1 developers-reference (2.10.1) unstable; urgency=low
4 - some grammar corrections
5 - update French translation
6 * from Martin Michlmayr
7 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
8 anymore; closes: #135559
9 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
11 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
13 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
14 that would be welcome)
15 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
16 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
17 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
18 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
19 - other minor wording changes
21 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 5 Apr 2002 16:07:34 -0500
23 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
25 * from Martin Michlmayr
26 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
27 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
28 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
30 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
32 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
34 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
36 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
37 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
38 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
41 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
43 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
46 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
48 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
51 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
53 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
54 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
55 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
56 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
57 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
58 talking about uploading to distributions
59 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
60 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
61 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
63 - French translation updated
65 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
66 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
67 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
69 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
71 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
74 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
75 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
78 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
80 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
83 * fix a typo in a link
84 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
85 update documentation accordingly
87 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
88 forwarding bugs upstream
90 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
91 entities which should be used
92 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
93 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
95 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
97 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
99 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
100 * French version: completely up-to-date now
101 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
102 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
104 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
107 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
109 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
111 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
113 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
114 this translation needs updating
115 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
116 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
117 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
119 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
120 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
121 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
123 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
124 included yet, however
126 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
128 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
130 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
132 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
133 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
135 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
137 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
139 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
141 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
142 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
143 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
145 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
147 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
149 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
152 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
153 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
154 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
155 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
156 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
157 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
158 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
159 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
160 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
161 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
162 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
163 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
165 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
166 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
167 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
168 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
169 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
171 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
173 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
174 * update copyright notice for 2001
175 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
176 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
177 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
179 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
181 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
183 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
185 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
187 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
189 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
191 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
193 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
194 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
196 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
197 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
198 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
199 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
200 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
201 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
202 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
203 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
204 could be used if necessary
205 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
206 mention the rsync dupload method
207 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
209 * other small corrections
210 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
211 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
212 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
213 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
215 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
217 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
218 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
220 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
222 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
224 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
225 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
226 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
227 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
229 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
230 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
231 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
232 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
233 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
235 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
237 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
238 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
239 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
240 team (closes: Bug#52906)
241 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
242 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
243 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
245 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
246 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
247 - added a section about the LDAP database
248 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
249 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
251 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
252 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
254 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
256 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
258 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
259 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
260 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
262 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
263 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
264 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
265 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
266 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
267 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
268 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
269 description from developers-reference.sgml
271 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
273 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
275 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
276 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
278 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
280 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
281 releases are available at archive.debian.org
282 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
283 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
284 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
285 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
286 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
287 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
288 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
289 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
291 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
292 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
293 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
294 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
296 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
297 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
298 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
299 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
300 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
301 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
302 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
303 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
304 suggestion from James Troup
305 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
306 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
307 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
308 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
311 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
313 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
315 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
316 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
318 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
320 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
322 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
323 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
324 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
325 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
326 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
327 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
328 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
330 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
332 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
334 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
335 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
336 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
337 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
338 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
339 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
341 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
342 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
344 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
346 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
348 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
350 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
352 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
353 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
354 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
355 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
356 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
358 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
359 with intro; demoted server sections under that
360 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
361 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
363 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
364 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
365 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
366 a normal developer may have access.
368 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
370 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
372 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
373 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
374 step all over each other
376 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
378 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
380 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
381 address for PGP key updates
383 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
385 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
387 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
388 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
389 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
390 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
391 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
393 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
395 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
397 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
398 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
399 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
400 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
401 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
402 <keyring-maint> instead)
403 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
404 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
406 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
408 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
409 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
410 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
412 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
414 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
416 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
417 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
418 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
419 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
420 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
421 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
423 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
424 tighten up the language a bit
425 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
426 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
427 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
428 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
430 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
431 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
432 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
433 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
434 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
435 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
437 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
438 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
439 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
440 about how to depart Debian gracefully
441 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
442 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
443 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
444 number of available packages
445 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
446 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
448 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
450 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
452 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
455 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
457 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
459 * not officially released
460 * more spelling corrections
461 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
463 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
465 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
467 * not officially released
468 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
469 * some PGP-centricity removed
470 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
471 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
472 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
473 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
474 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
475 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
477 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
479 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
481 * not officially released
482 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
483 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
484 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
485 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
486 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
487 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
488 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
489 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
490 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
491 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
492 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
493 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
494 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
495 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
497 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
498 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
500 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
502 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
503 take a couple of weeks
504 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
505 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
506 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
507 excited about it and can't wait
508 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
509 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
511 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
512 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
514 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
515 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
516 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
518 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
520 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
522 * move to 3-level version number:
523 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
524 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
525 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
526 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
527 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
530 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
531 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
532 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
534 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
536 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
537 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
538 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
539 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
540 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
541 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
543 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
545 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
546 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
547 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
548 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
549 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
550 - "The CVS server": new section added
551 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
553 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
554 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
555 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
556 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
557 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
559 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
560 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
561 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
562 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
563 a canonical location?)
564 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
565 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
566 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
567 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
569 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
571 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
572 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
573 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
574 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
576 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
578 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
580 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
581 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
582 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
583 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
584 them. (closes Bug#26948)
585 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
586 and should not be included in this Reference.
587 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
588 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
589 maintainer tools only!
590 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
591 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
592 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
593 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
594 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
595 * Little corrections here and there.
596 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
597 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
600 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
602 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
604 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
605 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
606 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
608 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
609 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
610 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
611 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
612 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
613 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
614 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
615 do prior to uploading
616 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
617 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
619 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
620 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
621 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
622 duties with respect to bugs
623 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
624 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
625 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
627 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
628 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
629 * grammar and markup changes throughout
630 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
631 explicit what is used to build this package
633 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
635 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
638 * version number and date are automatically populated now
639 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
640 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
641 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
642 * utilize the new URL tag
643 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
646 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
648 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
650 * non-maintainer release
651 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
652 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
653 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
654 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
655 text, it can't hurt you.)
656 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
657 reflect this packages version number
658 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
660 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
662 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
666 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
668 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
670 * New version numbering scheme:
672 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
673 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
674 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
677 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
678 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
679 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
680 differ between the manuals.
682 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
683 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
684 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
685 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
687 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
688 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
690 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
692 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
694 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
696 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
698 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
699 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
701 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
702 (as requested by James Troup)
704 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
706 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
708 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
710 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
712 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
714 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
716 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
718 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
719 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
720 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
721 the non-maintainer release
723 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
724 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
725 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
728 - Lots of typos fixed
730 * Compressed SGML source code
732 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
733 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
735 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
737 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
739 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
741 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
742 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
743 - Announcing package uploads
744 * New section about Debian Mentors
745 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
746 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
747 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
748 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
750 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
752 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
754 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
755 of our FTP server and the development process
756 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
757 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
758 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
760 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
761 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
762 debian-devel before they are uploaded
763 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
764 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
765 contacting the maintainer
766 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
767 a new manual released soon)
769 * Include SGML source in package
770 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
771 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
773 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
775 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
779 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200