1 developers-reference (3.4.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
5 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
6 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
7 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
8 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
9 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
10 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
11 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
13 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
16 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
17 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
18 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
19 release codenames in <literal>
20 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
21 doesn't exist anymore.
22 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
23 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
24 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
25 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
26 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
27 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
28 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
29 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
30 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
31 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
32 team before upload. Closes: #459343
34 -- Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt <he@debian.org> Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:26:33 +0200
36 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
40 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
41 - fix debian/copyright
42 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
43 - add pdf for French version.
44 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
45 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
46 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
47 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
48 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
49 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
50 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
51 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
52 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
54 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
55 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
57 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
59 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
60 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
61 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
62 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
63 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
64 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
66 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
69 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
70 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
71 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
72 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
73 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
74 * Update information concerning Alioth.
75 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
76 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
78 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
79 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
81 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
84 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
86 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
88 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
90 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
91 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
93 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
94 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
95 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
97 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
98 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
99 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
101 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
102 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
103 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
104 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
105 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
106 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
107 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
108 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
109 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
110 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
111 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
112 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
114 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
115 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
116 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
117 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
118 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
119 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
120 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
121 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
122 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
123 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
127 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
129 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
131 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
134 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
135 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
136 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
137 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
138 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
139 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
141 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
143 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
145 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
147 - non-us discontinued.
148 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
150 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
151 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
152 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
153 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
154 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
155 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
156 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
157 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
158 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
159 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
160 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
161 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
162 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
163 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
164 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
165 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
166 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
167 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
169 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
170 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
172 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
175 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
177 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
179 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
182 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
183 - madison is on merkel.
184 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
185 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
186 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
187 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
188 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
189 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
191 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
192 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
193 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
194 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
195 - sync NM rules with reality.
197 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
199 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
201 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
204 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
205 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
206 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
207 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
208 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
209 - spelling, grammer fixes.
210 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
211 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
212 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
213 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
214 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
215 - add myself to uploaders.
216 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
217 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
218 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
219 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
220 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
221 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
222 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
223 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
224 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
225 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
226 - rewrote the NMU section, and
227 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
228 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
229 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
230 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
231 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
232 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
233 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
234 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
236 - Security uploads get urgency=high
237 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
239 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
241 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
243 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
246 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
247 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
248 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
249 - documented Alioth, somewhat
251 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
252 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
254 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
255 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
256 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
257 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
261 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
263 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
264 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
265 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
266 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
269 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
271 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
274 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
276 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
277 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
278 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
280 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
281 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
282 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
283 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
286 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
288 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
289 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
290 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
291 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
292 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
294 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
295 it clear these are special cases
296 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
298 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
300 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
302 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
305 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
306 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
308 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
310 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
312 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
315 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
317 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
318 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
319 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
321 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
322 - the synopsis formula changed to either
323 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
325 <package-name> is <synopsis>
327 <package-name> are <synopsis>
329 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
330 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
331 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
332 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
333 package; closes: #187143
335 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
337 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
340 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
341 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
343 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
345 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
346 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
347 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
348 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
349 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
350 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
351 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
352 right places in the document, closes: #172897
353 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
357 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
359 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
360 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
361 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
362 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
363 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
364 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
365 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
367 - editorial changes on material added in this version
368 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
369 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
370 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
371 closes: #139957, #108416
372 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
373 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
375 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
377 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
380 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
382 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
383 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
384 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
385 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
387 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
388 for best practices for documentation
389 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
390 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
391 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
392 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
394 - spell-checking pass
396 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
398 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
401 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
402 descriptions" moved under there
403 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
404 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
405 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
406 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
407 the document where these tools are discussed
408 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
409 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
410 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
411 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
412 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
413 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
415 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
416 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
417 that can be fixed by DDP folks
418 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
419 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
420 - simply PS and PDF building rules
422 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
424 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
427 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
428 section and adjusted links
429 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
431 - ChangeLog attribution updates
432 - fix typos, closes: #171781
433 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
434 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
435 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
436 for debian/rules", and write an intro
437 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
438 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
439 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
440 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
441 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
442 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
443 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
444 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
445 "Internationalization"
446 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
447 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
448 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
449 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
450 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
451 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
452 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
453 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
454 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
456 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
457 rather useless and broken
458 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
459 names and the first word
460 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
461 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
462 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
464 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
465 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
466 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
468 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
470 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
473 - DDP publishing update
475 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
476 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
477 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
478 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
480 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
482 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
485 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
486 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
487 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
489 - added myself as co-author
490 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
492 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
493 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
495 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
496 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
498 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
500 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
503 - Corrected several errors with —
504 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
505 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
506 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
507 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
508 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
509 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
510 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
512 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
513 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
514 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
515 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
516 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
517 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
518 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
519 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
520 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
522 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
523 descriptions". closes: #158609
524 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
525 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
526 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
527 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
528 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
530 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
531 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
532 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
533 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
534 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
535 - updated the mailing lists section
537 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
538 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
541 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
543 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
546 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
547 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
549 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
551 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
552 Ch "The Debian Archive"
554 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
556 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
557 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
558 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
559 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
560 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
562 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
563 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
564 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
565 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
566 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
567 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
568 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
570 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
571 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
574 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
575 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
576 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
577 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
578 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
579 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
580 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
581 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
582 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
583 work-around with <...>
584 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
585 - update copyright date
586 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
587 - spell check and grammar corrections
591 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
593 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
594 recompile"; closes: #102626
595 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
596 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
597 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
598 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
599 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
601 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
602 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
603 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
605 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
607 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
608 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
609 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
610 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
611 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
612 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
613 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
614 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
615 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
617 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
619 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
621 - updated the list of available architectures.
