1 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
4 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
5 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
7 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
9 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
10 Ch "The Debian Archive"
11 New Sec "Documentation" stubbed out
13 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
15 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
16 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
17 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
18 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
19 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
21 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
22 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
23 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
24 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
25 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
26 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
27 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
29 - Sec "Voting" stubbed in Developer Duties
30 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
32 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
33 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
34 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
35 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
36 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
37 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
38 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
39 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
40 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
41 work-around with <...>
42 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
43 - update copyright date
44 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
45 - spell check and grammar corrections
49 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example.
51 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
52 recompile"; closes: #102626
53 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
54 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
55 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
56 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
57 - indicat that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
59 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
60 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
61 - Explain to reassign/close bugs of removed packages. closes: #130255
62 - Updates the note about software subject to US patents. closes: #142798
63 - New Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
64 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
65 - New Section "Package's information" under Resources
66 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
67 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility.
68 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
69 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
70 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
71 also speak of the DELAYED directory. closes: #135562, #136774
72 - Various spelling fixes.
73 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
75 - Update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
77 - Updated the list of available architectures.
78 - Commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
79 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
80 of the package and nothing more.
81 - Added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
82 any pain to the ftpmasters.
83 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
84 the use of the delayed queue.
85 - New Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
86 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
88 - Stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance".
89 - Stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System".
90 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
91 Francesco Paolo Lovergine. Heavily updated by myself.
92 - New Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
93 Francesco Paolo Lovergine. Slightly updated by myself.
94 - Completed Sec "Bug housekeeping". closes: #39519
95 - Completed Sec "Voting"
96 - Completed Sec "Documentation"
97 - Added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter.
98 - Added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
99 "Being kind to porter" too.
100 - Extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan".
101 - Completed Sec "Helper scripts".
104 - update French translation
106 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 8 May 2002 13:07:11 -0700
108 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
111 - some grammar corrections
112 - update French translation
114 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
115 anymore; closes: #135559
116 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
118 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
120 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
121 that would be welcome)
122 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
123 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
124 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
125 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
126 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
127 - other minor wording changes
128 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
129 - Ch "Package uploads":
130 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
131 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
132 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
133 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
134 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
135 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
136 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
138 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
140 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
142 * from Martin Michlmayr
143 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
144 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
145 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
147 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
149 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
151 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
153 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
154 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
155 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
158 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
160 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
163 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
165 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
168 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
170 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
171 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
172 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
173 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
174 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
175 talking about uploading to distributions
176 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
177 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
178 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
180 - French translation updated
182 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
183 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
184 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
186 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
188 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
191 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
192 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
195 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
197 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
200 * fix a typo in a link
201 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
202 update documentation accordingly
204 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
205 forwarding bugs upstream
207 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
208 entities which should be used
209 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
210 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
212 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
214 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
216 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
217 * French version: completely up-to-date now
218 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
219 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
221 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
224 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
226 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
228 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
230 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
231 this translation needs updating
232 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
233 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
234 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
236 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
237 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
238 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
240 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
241 included yet, however
243 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
245 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
247 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
249 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
250 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
252 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
254 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
256 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
258 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
259 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
260 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
262 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
264 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
266 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
269 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
270 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
271 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
272 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
273 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
274 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
275 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
276 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
277 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
278 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
279 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
280 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
282 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
283 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
284 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
285 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
286 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
288 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
290 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
291 * update copyright notice for 2001
292 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
293 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
294 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
296 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
298 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
300 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
302 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
304 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
306 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
308 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
310 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
311 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
313 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
314 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
315 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
316 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
317 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
318 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
319 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
320 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
321 could be used if necessary
322 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
323 mention the rsync dupload method
324 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
326 * other small corrections
327 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
328 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
329 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
330 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
332 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
334 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
335 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
337 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
339 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
341 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
342 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
343 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
344 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
346 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
347 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
348 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
349 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
350 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
352 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
354 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
355 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
356 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
357 team (closes: Bug#52906)
358 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
359 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
360 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
362 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
363 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
364 - added a section about the LDAP database
365 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
366 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
368 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
369 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
371 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
373 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
375 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
376 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
377 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
379 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
380 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
381 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
382 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
383 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
384 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
385 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
386 description from developers-reference.sgml
388 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
390 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
392 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
393 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
395 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
397 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
398 releases are available at archive.debian.org
399 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
400 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
401 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
402 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
403 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
404 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
405 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
406 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
408 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
409 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
410 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
411 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
413 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
414 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
415 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
416 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
417 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
418 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
419 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
420 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
421 suggestion from James Troup
422 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
423 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
424 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
425 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
428 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
430 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
432 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
433 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
435 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
437 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
439 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
440 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
441 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
442 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
443 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
444 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
445 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
447 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
449 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
451 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
452 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
453 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
454 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
455 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
456 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
458 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
459 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
461 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
463 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
465 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
467 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
469 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
470 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
471 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
472 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
473 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
475 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
476 with intro; demoted server sections under that
477 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
478 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
480 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
481 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
482 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
483 a normal developer may have access.
