and grammar corrections
223 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
225 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
226 recompile"; closes: #102626
227 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
228 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
229 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
230 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
231 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
233 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
234 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
235 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
237 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
239 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
240 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
241 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
242 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
243 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
244 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
245 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
246 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
247 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
249 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
251 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
253 - updated the list of available architectures.
254 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
255 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
256 of the package and nothing more.
257 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
258 any pain to the ftpmasters.
259 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
260 the use of the delayed queue.
261 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
262 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
264 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
265 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
266 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
267 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
268 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
269 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
270 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
272 - new Sec "Documentation"
273 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
274 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
275 "Being kind to porter" too
276 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
277 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
278 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
279 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
280 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
282 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
283 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
286 - update French translation
288 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
290 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
293 - some grammar corrections
294 - update French translation
296 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
297 anymore; closes: #135559
298 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
300 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
302 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
303 that would be welcome)
304 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
305 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
306 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
307 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
308 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
309 - other minor wording changes
310 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
311 - Ch "Package uploads":
312 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
313 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
314 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
315 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
316 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
317 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
318 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
320 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
322 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
324 * from Martin Michlmayr
325 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
326 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
327 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
329 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
331 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
333 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
335 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
336 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
337 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
340 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
342 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
345 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
347 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
350 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
352 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
353 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
354 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
355 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
356 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
357 talking about uploading to distributions
358 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
359 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
360 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
362 - French translation updated
364 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
365 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
366 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
368 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
370 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
373 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
374 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
377 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
379 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
382 * fix a typo in a link
383 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
384 update documentation accordingly
386 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
387 forwarding bugs upstream
389 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
390 entities which should be used
391 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
392 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
394 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
396 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
398 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
399 * French version: completely up-to-date now
400 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
401 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
403 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
406 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
408 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
410 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
412 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
413 this translation needs updating
414 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
415 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
416 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
418 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
419 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
420 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
422 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
423 included yet, however
425 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
427 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
429 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
431 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
432 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
434 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
436 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
438 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
440 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
441 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
442 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
444 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
446 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
448 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
451 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
452 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
453 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
454 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
455 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
456 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
457 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
458 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
459 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
460 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
461 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
462 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
464 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
465 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
466 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
467 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
468 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
470 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
472 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
473 * update copyright notice for 2001
474 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
475 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
476 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
478 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
480 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
482 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
484 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
486 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
488 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
490 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
492 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
493 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
495 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
496 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
497 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
498 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
499 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
500 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
501 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
502 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
503 could be used if necessary
504 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
505 mention the rsync dupload method
506 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
508 * other small corrections
509 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
510 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
511 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
512 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
514 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
516 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
517 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
519 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
521 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
523 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
524 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
525 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
526 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
528 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
529 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
530 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
531 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
532 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
534 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
536 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
537 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
538 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
539 team (closes: Bug#52906)
540 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
541 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
542 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
544 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
545 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
546 - added a section about the LDAP database
547 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
548 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
550 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
551 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
553 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
555 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
557 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
558 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
559 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
561 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
562 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
563 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
564 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
565 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
566 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
567 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
568 description from developers-reference.sgml
570 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
572 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
574 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
575 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
577 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
579 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
580 releases are available at archive.debian.org
581 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
582 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
583 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
584 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
585 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
586 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
587 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
588 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
590 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
591 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
592 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
593 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
595 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
596 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
597 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
598 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
599 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
600 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
601 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
602 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
603 suggestion from James Troup
604 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
605 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
606 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
607 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
610 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
612 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
614 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
615 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
617 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
619 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
621 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
622 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
623 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
624 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
625 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
626 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
627 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
629 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
631 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
633 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
634 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
635 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
636 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
637 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
638 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
640 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
641 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
643 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
645 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
647 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
649 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
651 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
652 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
653 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
654 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
655 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
657 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
658 with intro; demoted server sections under that
659 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
660 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
662 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
663 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
664 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
665 a normal developer may have access.
