1 developers-reference (2.10.1) unstable; urgency=low
4 - some grammar corrections
5 - update French translation
6 * from Martin Michlmayr
7 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
8 anymore; closes: #135559
9 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
11 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
12 that would be welcome)
13 - not done: talk about dput and debootstrap in Ch 12
15 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 5 Apr 2002 16:07:34 -0500
17 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
19 * from Martin Michlmayr
20 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
21 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
22 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
24 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
26 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
28 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
30 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
31 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
32 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
35 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
37 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
40 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
42 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
45 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
47 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
48 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
49 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
50 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
51 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
52 talking about uploading to distributions
53 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
54 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
55 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
57 - French translation updated
59 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
60 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
61 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
63 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
65 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
68 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
69 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
72 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
74 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
77 * fix a typo in a link
78 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
79 update documentation accordingly
81 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
82 forwarding bugs upstream
84 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
85 entities which should be used
86 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
87 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
89 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
91 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
93 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
94 * French version: completely up-to-date now
95 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
96 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
98 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
101 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
103 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
105 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
107 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
108 this translation needs updating
109 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
110 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
111 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
113 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
114 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
115 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
117 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
118 included yet, however
120 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
122 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
124 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
126 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
127 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
129 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
131 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
133 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
135 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
136 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
137 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
139 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
141 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
143 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
146 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
147 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
148 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
149 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
150 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
151 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
152 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
153 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
154 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
155 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
156 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
157 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
159 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
160 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
161 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
162 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
163 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
165 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
167 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
168 * update copyright notice for 2001
169 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
170 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
171 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
173 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
175 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
177 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
179 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
181 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
183 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
185 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
187 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
188 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
190 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
191 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
192 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
193 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
194 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
195 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
196 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
197 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
198 could be used if necessary
199 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
200 mention the rsync dupload method
201 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
203 * other small corrections
204 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
205 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
206 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
207 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
209 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
211 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
212 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
214 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
216 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
218 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
219 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
220 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
221 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
223 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
224 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
225 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
226 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
227 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
229 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
231 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
232 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
233 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
234 team (closes: Bug#52906)
235 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
236 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
237 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
239 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
240 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
241 - added a section about the LDAP database
242 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
243 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
245 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
246 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
248 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
250 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
252 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
253 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
254 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
256 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
257 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
258 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
259 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
260 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
261 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
262 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
263 description from developers-reference.sgml
265 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
267 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
269 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
270 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
272 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
274 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
275 releases are available at archive.debian.org
276 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
277 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
278 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
279 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
280 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
281 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
282 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
283 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
285 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
286 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
287 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
288 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
290 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
291 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
292 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
293 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
294 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
295 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
296 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
297 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
298 suggestion from James Troup
299 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
300 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
301 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
302 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
305 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
307 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
309 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
310 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
312 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
314 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
316 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
317 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
318 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
319 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
320 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
321 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
322 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
324 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
326 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
328 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
329 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
330 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
331 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
332 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
333 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
335 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
336 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
338 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
340 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
342 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
344 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
346 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
347 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
348 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
349 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
350 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
352 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
353 with intro; demoted server sections under that
354 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
355 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
357 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
358 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
359 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
360 a normal developer may have access.
362 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
364 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
366 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
367 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
368 step all over each other
370 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
372 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
374 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
375 address for PGP key updates
377 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
379 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
381 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
382 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
383 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
384 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
385 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
387 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
389 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
391 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
392 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
393 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
394 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
395 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
396 <keyring-maint> instead)
397 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
398 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
400 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
402 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
403 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
404 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
406 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
408 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
410 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
411 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
412 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
413 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
414 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
415 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
417 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
418 tighten up the language a bit
419 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
420 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
421 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
422 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
424 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
425 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
426 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
427 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
428 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
429 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
431 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
432 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
433 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
434 about how to depart Debian gracefully
435 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
436 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
437 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
438 number of available packages
439 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
440 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
442 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
444 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
446 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
449 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
451 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
453 * not officially released
454 * more spelling corrections
455 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
457 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
459 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
461 * not officially released
462 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
463 * some PGP-centricity removed
464 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
465 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
466 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
467 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
468 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
469 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
471 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
473 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
475 * not officially released
476 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
477 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
478 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
479 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
480 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
481 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
482 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
483 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
484 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
485 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
486 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
487 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
488 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
489 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
491 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
492 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
494 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
496 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
497 take a couple of weeks
498 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
499 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
500 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
501 excited about it and can't wait
502 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
503 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
505 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
506 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
508 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
509 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
510 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
512 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
514 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
516 * move to 3-level version number:
517 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
518 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
519 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
520 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
521 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
524 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
525 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
526 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
528 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
530 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
531 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
532 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
533 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
534 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
535 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
537 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
539 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
540 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
541 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
542 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
543 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
544 - "The CVS server": new section added
545 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
547 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
548 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
549 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
550 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
551 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
553 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
554 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
555 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
556 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
557 a canonical location?)
558 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
559 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
560 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
561 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
563 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
565 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
566 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
567 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
568 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
570 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
572 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
574 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
575 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
576 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
577 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
578 them. (closes Bug#26948)
579 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
580 and should not be included in this Reference.
581 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
582 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
583 maintainer tools only!
584 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
585 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
586 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
587 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
588 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
589 * Little corrections here and there.
590 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
591 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
594 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
596 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
598 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
599 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
600 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
602 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
603 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
604 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
605 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
606 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
607 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
608 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
609 do prior to uploading
610 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
611 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
613 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
614 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
615 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
616 duties with respect to bugs
617 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
618 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
619 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
621 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
622 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
623 * grammar and markup changes throughout
624 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
625 explicit what is used to build this package
627 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
629 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
632 * version number and date are automatically populated now
633 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
634 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
635 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
636 * utilize the new URL tag
637 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
640 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
642 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
644 * non-maintainer release
645 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
646 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
647 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
648 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
649 text, it can't hurt you.)
650 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
651 reflect this packages version number
652 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
654 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
656 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
660 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
662 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
664 * New version numbering scheme:
666 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
667 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
668 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
671 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
672 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
673 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
674 differ between the manuals.
676 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
677 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
678 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
679 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
681 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
682 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
684 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
686 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
688 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
690 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
692 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
693 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
695 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
696 (as requested by James Troup)
698 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
700 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
702 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
704 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
706 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
708 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
710 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
712 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
713 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
714 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
715 the non-maintainer release
717 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
718 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
719 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
722 - Lots of typos fixed
724 * Compressed SGML source code
726 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
727 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
729 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
731 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
733 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
735 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
736 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
737 - Announcing package uploads
738 * New section about Debian Mentors
739 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
740 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
741 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
742 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
744 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
746 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
748 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
749 of our FTP server and the development process
750 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
751 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
752 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
754 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
755 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
756 debian-devel before they are uploaded
757 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
758 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
759 contacting the maintainer
760 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
761 a new manual released soon)
763 * Include SGML source in package
764 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
765 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
767 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
769 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
773 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200