1 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
4 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
5 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
7 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
9 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
10 Ch "The Debian Archive"
12 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
14 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
15 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
16 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
17 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
18 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
20 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
21 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
22 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
23 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
24 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
25 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
26 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
28 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
29 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
32 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
33 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
34 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
35 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
36 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
37 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
38 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
39 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
40 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
41 work-around with <...>
42 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
43 - update copyright date
44 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
45 - spell check and grammar corrections
49 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
51 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
52 recompile"; closes: #102626
53 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
54 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
55 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
56 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
57 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
59 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
60 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
61 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
63 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
65 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
66 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
67 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
68 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
69 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
70 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
71 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
72 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
73 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
75 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
77 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
79 - updated the list of available architectures.
80 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
81 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
82 of the package and nothing more.
83 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
84 any pain to the ftpmasters.
85 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
86 the use of the delayed queue.
87 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
88 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
90 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
91 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
92 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
93 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
94 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
95 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
96 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
98 - new Sec "Documentation"
99 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
100 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
101 "Being kind to porter" too
102 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
103 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
104 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
105 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
106 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
108 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
109 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
112 - update French translation
114 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
116 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
119 - some grammar corrections
120 - update French translation
122 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
123 anymore; closes: #135559
124 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
126 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
128 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
129 that would be welcome)
130 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
131 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
132 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
133 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
134 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
135 - other minor wording changes
136 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
137 - Ch "Package uploads":
138 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
139 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
140 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
141 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
142 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
143 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
144 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
146 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
148 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
150 * from Martin Michlmayr
151 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
152 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
153 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
155 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
157 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
159 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
161 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
162 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
163 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
166 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
168 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
171 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
173 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
176 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
178 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
179 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
180 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
181 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
182 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
183 talking about uploading to distributions
184 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
185 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
186 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
188 - French translation updated
190 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
191 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
192 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
194 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
196 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
199 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
200 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
203 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
205 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
208 * fix a typo in a link
209 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
210 update documentation accordingly
212 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
213 forwarding bugs upstream
215 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
216 entities which should be used
217 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
218 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
220 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
222 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
224 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
225 * French version: completely up-to-date now
226 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
227 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
229 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
232 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
234 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
236 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
238 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
239 this translation needs updating
240 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
241 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
242 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
244 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
245 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
246 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
248 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
249 included yet, however
251 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
253 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
255 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
257 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
258 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
260 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
262 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
264 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
266 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
267 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
268 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
270 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
272 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
274 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
277 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
278 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
279 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
280 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
281 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
282 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
283 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
284 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
285 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
286 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
287 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
288 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
290 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
291 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
292 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
293 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
294 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
296 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
298 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
299 * update copyright notice for 2001
300 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
301 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
302 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
304 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
306 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
308 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
310 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
312 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
314 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
316 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
318 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
319 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
321 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
322 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
323 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
324 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
325 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
326 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
327 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
328 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
329 could be used if necessary
330 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
331 mention the rsync dupload method
332 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
334 * other small corrections
335 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
336 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
337 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
338 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
340 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
342 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
343 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
345 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
347 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
349 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
350 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
351 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
352 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
354 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
355 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
356 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
357 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
358 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
360 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
362 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
363 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
364 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
365 team (closes: Bug#52906)
366 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
367 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
368 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
370 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
371 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
372 - added a section about the LDAP database
373 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
374 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
376 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
377 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
379 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
381 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
383 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
384 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
385 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
387 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
388 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
389 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
390 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
391 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
392 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
393 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
394 description from developers-reference.sgml
396 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
398 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
400 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
401 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
403 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
405 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
406 releases are available at archive.debian.org
407 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
408 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
409 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
410 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
411 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
412 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
413 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
414 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
416 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
417 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
418 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
419 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
421 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
422 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
423 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
424 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
425 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
426 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
427 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
428 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
429 suggestion from James Troup
430 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
431 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
432 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
433 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
436 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
438 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
440 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
441 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
443 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
445 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
447 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
448 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
449 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
450 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
451 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
452 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
453 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
455 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
457 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
459 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
460 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
461 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
462 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
463 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
464 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
466 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
467 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
469 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
471 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
473 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
475 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
477 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
478 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
479 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
480 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
481 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
483 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
484 with intro; demoted server sections under that
485 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
486 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
488 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
489 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
490 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
491 a normal developer may have access.
