1 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
4 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
6 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
7 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
8 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
9 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
11 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
12 for best practices for documentation
13 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
14 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
15 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
16 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
20 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
22 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
25 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
26 descriptions" moved under there
27 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
28 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
29 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
30 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
31 the document where these tools are discussed
32 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
33 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
34 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
35 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
36 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
37 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
39 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
40 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
41 that can be fixed by DDP folks
42 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
43 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
44 - simply PS and PDF building rules
46 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
48 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
51 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
52 section and adjusted links
53 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
55 - ChangeLog attribution updates
56 - fix typos, closes: #171781
57 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
58 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
59 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
60 for debian/rules", and write an intro
61 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
62 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
63 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
64 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
65 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
66 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
67 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
68 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
69 "Internationalization"
70 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
71 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
72 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
73 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
74 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
75 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
76 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
77 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
78 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
80 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
81 rather useless and broken
82 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
83 names and the first word
84 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
85 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
86 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
88 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
89 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
90 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
92 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
94 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
97 - DDP publishing update
99 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
100 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
101 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
102 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
104 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
106 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
109 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
110 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
111 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
113 - added myself as co-author
114 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
116 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
117 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
119 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
120 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
122 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
124 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
127 - Corrected several errors with —
128 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
129 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
130 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
131 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
132 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
133 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
134 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
136 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
137 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
138 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
139 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
140 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
141 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
142 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
143 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
144 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
146 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
147 descriptions". closes: #158609
148 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
149 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
150 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
151 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
152 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
154 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
155 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
156 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
157 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
158 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
159 - updated the mailing lists section
161 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
162 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
165 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
167 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
170 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
171 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
173 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
175 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
176 Ch "The Debian Archive"
178 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
180 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
181 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
182 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
183 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
184 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
186 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
187 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
188 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
189 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
190 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
191 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
192 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
194 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
195 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
198 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
199 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
200 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
201 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
202 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
203 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
204 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
205 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
206 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
207 work-around with <...>
208 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
209 - update copyright date
210 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
211 - spell check and grammar corrections
215 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
217 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
218 recompile"; closes: #102626
219 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
220 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
221 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
222 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
223 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
225 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
226 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
227 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
229 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
231 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
232 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
233 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
234 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
235 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
236 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
237 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
238 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
239 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
241 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
243 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
245 - updated the list of available architectures.
246 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
247 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
248 of the package and nothing more.
249 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
250 any pain to the ftpmasters.
251 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
252 the use of the delayed queue.
253 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
254 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
256 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
257 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
258 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
259 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
260 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
261 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
262 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
264 - new Sec "Documentation"
265 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
266 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
267 "Being kind to porter" too
268 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
269 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
270 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
271 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
272 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
274 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
275 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
278 - update French translation
280 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
282 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
285 - some grammar corrections
286 - update French translation
288 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
289 anymore; closes: #135559
290 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
292 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
294 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
295 that would be welcome)
296 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
297 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
298 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
299 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
300 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
301 - other minor wording changes
302 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
303 - Ch "Package uploads":
304 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
305 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
306 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
307 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
308 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
309 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
310 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
312 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
314 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
316 * from Martin Michlmayr
317 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
318 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
319 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
321 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
323 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
325 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
327 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
328 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
329 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
332 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
334 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
337 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
339 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
342 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
344 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
345 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
346 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
347 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
348 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
349 talking about uploading to distributions
350 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
351 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
352 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
354 - French translation updated
356 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
357 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
358 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
360 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
362 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
365 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
366 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
369 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
371 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
374 * fix a typo in a link
375 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
376 update documentation accordingly
378 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
379 forwarding bugs upstream
381 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
382 entities which should be used
383 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
384 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
386 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
388 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
390 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
391 * French version: completely up-to-date now
392 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
393 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
395 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
398 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
400 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
402 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
404 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
405 this translation needs updating
406 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
407 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
408 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
410 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
411 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
412 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
414 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
415 included yet, however
417 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
419 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
421 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
423 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
424 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
426 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
428 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
430 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
432 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
433 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
434 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
436 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
438 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
440 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
443 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
444 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
445 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
446 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
447 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
448 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
449 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
450 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
451 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
452 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
453 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
454 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
456 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
457 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
458 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
459 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
460 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
462 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
464 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
465 * update copyright notice for 2001
466 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
467 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
468 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
470 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
472 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
474 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
476 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
478 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
480 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
482 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
484 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
485 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
487 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
488 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
489 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
490 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
491 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
492 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
493 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
494 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
495 could be used if necessary
496 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
497 mention the rsync dupload method
498 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
500 * other small corrections
501 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
502 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
503 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
504 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
506 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
508 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
509 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
511 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
513 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
515 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
516 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
517 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
518 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
520 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
521 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
522 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
523 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
524 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
526 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
528 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
529 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
530 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
531 team (closes: Bug#52906)
532 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
533 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
534 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
536 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
537 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
538 - added a section about the LDAP database
539 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
540 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
542 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
543 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
545 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
547 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
549 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
550 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
551 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
553 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
554 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
555 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
556 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
557 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
558 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
559 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
560 description from developers-reference.sgml
562 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
564 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
566 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
567 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
569 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
571 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
572 releases are available at archive.debian.org
573 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
574 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
575 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
576 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
577 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
578 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
579 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
580 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
582 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
583 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
584 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
585 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
587 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
588 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
589 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
590 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
591 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
592 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
593 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
594 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
595 suggestion from James Troup
596 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
597 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
598 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
599 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
602 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
604 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
606 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
607 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
609 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
611 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
613 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
614 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
615 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
616 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
617 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
618 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
619 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
621 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
623 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
625 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
626 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
627 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
628 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
629 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
630 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
632 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
633 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
635 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
637 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
639 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
641 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
643 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
644 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
645 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
646 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
647 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
649 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
650 with intro; demoted server sections under that
651 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
652 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
654 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
655 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
656 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
657 a normal developer may have access.