622 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
623 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
624 of the package and nothing more.
625 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
626 any pain to the ftpmasters.
627 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
628 the use of the delayed queue.
629 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
630 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
632 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
633 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
634 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
635 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
636 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
637 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
638 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
640 - new Sec "Documentation"
641 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
642 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
643 "Being kind to porter" too
644 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
645 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
646 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
647 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
648 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
650 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
651 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
654 - update French translation
656 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
658 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
661 - some grammar corrections
662 - update French translation
664 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
665 anymore; closes: #135559
666 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
668 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
670 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
671 that would be welcome)
672 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
673 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
674 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
675 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
676 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
677 - other minor wording changes
678 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
679 - Ch "Package uploads":
680 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
681 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
682 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
683 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
684 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
685 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
686 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
688 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
690 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
692 * from Martin Michlmayr
693 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
694 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
695 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
697 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
699 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
701 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
703 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
704 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
705 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
708 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
710 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
713 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
715 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
718 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
720 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
721 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
722 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
723 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
724 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
725 talking about uploading to distributions
726 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
727 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
728 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
730 - French translation updated
732 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
733 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
734 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
736 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
738 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
741 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
742 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
745 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
747 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
750 * fix a typo in a link
751 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
752 update documentation accordingly
754 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
755 forwarding bugs upstream
757 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
758 entities which should be used
759 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
760 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
762 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
764 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
766 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
767 * French version: completely up-to-date now
768 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
769 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
771 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
774 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
776 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
778 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
780 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
781 this translation needs updating
782 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
783 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
784 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
786 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
787 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
788 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
790 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
791 included yet, however
793 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
795 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
797 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
799 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
800 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
802 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
804 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
806 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
808 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
809 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
810 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
812 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
814 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
816 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
819 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
820 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
821 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
822 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
823 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
824 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
825 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
826 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
827 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
828 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
829 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
830 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
832 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
833 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
834 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
835 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
836 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
838 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
840 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
841 * update copyright notice for 2001
842 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
843 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
844 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
846 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
848 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
850 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
852 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
854 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
856 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
858 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
860 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
861 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
863 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
864 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
865 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
866 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
867 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
868 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
869 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
870 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
871 could be used if necessary
872 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
873 mention the rsync dupload method
874 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
876 * other small corrections
877 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
878 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
879 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
880 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
882 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
884 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
885 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
887 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
889 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
891 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
892 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
893 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
894 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
896 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
897 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
898 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
899 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
900 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
902 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
904 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
905 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
906 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
907 team (closes: Bug#52906)
908 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
909 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
910 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
912 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
913 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
914 - added a section about the LDAP database
915 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
916 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
918 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
919 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
921 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
923 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
925 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
926 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
927 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
929 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
930 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
931 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
932 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
933 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
934 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
935 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
936 description from developers-reference.sgml
938 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
940 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
942 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
943 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
945 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
947 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
948 releases are available at archive.debian.org
949 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
950 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
951 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
952 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
953 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
954 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
955 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
956 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
958 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
959 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
960 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
961 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
963 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
964 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
965 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
966 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
967 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
968 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
969 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
970 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
971 suggestion from James Troup
972 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
973 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
974 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
975 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
978 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
980 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
982 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
983 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
985 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
987 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
989 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
990 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
991 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
992 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
993 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
994 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
995 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
997 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
999 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1001 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1002 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1003 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1004 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1005 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1006 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1008 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1009 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1011 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1013 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1015 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1017 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1019 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1020 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1021 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1022 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1023 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1025 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1026 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1027 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1028 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1030 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1031 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1032 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1033 a normal developer may have access.