667 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
669 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
671 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
672 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
673 step all over each other
675 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
677 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
679 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
680 address for PGP key updates
682 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
684 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
686 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
687 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
688 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
689 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
690 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
692 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
694 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
696 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
697 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
698 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
699 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
700 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
701 <keyring-maint> instead)
702 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
703 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
705 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
707 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
708 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
709 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
711 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
713 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
715 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
716 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
717 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
718 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
719 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
720 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
722 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
723 tighten up the language a bit
724 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
725 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
726 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
727 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
729 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
730 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
731 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
732 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
733 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
734 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
736 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
737 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
738 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
739 about how to depart Debian gracefully
740 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
741 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
742 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
743 number of available packages
744 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
745 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
747 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
749 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
751 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
754 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
756 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
758 * not officially released
759 * more spelling corrections
760 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
762 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
764 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
766 * not officially released
767 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
768 * some PGP-centricity removed
769 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
770 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
771 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
772 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
773 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
774 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
776 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
778 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
780 * not officially released
781 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
782 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
783 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
784 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
785 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
786 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
787 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
788 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
789 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
790 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
791 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
792 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
793 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
794 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
796 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
797 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
799 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
801 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
802 take a couple of weeks
803 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
804 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
805 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
806 excited about it and can't wait
807 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
808 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
810 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
811 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
813 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
814 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
815 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
817 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
819 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
821 * move to 3-level version number:
822 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
823 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
824 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
825 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
826 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
829 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
830 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
831 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
833 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
835 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
836 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
837 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
838 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
839 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
840 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
842 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
844 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
845 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
846 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
847 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
848 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
849 - "The CVS server": new section added
850 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
852 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
853 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
854 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
855 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
856 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
858 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
859 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
860 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
861 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
862 a canonical location?)
863 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
864 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
865 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
866 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
868 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
870 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
871 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
872 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
873 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
875 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
877 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
879 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
880 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
881 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
882 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
883 them. (closes Bug#26948)
884 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
885 and should not be included in this Reference.
886 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
887 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
888 maintainer tools only!
889 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
890 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
891 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
892 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
893 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
894 * Little corrections here and there.
895 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
896 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
899 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
901 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
903 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
904 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
905 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
907 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
908 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
909 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
910 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
911 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
912 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
913 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
914 do prior to uploading
915 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
916 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
918 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
919 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
920 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
921 duties with respect to bugs
922 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
923 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
924 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
926 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
927 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
928 * grammar and markup changes throughout
929 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
930 explicit what is used to build this package
932 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
934 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
937 * version number and date are automatically populated now
938 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
939 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
940 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
941 * utilize the new URL tag
942 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
945 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
947 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
949 * non-maintainer release
950 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
951 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
952 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
953 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
954 text, it can't hurt you.)
955 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
956 reflect this packages version number
957 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
959 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
961 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
965 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
967 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
969 * New version numbering scheme:
971 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
972 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
973 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
976 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
977 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
978 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
979 differ between the manuals.
981 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
982 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
983 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
984 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
986 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
987 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
989 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
991 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
993 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
995 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
997 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
998 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1000 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1001 (as requested by James Troup)
1003 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1005 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1007 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1009 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1011 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1013 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1015 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1017 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1018 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1019 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1020 the non-maintainer release
1022 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1023 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1024 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1027 - Lots of typos fixed
1029 * Compressed SGML source code
1031 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1032 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1034 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1036 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1038 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1040 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1041 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1042 - Announcing package uploads
1043 * New section about Debian Mentors
1044 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1045 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1046 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1047 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1049 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1051 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1053 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1054 of our FTP server and the development process
1055 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1056 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1057 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1059 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1060 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1061 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1062 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1063 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1064 contacting the maintainer
1065 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1066 a new manual released soon)
1067 * Some minor changes
1068 * Include SGML source in package
1069 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1070 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1072 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1074 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1078 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200