1 developers-reference (2.10.1) unstable; urgency=low
4 - some grammar corrections
5 - update French translation
6 * from Martin Michlmayr
7 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
8 anymore, talk about dput a bit; closes: #135559
10 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 31 Mar 2002 17:00:55 -0500
12 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
14 * from Martin Michlmayr
15 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
16 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
17 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
19 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
21 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
23 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
25 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
26 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
27 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
30 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
32 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
35 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
37 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
40 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
42 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
43 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
44 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
45 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
46 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
47 talking about uploading to distributions
48 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
49 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
50 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
52 - French translation updated
54 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
55 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
56 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
58 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
60 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
63 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
64 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
67 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
69 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
72 * fix a typo in a link
73 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
74 update documentation accordingly
76 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
77 forwarding bugs upstream
79 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
80 entities which should be used
81 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
82 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
84 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
86 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
88 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
89 * French version: completely up-to-date now
90 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
91 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
93 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
96 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
98 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
100 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
102 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
103 this translation needs updating
104 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
105 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
106 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
108 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
109 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
110 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
112 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
113 included yet, however
115 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
117 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
119 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
121 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
122 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
124 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
126 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
128 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
130 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
131 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
132 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
134 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
136 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
138 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
141 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
142 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
143 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
144 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
145 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
146 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
147 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
148 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
149 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
150 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
151 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
152 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
154 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
155 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
156 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
157 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
158 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
160 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
162 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
163 * update copyright notice for 2001
164 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
165 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
166 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
168 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
170 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
172 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
174 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
176 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
178 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
180 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
182 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
183 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
185 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
186 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
187 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
188 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
189 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
190 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
191 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
192 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
193 could be used if necessary
194 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
195 mention the rsync dupload method
196 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
198 * other small corrections
199 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
200 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
201 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
202 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
204 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
206 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
207 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
209 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
211 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
213 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
214 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
215 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
216 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
218 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
219 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
220 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
221 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
222 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
224 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
226 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
227 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
228 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
229 team (closes: Bug#52906)
230 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
231 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
232 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
234 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
235 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
236 - added a section about the LDAP database
237 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
238 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
240 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
241 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
243 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
245 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
247 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
248 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
249 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
251 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
252 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
253 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
254 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
255 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
256 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
257 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
258 description from developers-reference.sgml
260 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
262 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
264 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
265 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
267 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
269 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
270 releases are available at archive.debian.org
271 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
272 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
273 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
274 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
275 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
276 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
277 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
278 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
280 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
281 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
282 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
283 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
285 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
286 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
287 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
288 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
289 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
290 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
291 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
292 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
293 suggestion from James Troup
294 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
295 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
296 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
297 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
300 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
302 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
304 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
305 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
307 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
309 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
311 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
312 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
313 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
314 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
315 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
316 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
317 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
319 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
321 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
323 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
324 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
325 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
326 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
327 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
328 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
330 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
331 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
333 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
335 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
337 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
339 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
341 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
342 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
343 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
344 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
345 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
347 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
348 with intro; demoted server sections under that
349 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
350 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
352 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
353 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
354 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
355 a normal developer may have access.
357 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
359 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
361 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
362 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
363 step all over each other
365 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
367 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
369 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
370 address for PGP key updates
372 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
374 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
376 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
377 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
378 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
379 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
380 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
382 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
384 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
386 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
387 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
388 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
389 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
390 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
391 <keyring-maint> instead)
392 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
393 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
395 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
397 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
398 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
399 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
401 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
403 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
405 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
406 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
407 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
408 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
409 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
410 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
412 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
413 tighten up the language a bit
414 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
415 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
416 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
417 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
419 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
420 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
421 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
422 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
423 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
424 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
426 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
427 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
428 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
429 about how to depart Debian gracefully
430 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
431 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
432 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
433 number of available packages
434 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
435 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
437 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
439 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
441 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
444 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
446 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
448 * not officially released
449 * more spelling corrections
450 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
452 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
454 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
456 * not officially released
457 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
458 * some PGP-centricity removed
459 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
460 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
461 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
462 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
463 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
464 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
466 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
468 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
470 * not officially released
471 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
472 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
473 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
474 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
475 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
476 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
477 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
478 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
479 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
480 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
481 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
482 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
483 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
484 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
486 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
487 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
489 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
491 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
492 take a couple of weeks
493 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
494 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
495 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
496 excited about it and can't wait
497 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
498 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
500 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
501 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
503 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
504 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
505 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
507 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
509 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
511 * move to 3-level version number:
512 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
513 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
514 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
515 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
516 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
519 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
520 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
521 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
523 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
525 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
526 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
527 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
528 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
529 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
530 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
532 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
534 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
535 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
536 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
537 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
538 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
539 - "The CVS server": new section added
540 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
542 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
543 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
544 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
545 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
546 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
548 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
549 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
550 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
551 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
552 a canonical location?)
553 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
554 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
555 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
556 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
558 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
560 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
561 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
562 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
563 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
565 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
567 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
569 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
570 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
571 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
572 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
573 them. (closes Bug#26948)
574 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
575 and should not be included in this Reference.
576 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
577 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
578 maintainer tools only!
579 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
580 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
581 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
582 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
583 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
584 * Little corrections here and there.
585 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
586 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
589 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
591 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
593 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
594 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
595 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
597 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
598 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
599 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
600 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
601 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
602 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
603 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
604 do prior to uploading
605 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
606 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
608 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
609 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
610 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
611 duties with respect to bugs
612 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
613 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
614 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
616 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
617 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
618 * grammar and markup changes throughout
619 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
620 explicit what is used to build this package
622 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
624 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
627 * version number and date are automatically populated now
628 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
629 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
630 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
631 * utilize the new URL tag
632 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
635 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
637 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
639 * non-maintainer release
640 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
641 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
642 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
643 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
644 text, it can't hurt you.)
645 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
646 reflect this packages version number
647 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
649 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
651 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
655 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
657 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
659 * New version numbering scheme:
661 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
662 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
663 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
666 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
667 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
668 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
669 differ between the manuals.
671 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
672 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
673 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
674 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
676 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
677 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
679 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
681 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
683 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
685 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
687 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
688 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
690 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
691 (as requested by James Troup)
693 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
695 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
697 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
699 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
701 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
703 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
705 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
707 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
708 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
709 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
710 the non-maintainer release
712 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
713 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
714 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
717 - Lots of typos fixed
719 * Compressed SGML source code
721 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
722 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
724 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
726 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
728 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
730 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
731 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
732 - Announcing package uploads
733 * New section about Debian Mentors
734 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
735 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
736 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
737 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
739 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
741 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
743 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
744 of our FTP server and the development process
745 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
746 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
747 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
749 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
750 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
751 debian-devel before they are uploaded
752 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
753 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
754 contacting the maintainer
755 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
756 a new manual released soon)
758 * Include SGML source in package
759 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
760 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
762 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
764 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
768 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200