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 - 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 - indicat 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 to reassign/close bugs of removed packages. closes: #130255
62 - Updates the note about software subject to US patents. closes: #142798
63 - New Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
64 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
65 - New Section "Package's information" under Resources
66 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
67 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility.
68 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
69 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
70 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
71 also speak of the DELAYED directory. closes: #135562, #136774
72 - Various spelling fixes.
73 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
75 - Update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
77 - Updated the list of available architectures.
78 - Commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
79 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
80 of the package and nothing more.
81 - Added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
82 any pain to the ftpmasters.
83 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
84 the use of the delayed queue.
85 - New Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
86 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
88 - Stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance".
89 - Stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System".
90 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
91 Francesco Paolo Lovergine. Heavily updated by myself.
92 - New Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
93 Francesco Paolo Lovergine. Slightly updated by myself.
94 - Completed Sec "Bug housekeeping". closes: #39519
95 - Completed Sec "Voting"
96 - Completed Sec "Documentation"
97 - Added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter.
98 - Added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
99 "Being kind to porter" too.
100 - Extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan".
101 - Completed Sec "Helper scripts".
102 - Completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
103 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
104 "The wise use of debconf". All those are quite simplistic, they
106 - Integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
107 Denis Barbier. Thanks Denis !
110 - update French translation
112 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 8 May 2002 13:07:11 -0700
114 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
117 - some grammar corrections
118 - update French translation
120 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
121 anymore; closes: #135559
122 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
124 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
126 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
127 that would be welcome)
128 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
129 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
130 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
131 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
132 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
133 - other minor wording changes
134 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
135 - Ch "Package uploads":
136 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
137 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
138 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
139 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
140 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
141 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
142 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
144 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
146 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
148 * from Martin Michlmayr
149 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
150 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
151 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
153 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
155 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
157 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
159 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
160 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
161 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
164 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
166 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
169 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
171 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
174 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
176 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
177 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
178 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
179 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
180 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
181 talking about uploading to distributions
182 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
183 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
184 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
186 - French translation updated
188 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
189 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
190 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
192 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
194 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
197 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
198 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
201 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
203 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
206 * fix a typo in a link
207 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
208 update documentation accordingly
210 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
211 forwarding bugs upstream
213 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
214 entities which should be used
215 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
216 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
218 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
220 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
222 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
223 * French version: completely up-to-date now
224 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
225 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
227 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
230 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
232 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
234 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
236 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
237 this translation needs updating
238 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
239 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
240 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
242 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
243 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
244 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
246 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
247 included yet, however
249 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
251 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
253 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
255 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
256 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
258 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
260 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
262 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
264 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
265 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
266 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
268 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
270 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
272 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
275 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
276 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
277 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
278 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
279 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
280 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
281 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
282 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
283 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
284 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
285 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
286 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
288 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
289 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
290 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
291 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
292 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
294 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
296 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
297 * update copyright notice for 2001
298 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
299 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
300 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
302 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
304 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
306 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
308 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
310 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
312 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
314 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
316 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
317 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
319 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
320 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
321 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
322 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
323 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
324 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
325 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
326 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
327 could be used if necessary
328 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
329 mention the rsync dupload method
330 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
332 * other small corrections
333 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
334 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
335 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
336 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
338 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
340 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
341 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
343 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
345 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
347 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
348 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
349 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
350 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
352 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
353 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
354 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
355 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
356 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
358 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
360 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
361 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
362 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
363 team (closes: Bug#52906)
364 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
365 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
366 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
368 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
369 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
370 - added a section about the LDAP database
371 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
372 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
374 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
375 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
377 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
379 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
381 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
382 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
383 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
385 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
386 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
387 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
388 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
389 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
390 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
391 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
392 description from developers-reference.sgml
394 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
396 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
398 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
399 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
401 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
403 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
404 releases are available at archive.debian.org
405 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
406 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
407 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
408 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
409 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
410 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
411 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
412 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
414 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
415 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
416 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
417 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
419 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
420 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
421 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
422 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
423 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
424 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
425 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
426 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
427 suggestion from James Troup
428 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
429 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
430 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
431 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
434 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
436 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
438 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
439 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
441 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
443 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
445 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
446 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
447 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
448 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
449 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
450 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
451 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
453 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
455 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
457 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
458 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
459 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
460 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
461 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
462 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
464 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
465 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
467 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
469 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
471 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
473 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
475 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
476 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
477 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
478 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
479 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
481 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
482 with intro; demoted server sections under that
483 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
484 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
486 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
487 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
488 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
489 a normal developer may have access.
