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