485 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
487 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
489 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
490 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
491 step all over each other
493 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
495 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
497 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
498 address for PGP key updates
500 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
502 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
504 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
505 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
506 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
507 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
508 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
510 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
512 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
514 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
515 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
516 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
517 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
518 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
519 <keyring-maint> instead)
520 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
521 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
523 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
525 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
526 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
527 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
529 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
531 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
533 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
534 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
535 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
536 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
537 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
538 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
540 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
541 tighten up the language a bit
542 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
543 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
544 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
545 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
547 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
548 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
549 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
550 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
551 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
552 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
554 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
555 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
556 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
557 about how to depart Debian gracefully
558 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
559 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
560 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
561 number of available packages
562 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
563 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
565 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
567 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
569 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
572 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
574 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
576 * not officially released
577 * more spelling corrections
578 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
580 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
582 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
584 * not officially released
585 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
586 * some PGP-centricity removed
587 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
588 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
589 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
590 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
591 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
592 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
594 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
596 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
598 * not officially released
599 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
600 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
601 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
602 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
603 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
604 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
605 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
606 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
607 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
608 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
609 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
610 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
611 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
612 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
614 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
615 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
617 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
619 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
620 take a couple of weeks
621 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
622 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
623 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
624 excited about it and can't wait
625 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
626 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
628 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
629 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
631 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
632 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
633 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
635 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
637 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
639 * move to 3-level version number:
640 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
641 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
642 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
643 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
644 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
647 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
648 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
649 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
651 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
653 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
654 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
655 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
656 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
657 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
658 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
660 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
662 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
663 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
664 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
665 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
666 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
667 - "The CVS server": new section added
668 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
670 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
671 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
672 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
673 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
674 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
676 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
677 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
678 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
679 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
680 a canonical location?)
681 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
682 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
683 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
684 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
686 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
688 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
689 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
690 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
691 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
693 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
695 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
697 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
698 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
699 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
700 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
701 them. (closes Bug#26948)
702 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
703 and should not be included in this Reference.
704 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
705 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
706 maintainer tools only!
707 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
708 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
709 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
710 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
711 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
712 * Little corrections here and there.
713 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
714 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
717 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
719 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
721 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
722 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
723 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
725 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
726 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
727 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
728 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
729 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
730 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
731 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
732 do prior to uploading
733 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
734 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
736 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
737 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
738 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
739 duties with respect to bugs
740 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
741 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
742 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
744 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
745 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
746 * grammar and markup changes throughout
747 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
748 explicit what is used to build this package
750 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
752 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
755 * version number and date are automatically populated now
756 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
757 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
758 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
759 * utilize the new URL tag
760 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
763 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
765 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
767 * non-maintainer release
768 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
769 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
770 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
771 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
772 text, it can't hurt you.)
773 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
774 reflect this packages version number
775 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
777 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
779 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
783 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
785 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
787 * New version numbering scheme:
789 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
790 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
791 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
794 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
795 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
796 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
797 differ between the manuals.
799 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
800 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
801 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
802 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
804 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
805 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
807 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
809 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
811 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
813 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
815 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
816 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
818 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
819 (as requested by James Troup)
821 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
823 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
825 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
827 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
829 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
831 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
833 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
835 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
836 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
837 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
838 the non-maintainer release
840 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
841 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
842 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
845 - Lots of typos fixed
847 * Compressed SGML source code
849 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
850 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
852 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
854 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
856 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
858 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
859 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
860 - Announcing package uploads
861 * New section about Debian Mentors
862 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
863 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
864 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
865 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
867 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
869 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
871 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
872 of our FTP server and the development process
873 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
874 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
875 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
877 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
878 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
879 debian-devel before they are uploaded
880 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
881 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
882 contacting the maintainer
883 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
884 a new manual released soon)
886 * Include SGML source in package
887 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
888 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
890 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
892 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
896 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200