1 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
4 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
5 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
6 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
7 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
8 <keyring-maint> instead)
9 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
10 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
12 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
14 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
15 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
17 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 16:06:14 -0500
19 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
21 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
22 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
23 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
24 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
25 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
26 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
28 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
29 tighten up the language a bit
30 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
31 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
32 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
33 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
35 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
36 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
37 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
38 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
39 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
40 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
42 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
43 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
44 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
45 about how to depart Debian gracefully
46 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
47 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
48 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
49 number of available packages
50 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
51 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
53 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
55 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
57 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
60 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
62 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
64 * not officially released
65 * more spelling corrections
66 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
68 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
70 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
72 * not officially released
73 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
74 * some PGP-centricity removed
75 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
76 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
77 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
78 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
79 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
80 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
82 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
84 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
86 * not officially released
87 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
88 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
89 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
90 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
91 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
92 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
93 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
94 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
95 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
96 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
97 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
98 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
99 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
100 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
102 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
103 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
105 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
107 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
108 take a couple of weeks
109 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
110 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
111 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
112 excited about it and can't wait
113 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
114 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
116 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
117 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
119 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
120 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
121 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
123 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
125 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
127 * move to 3-level version number:
128 top-level version number probably won't change for a whil, it is the
129 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
130 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
131 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
132 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
135 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
136 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
137 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
139 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
141 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
142 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
143 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
144 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
145 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
146 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
148 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
150 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
151 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
152 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
153 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
154 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
155 - "The CVS server": new section added
156 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
158 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
159 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
160 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
161 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
162 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
164 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
165 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
166 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
167 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
168 a canonical location?)
169 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
170 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
171 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
172 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
174 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
176 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
177 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
178 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
179 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
181 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
183 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
185 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
186 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
187 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
188 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
189 them. (closes Bug#26948)
190 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
191 and should not be included in this Reference.
192 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
193 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
194 maintainer tools only!
195 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
196 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
197 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
198 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
199 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
200 * Little corrections here and there.
201 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
202 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
205 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
207 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
209 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
210 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
211 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
213 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
214 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
215 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
216 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
217 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
218 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
219 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
220 do prior to uploading
221 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
222 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
224 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
225 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
226 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
227 duties with respect to bugs
228 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
229 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
230 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
232 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
233 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
234 * grammar and markup changes throughout
235 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
236 explicit what is used to build this package
238 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
240 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
243 * version number and date are automatically populated now
244 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
245 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
246 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
247 * utilize the new URL tag
248 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
251 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
253 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
255 * non-maintainer release
256 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
257 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
258 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
259 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
260 text, it can't hurt you.)
261 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
262 reflect this packages version number
263 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
265 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
267 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
271 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
273 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
275 * New version numbering scheme:
277 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
278 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
279 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
282 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
283 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
284 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
285 differ between the manuals.
287 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
288 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
289 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
290 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
292 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
293 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
295 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
297 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
299 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
301 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
303 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
304 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
306 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
307 (as requested by James Troup)
309 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
311 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
313 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
315 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
317 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
319 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
321 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
323 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
324 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
325 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
326 the non-maintainer release
328 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
329 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
330 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
333 - Lots of typos fixed
335 * Compressed SGML source code
337 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
338 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
340 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
342 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
344 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
346 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
347 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
348 - Announcing package uploads
349 * New section about Debian Mentors
350 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
351 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
352 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
353 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
355 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
357 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
359 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
360 of our FTP server and the development process
361 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
362 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
363 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
365 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
366 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
367 debian-devel before they are uploaded
368 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
369 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
370 contacting the maintainer
371 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
372 a new manual released soon)
374 * Include SGML source in package
375 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
376 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
378 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
380 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
384 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
387 mode: debian-changelog