1 developers-reference (2.12) unstable; urgency=low
4 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
5 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
6 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
7 - update copyright date
8 - Sec "Getting started": link to New Maintainers' Guide
9 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
10 we add some info on sponsoring
12 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 5 May 2002 11:10:20 -0700
14 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
17 - some grammar corrections
18 - update French translation
20 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
21 anymore; closes: #135559
22 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
24 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
26 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
27 that would be welcome)
28 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
29 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
30 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
31 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
32 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
33 - other minor wording changes
34 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
35 - Ch "Package uploads":
36 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
37 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
38 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
39 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
40 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
41 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
42 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
44 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
46 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
48 * from Martin Michlmayr
49 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
50 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
51 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
53 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
55 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
57 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
59 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
60 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
61 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
64 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
66 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
69 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
71 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
74 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
76 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
77 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
78 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
79 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
80 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
81 talking about uploading to distributions
82 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
83 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
84 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
86 - French translation updated
88 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
89 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
90 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
92 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
94 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
97 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
98 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
101 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
103 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
106 * fix a typo in a link
107 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
108 update documentation accordingly
110 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
111 forwarding bugs upstream
113 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
114 entities which should be used
115 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
116 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
118 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
120 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
122 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
123 * French version: completely up-to-date now
124 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
125 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
127 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
130 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
132 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
134 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
136 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
137 this translation needs updating
138 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
139 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
140 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
142 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
143 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
144 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
146 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
147 included yet, however
149 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
151 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
153 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
155 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
156 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
158 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
160 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
162 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
164 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
165 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
166 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
168 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
170 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
172 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
175 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
176 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
177 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
178 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
179 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
180 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
181 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
182 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
183 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
184 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
185 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
186 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
188 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
189 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
190 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
191 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
192 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
194 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
196 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
197 * update copyright notice for 2001
198 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
199 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
200 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
202 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
204 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
206 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
208 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
210 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
212 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
214 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
216 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
217 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
219 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
220 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
221 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
222 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
223 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
224 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
225 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
226 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
227 could be used if necessary
228 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
229 mention the rsync dupload method
230 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
232 * other small corrections
233 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
234 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
235 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
236 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
238 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
240 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
241 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
243 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
245 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
247 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
248 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
249 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
250 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
252 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
253 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
254 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
255 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
256 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
258 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
260 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
261 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
262 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
263 team (closes: Bug#52906)
264 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
265 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
266 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
268 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
269 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
270 - added a section about the LDAP database
271 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
272 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
274 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
275 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
277 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
279 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
281 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
282 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
283 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
285 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
286 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
287 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
288 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
289 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
290 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
291 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
292 description from developers-reference.sgml
294 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
296 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
298 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
299 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
301 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
303 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
304 releases are available at archive.debian.org
305 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
306 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
307 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
308 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
309 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
310 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
311 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
312 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
314 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
315 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
316 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
317 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
319 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
320 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
321 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
322 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
323 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
324 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
325 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
326 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
327 suggestion from James Troup
328 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
329 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
330 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
331 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
334 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
336 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
338 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
339 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
341 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
343 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
345 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
346 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
347 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
348 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
349 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
350 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
351 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
353 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
355 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
357 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
358 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
359 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
360 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
361 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
362 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
364 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
365 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
367 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
369 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
371 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
373 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
375 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
376 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
377 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
378 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
379 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
381 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
382 with intro; demoted server sections under that
383 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
384 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
386 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
387 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
388 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
389 a normal developer may have access.
391 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
393 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
395 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
396 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
397 step all over each other
399 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
401 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
403 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
404 address for PGP key updates
406 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
408 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
410 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
411 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
412 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
413 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
414 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
416 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
418 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
420 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
421 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
422 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
423 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
424 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
425 <keyring-maint> instead)
426 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
427 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
429 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
431 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
432 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
433 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
435 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
437 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
439 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
440 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
441 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
442 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
443 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
444 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
446 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
447 tighten up the language a bit
448 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
449 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
450 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
451 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
453 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
454 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
455 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
456 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
457 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
458 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
460 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
461 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
462 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
463 about how to depart Debian gracefully
464 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
465 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
466 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
467 number of available packages
468 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
469 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
471 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
473 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
475 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
478 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
480 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
482 * not officially released
483 * more spelling corrections
484 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
486 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
488 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
490 * not officially released
491 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
492 * some PGP-centricity removed
493 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
494 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
495 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
496 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
497 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
498 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
500 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
502 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
504 * not officially released
505 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
506 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
507 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
508 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
509 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
510 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
511 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
512 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
513 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
514 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
515 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
516 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
517 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
518 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
520 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
521 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
523 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
525 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
526 take a couple of weeks
527 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
528 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
529 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
530 excited about it and can't wait
531 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
532 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
534 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
535 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
537 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
538 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
539 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
541 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
543 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
545 * move to 3-level version number:
546 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
547 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
548 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
549 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
550 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
553 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
554 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
555 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
557 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
559 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
560 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
561 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
562 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
563 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
564 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
566 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
568 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
569 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
570 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
571 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
572 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
573 - "The CVS server": new section added
574 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
576 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
577 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
578 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
579 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
580 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
582 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
583 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
584 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
585 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
586 a canonical location?)
587 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
588 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
589 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
590 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
592 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
594 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
595 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
596 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
597 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
599 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
601 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
603 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
604 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
605 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
606 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
607 them. (closes Bug#26948)
608 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
609 and should not be included in this Reference.
610 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
611 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
612 maintainer tools only!
613 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
614 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
615 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
616 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
617 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
618 * Little corrections here and there.
619 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
620 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
623 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
625 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
627 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
628 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
629 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
631 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
632 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
633 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
634 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
635 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
636 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
637 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
638 do prior to uploading
639 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
640 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
642 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
643 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
644 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
645 duties with respect to bugs
646 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
647 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
648 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
650 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
651 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
652 * grammar and markup changes throughout
653 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
654 explicit what is used to build this package
656 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
658 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
661 * version number and date are automatically populated now
662 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
663 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
664 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
665 * utilize the new URL tag
666 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
669 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
671 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
673 * non-maintainer release
674 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
675 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
676 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
677 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
678 text, it can't hurt you.)
679 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
680 reflect this packages version number
681 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
683 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
685 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
689 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
691 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
693 * New version numbering scheme:
695 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
696 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
697 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
700 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
701 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
702 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
703 differ between the manuals.
705 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
706 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
707 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
708 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
710 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
711 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
713 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
715 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
717 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
719 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
721 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
722 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
724 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
725 (as requested by James Troup)
727 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
729 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
731 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
733 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
735 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
737 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
739 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
741 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
742 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
743 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
744 the non-maintainer release
746 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
747 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
748 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
751 - Lots of typos fixed
753 * Compressed SGML source code
755 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
756 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
758 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
760 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
762 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
764 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
765 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
766 - Announcing package uploads
767 * New section about Debian Mentors
768 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
769 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
770 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
771 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
773 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
775 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
777 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
778 of our FTP server and the development process
779 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
780 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
781 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
783 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
784 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
785 debian-devel before they are uploaded
786 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
787 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
788 contacting the maintainer
789 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
790 a new manual released soon)
792 * Include SGML source in package
793 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
794 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
796 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
798 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
802 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200