659 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
661 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
663 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
664 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
665 step all over each other
667 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
669 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
671 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
672 address for PGP key updates
674 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
676 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
678 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
679 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
680 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
681 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
682 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
684 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
686 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
688 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
689 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
690 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
691 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
692 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
693 <keyring-maint> instead)
694 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
695 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
697 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
699 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
700 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
701 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
703 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
705 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
707 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
708 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
709 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
710 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
711 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
712 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
714 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
715 tighten up the language a bit
716 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
717 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
718 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
719 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
721 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
722 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
723 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
724 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
725 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
726 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
728 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
729 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
730 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
731 about how to depart Debian gracefully
732 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
733 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
734 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
735 number of available packages
736 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
737 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
739 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
741 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
743 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
746 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
748 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
750 * not officially released
751 * more spelling corrections
752 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
754 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
756 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
758 * not officially released
759 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
760 * some PGP-centricity removed
761 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
762 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
763 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
764 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
765 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
766 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
768 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
770 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
772 * not officially released
773 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
774 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
775 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
776 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
777 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
778 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
779 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
780 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
781 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
782 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
783 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
784 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
785 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
786 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
788 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
789 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
791 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
793 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
794 take a couple of weeks
795 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
796 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
797 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
798 excited about it and can't wait
799 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
800 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
802 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
803 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
805 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
806 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
807 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
809 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
811 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
813 * move to 3-level version number:
814 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
815 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
816 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
817 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
818 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
821 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
822 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
823 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
825 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
827 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
828 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
829 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
830 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
831 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
832 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
834 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
836 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
837 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
838 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
839 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
840 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
841 - "The CVS server": new section added
842 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
844 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
845 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
846 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
847 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
848 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
850 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
851 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
852 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
853 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
854 a canonical location?)
855 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
856 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
857 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
858 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
860 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
862 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
863 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
864 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
865 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
867 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
869 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
871 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
872 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
873 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
874 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
875 them. (closes Bug#26948)
876 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
877 and should not be included in this Reference.
878 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
879 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
880 maintainer tools only!
881 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
882 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
883 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
884 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
885 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
886 * Little corrections here and there.
887 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
888 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
891 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
893 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
895 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
896 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
897 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
899 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
900 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
901 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
902 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
903 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
904 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
905 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
906 do prior to uploading
907 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
908 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
910 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
911 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
912 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
913 duties with respect to bugs
914 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
915 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
916 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
918 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
919 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
920 * grammar and markup changes throughout
921 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
922 explicit what is used to build this package
924 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
926 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
929 * version number and date are automatically populated now
930 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
931 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
932 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
933 * utilize the new URL tag
934 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
937 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
939 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
941 * non-maintainer release
942 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
943 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
944 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
945 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
946 text, it can't hurt you.)
947 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
948 reflect this packages version number
949 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
951 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
953 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
957 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
959 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
961 * New version numbering scheme:
963 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
964 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
965 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
968 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
969 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
970 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
971 differ between the manuals.
973 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
974 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
975 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
976 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
978 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
979 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
981 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
983 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
985 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
987 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
989 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
990 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
992 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
993 (as requested by James Troup)
995 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
997 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
999 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1001 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1003 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1005 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1007 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1009 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1010 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1011 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1012 the non-maintainer release
1014 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1015 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1016 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1019 - Lots of typos fixed
1021 * Compressed SGML source code
1023 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1024 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1026 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1028 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1030 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1032 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1033 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1034 - Announcing package uploads
1035 * New section about Debian Mentors
1036 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1037 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1038 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1039 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1041 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1043 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1045 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1046 of our FTP server and the development process
1047 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1048 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1049 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1051 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1052 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1053 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1054 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1055 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1056 contacting the maintainer
1057 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1058 a new manual released soon)
1059 * Some minor changes
1060 * Include SGML source in package
1061 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1062 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1064 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1066 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1070 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200