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"
11 New Sec "Documentation" stubbed out
13 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
15 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
16 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
17 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
18 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
19 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
21 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
22 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
23 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
24 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
25 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
26 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
27 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
29 - Sec "Voting" stubbed in Developer Duties
30 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
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 - update copyright date
40 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
43 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example.
45 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
46 recompile"; closes: #102626
47 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
50 - update French translation
52 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 6 May 2002 19:52:15 -0700
54 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
57 - some grammar corrections
58 - update French translation
60 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
61 anymore; closes: #135559
62 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
64 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
66 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
67 that would be welcome)
68 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
69 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
70 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
71 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
72 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
73 - other minor wording changes
74 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
75 - Ch "Package uploads":
76 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
77 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
78 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
79 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
80 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
81 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
82 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
84 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
86 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
88 * from Martin Michlmayr
89 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
90 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
91 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
93 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
95 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
97 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
99 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
100 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
101 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
104 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
106 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
109 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
111 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
114 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
116 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
117 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
118 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
119 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
120 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
121 talking about uploading to distributions
122 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
123 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
124 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
126 - French translation updated
128 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
129 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
130 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
132 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
134 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
137 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
138 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
141 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
143 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
146 * fix a typo in a link
147 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
148 update documentation accordingly
150 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
151 forwarding bugs upstream
153 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
154 entities which should be used
155 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
156 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
158 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
160 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
162 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
163 * French version: completely up-to-date now
164 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
165 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
167 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
170 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
172 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
174 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
176 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
177 this translation needs updating
178 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
179 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
180 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
182 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
183 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
184 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
186 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
187 included yet, however
189 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
191 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
193 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
195 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
196 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
198 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
200 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
202 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
204 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
205 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
206 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
208 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
210 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
212 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
215 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
216 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
217 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
218 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
219 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
220 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
221 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
222 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
223 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
224 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
225 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
226 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
228 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
229 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
230 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
231 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
232 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
234 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
236 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
237 * update copyright notice for 2001
238 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
239 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
240 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
242 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
244 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
246 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
248 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
250 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
252 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
254 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
256 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
257 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
259 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
260 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
261 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
262 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
263 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
264 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
265 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
266 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
267 could be used if necessary
268 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
269 mention the rsync dupload method
270 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
272 * other small corrections
273 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
274 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
275 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
276 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
278 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
280 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
281 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
283 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
285 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
287 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
288 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
289 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
290 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
292 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
293 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
294 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
295 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
296 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
298 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
300 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
301 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
302 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
303 team (closes: Bug#52906)
304 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
305 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
306 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
308 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
309 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
310 - added a section about the LDAP database
311 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
312 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
314 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
315 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
317 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
319 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
321 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
322 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
323 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
325 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
326 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
327 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
328 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
329 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
330 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
331 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
332 description from developers-reference.sgml
334 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
336 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
338 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
339 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
341 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
343 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
344 releases are available at archive.debian.org
345 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
346 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
347 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
348 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
349 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
350 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
351 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
352 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
354 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
355 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
356 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
357 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
359 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
360 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
361 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
362 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
363 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
364 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
365 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
366 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
367 suggestion from James Troup
368 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
369 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
370 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
371 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
374 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
376 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
378 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
379 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
381 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
383 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
385 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
386 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
387 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
388 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
389 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
390 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
391 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
393 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
395 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
397 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
398 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
399 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
400 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
401 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
402 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
404 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
405 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
407 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
409 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
411 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
413 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
415 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
416 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
417 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
418 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
419 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
421 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
422 with intro; demoted server sections under that
423 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
424 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
426 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
427 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
428 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
429 a normal developer may have access.
431 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
433 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
435 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
436 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
437 step all over each other
439 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
441 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
443 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
444 address for PGP key updates
446 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
448 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
450 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
451 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
452 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
453 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
454 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
456 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
458 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
460 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
461 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
462 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
463 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
464 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
465 <keyring-maint> instead)
466 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
467 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
469 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
471 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
472 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
473 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
475 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
477 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
479 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
480 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
481 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
482 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
483 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
484 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
486 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
487 tighten up the language a bit
488 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
489 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
490 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
491 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
493 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
494 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
495 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
496 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
497 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
498 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
500 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
501 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
502 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
503 about how to depart Debian gracefully
504 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
505 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
506 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
507 number of available packages
508 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
509 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
511 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
513 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
515 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
518 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
520 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
522 * not officially released
523 * more spelling corrections
524 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
526 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
528 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
530 * not officially released
531 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
532 * some PGP-centricity removed
533 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
534 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
535 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
536 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
537 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
538 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
540 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
542 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
544 * not officially released
545 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
546 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
547 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
548 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
549 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
550 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
551 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
552 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
553 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
554 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
555 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
556 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
557 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
558 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
560 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
561 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
563 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
565 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
566 take a couple of weeks
567 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
568 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
569 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
570 excited about it and can't wait
571 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
572 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
574 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
575 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
577 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
578 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
579 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
581 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
583 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
585 * move to 3-level version number:
586 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
587 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
588 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
589 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
590 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
593 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
594 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
595 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
597 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
599 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
600 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
601 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
602 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
603 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
604 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
606 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
608 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
609 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
610 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
611 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
612 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
613 - "The CVS server": new section added
614 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
616 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
617 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
618 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
619 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
620 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
622 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
623 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
624 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
625 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
626 a canonical location?)
627 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
628 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
629 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
630 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
632 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
634 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
635 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
636 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
637 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
639 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
641 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
643 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
644 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
645 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
646 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
647 them. (closes Bug#26948)
648 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
649 and should not be included in this Reference.
650 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
651 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
652 maintainer tools only!
653 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
654 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
655 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
656 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
657 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
658 * Little corrections here and there.
659 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
660 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
663 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
665 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
667 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
668 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
669 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
671 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
672 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
673 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
674 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
675 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
676 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
677 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
678 do prior to uploading
679 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
680 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
682 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
683 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
684 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
685 duties with respect to bugs
686 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
687 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
688 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
690 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
691 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
692 * grammar and markup changes throughout
693 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
694 explicit what is used to build this package
696 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
698 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
701 * version number and date are automatically populated now
702 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
703 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
704 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
705 * utilize the new URL tag
706 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
709 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
711 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
713 * non-maintainer release
714 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
715 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
716 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
717 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
718 text, it can't hurt you.)
719 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
720 reflect this packages version number
721 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
723 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
725 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
729 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
731 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
733 * New version numbering scheme:
735 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
736 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
737 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
740 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
741 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
742 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
743 differ between the manuals.
745 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
746 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
747 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
748 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
750 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
751 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
753 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
755 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
757 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
759 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
761 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
762 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
764 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
765 (as requested by James Troup)
767 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
769 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
771 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
773 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
775 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
777 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
779 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
781 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
782 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
783 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
784 the non-maintainer release
786 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
787 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
788 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
791 - Lots of typos fixed
793 * Compressed SGML source code
795 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
796 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
798 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
800 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
802 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
804 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
805 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
806 - Announcing package uploads
807 * New section about Debian Mentors
808 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
809 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
810 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
811 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
813 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
815 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
817 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
818 of our FTP server and the development process
819 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
820 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
821 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
823 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
824 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
825 debian-devel before they are uploaded
826 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
827 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
828 contacting the maintainer
829 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
830 a new manual released soon)
832 * Include SGML source in package
833 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
834 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
836 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
838 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
842 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200