493 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
495 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
497 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
498 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
499 step all over each other
501 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
503 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
505 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
506 address for PGP key updates
508 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
510 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
512 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
513 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
514 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
515 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
516 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
518 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
520 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
522 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
523 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
524 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
525 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
526 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
527 <keyring-maint> instead)
528 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
529 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
531 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
533 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
534 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
535 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
537 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
539 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
541 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
542 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
543 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
544 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
545 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
546 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
548 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
549 tighten up the language a bit
550 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
551 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
552 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
553 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
555 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
556 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
557 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
558 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
559 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
560 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
562 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
563 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
564 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
565 about how to depart Debian gracefully
566 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
567 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
568 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
569 number of available packages
570 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
571 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
573 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
575 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
577 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
580 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
582 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
584 * not officially released
585 * more spelling corrections
586 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
588 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
590 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
592 * not officially released
593 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
594 * some PGP-centricity removed
595 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
596 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
597 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
598 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
599 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
600 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
602 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
604 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
606 * not officially released
607 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
608 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
609 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
610 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
611 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
612 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
613 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
614 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
615 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
616 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
617 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
618 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
619 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
620 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
622 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
623 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
625 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
627 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
628 take a couple of weeks
629 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
630 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
631 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
632 excited about it and can't wait
633 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
634 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
636 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
637 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
639 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
640 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
641 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
643 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
645 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
647 * move to 3-level version number:
648 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
649 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
650 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
651 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
652 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
655 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
656 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
657 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
659 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
661 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
662 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
663 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
664 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
665 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
666 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
668 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
670 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
671 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
672 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
673 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
674 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
675 - "The CVS server": new section added
676 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
678 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
679 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
680 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
681 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
682 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
684 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
685 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
686 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
687 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
688 a canonical location?)
689 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
690 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
691 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
692 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
694 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
696 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
697 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
698 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
699 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
701 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
703 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
705 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
706 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
707 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
708 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
709 them. (closes Bug#26948)
710 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
711 and should not be included in this Reference.
712 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
713 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
714 maintainer tools only!
715 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
716 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
717 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
718 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
719 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
720 * Little corrections here and there.
721 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
722 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
725 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
727 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
729 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
730 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
731 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
733 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
734 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
735 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
736 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
737 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
738 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
739 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
740 do prior to uploading
741 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
742 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
744 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
745 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
746 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
747 duties with respect to bugs
748 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
749 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
750 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
752 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
753 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
754 * grammar and markup changes throughout
755 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
756 explicit what is used to build this package
758 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
760 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
763 * version number and date are automatically populated now
764 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
765 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
766 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
767 * utilize the new URL tag
768 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
771 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
773 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
775 * non-maintainer release
776 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
777 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
778 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
779 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
780 text, it can't hurt you.)
781 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
782 reflect this packages version number
783 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
785 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
787 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
791 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
793 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
795 * New version numbering scheme:
797 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
798 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
799 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
802 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
803 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
804 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
805 differ between the manuals.
807 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
808 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
809 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
810 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
812 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
813 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
815 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
817 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
819 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
821 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
823 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
824 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
826 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
827 (as requested by James Troup)
829 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
831 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
833 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
835 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
837 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
839 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
841 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
843 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
844 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
845 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
846 the non-maintainer release
848 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
849 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
850 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
853 - Lots of typos fixed
855 * Compressed SGML source code
857 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
858 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
860 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
862 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
864 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
866 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
867 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
868 - Announcing package uploads
869 * New section about Debian Mentors
870 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
871 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
872 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
873 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
875 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
877 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
879 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
880 of our FTP server and the development process
881 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
882 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
883 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
885 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
886 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
887 debian-devel before they are uploaded
888 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
889 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
890 contacting the maintainer
891 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
892 a new manual released soon)
894 * Include SGML source in package
895 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
896 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
898 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
900 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
904 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200