1035 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1037 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1039 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1040 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1041 step all over each other
1043 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1045 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1047 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1048 address for PGP key updates
1050 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1052 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1054 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1055 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1056 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1057 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1058 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1060 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1062 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1064 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1065 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1066 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1067 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1068 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1069 <keyring-maint> instead)
1070 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1071 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1073 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1075 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1076 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1077 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1079 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1081 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1083 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1084 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1085 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1086 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1087 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1088 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1090 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1091 tighten up the language a bit
1092 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1093 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1094 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1095 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1097 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1098 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1099 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1100 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1101 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1102 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1104 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1105 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1106 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1107 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1108 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1109 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1110 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1111 number of available packages
1112 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1113 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1115 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1117 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1119 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1122 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1124 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1126 * not officially released
1127 * more spelling corrections
1128 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1130 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1132 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1134 * not officially released
1135 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1136 * some PGP-centricity removed
1137 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1138 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1139 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1140 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1141 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1142 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1144 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1146 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1148 * not officially released
1149 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1150 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1151 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1152 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1153 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1154 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1155 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1156 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1157 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1158 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1159 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1160 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1161 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1162 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1164 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1165 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1167 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1169 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1170 take a couple of weeks
1171 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1172 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1173 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1174 excited about it and can't wait
1175 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1176 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1178 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1179 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1181 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1182 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1183 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1185 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1187 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1189 * move to 3-level version number:
1190 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1191 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1192 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1193 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1194 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1197 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1198 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1199 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1201 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1203 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1204 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1205 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1206 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1207 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1208 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1210 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1212 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1213 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1214 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1215 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1216 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1217 - "The CVS server": new section added
1218 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1220 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1221 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1222 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1223 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1224 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1225 with respect to GPG.
1226 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1227 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1228 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1229 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1230 a canonical location?)
1231 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1232 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1233 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1234 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1236 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1238 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1239 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1240 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1241 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1243 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1245 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1247 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1248 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1249 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1250 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1251 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1252 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1253 and should not be included in this Reference.
1254 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1255 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1256 maintainer tools only!
1257 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1258 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1259 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1260 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1261 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1262 * Little corrections here and there.
1263 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1264 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1267 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1269 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1271 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1272 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1273 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1275 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1276 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1277 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1278 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1279 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1280 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1281 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1282 do prior to uploading
1283 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1284 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1286 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1287 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1288 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1289 duties with respect to bugs
1290 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1291 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1292 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1294 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1295 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1296 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1297 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1298 explicit what is used to build this package
1300 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1302 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1305 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1306 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1307 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1308 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1309 * utilize the new URL tag
1310 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1313 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1315 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1317 * non-maintainer release
1318 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1319 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1320 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1321 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1322 text, it can't hurt you.)
1323 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1324 reflect this packages version number
1325 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1327 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1329 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1333 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1335 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1337 * New version numbering scheme:
1339 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1340 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1341 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1344 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1345 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1346 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1347 differ between the manuals.
1349 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1350 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1351 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1352 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1354 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1355 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1357 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1359 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1361 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1363 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1365 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1366 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1368 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1369 (as requested by James Troup)
1371 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1373 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1375 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1377 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1379 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1381 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1383 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1385 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1386 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1387 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1388 the non-maintainer release
1390 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1391 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1392 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1395 - Lots of typos fixed
1397 * Compressed SGML source code
1399 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1400 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1402 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1404 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1406 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1408 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1409 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1410 - Announcing package uploads
1411 * New section about Debian Mentors
1412 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1413 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1414 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1415 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1417 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1419 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1421 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1422 of our FTP server and the development process
1423 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1424 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1425 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1427 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1428 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1429 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1430 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1431 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1432 contacting the maintainer
1433 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1434 a new manual released soon)
1435 * Some minor changes
1436 * Include SGML source in package
1437 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1438 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1440 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1442 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1446 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200