491 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
493 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
495 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
496 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
497 step all over each other
499 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
501 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
503 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
504 address for PGP key updates
506 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
508 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
510 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
511 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
512 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
513 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
514 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
516 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
518 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
520 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
521 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
522 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
523 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
524 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
525 <keyring-maint> instead)
526 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
527 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
529 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
531 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
532 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
533 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
535 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
537 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
539 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
540 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
541 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
542 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
543 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
544 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
546 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
547 tighten up the language a bit
548 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
549 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
550 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
551 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
553 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
554 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
555 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
556 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
557 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
558 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
560 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
561 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
562 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
563 about how to depart Debian gracefully
564 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
565 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
566 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
567 number of available packages
568 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
569 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
571 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
573 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
575 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
578 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
580 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
582 * not officially released
583 * more spelling corrections
584 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
586 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
588 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
590 * not officially released
591 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
592 * some PGP-centricity removed
593 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
594 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
595 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
596 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
597 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
598 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
600 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
602 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
604 * not officially released
605 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
606 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
607 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
608 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
609 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
610 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
611 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
612 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
613 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
614 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
615 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
616 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
617 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
618 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
620 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
621 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
623 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
625 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
626 take a couple of weeks
627 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
628 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
629 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
630 excited about it and can't wait
631 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
632 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
634 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
635 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
637 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
638 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
639 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
641 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
643 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
645 * move to 3-level version number:
646 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
647 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
648 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
649 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
650 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
653 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
654 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
655 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
657 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
659 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
660 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
661 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
662 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
663 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
664 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
666 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
668 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
669 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
670 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
671 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
672 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
673 - "The CVS server": new section added
674 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
676 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
677 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
678 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
679 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
680 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
682 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
683 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
684 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
685 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
686 a canonical location?)
687 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
688 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
689 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
690 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
692 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
694 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
695 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
696 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
697 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
699 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
701 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
703 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
704 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
705 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
706 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
707 them. (closes Bug#26948)
708 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
709 and should not be included in this Reference.
710 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
711 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
712 maintainer tools only!
713 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
714 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
715 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
716 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
717 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
718 * Little corrections here and there.
719 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
720 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
723 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
725 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
727 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
728 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
729 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
731 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
732 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
733 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
734 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
735 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
736 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
737 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
738 do prior to uploading
739 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
740 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
742 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
743 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
744 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
745 duties with respect to bugs
746 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
747 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
748 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
750 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
751 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
752 * grammar and markup changes throughout
753 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
754 explicit what is used to build this package
756 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
758 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
761 * version number and date are automatically populated now
762 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
763 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
764 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
765 * utilize the new URL tag
766 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
769 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
771 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
773 * non-maintainer release
774 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
775 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
776 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
777 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
778 text, it can't hurt you.)
779 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
780 reflect this packages version number
781 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
783 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
785 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
789 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
791 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
793 * New version numbering scheme:
795 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
796 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
797 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
800 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
801 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
802 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
803 differ between the manuals.
805 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
806 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
807 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
808 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
810 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
811 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
813 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
815 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
817 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
819 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
821 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
822 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
824 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
825 (as requested by James Troup)
827 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
829 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
831 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
833 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
835 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
837 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
839 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
841 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
842 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
843 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
844 the non-maintainer release
846 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
847 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
848 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
851 - Lots of typos fixed
853 * Compressed SGML source code
855 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
856 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
858 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
860 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
862 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
864 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
865 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
866 - Announcing package uploads
867 * New section about Debian Mentors
868 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
869 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
870 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
871 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
873 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
875 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
877 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
878 of our FTP server and the development process
879 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
880 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
881 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
883 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
884 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
885 debian-devel before they are uploaded
886 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
887 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
888 contacting the maintainer
889 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
890 a new manual released soon)
892 * Include SGML source in package
893 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
894 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
896 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
898 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
902 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200