1 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
3 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
4 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
5 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
6 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
7 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
8 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
9 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
11 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
13 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
15 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
16 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
17 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
18 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
19 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
20 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
22 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
23 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
25 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
27 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
29 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
31 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
33 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
34 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
35 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
36 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
37 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
39 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
40 with intro; demoted server sections under that
41 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
42 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
44 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
45 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
46 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
47 a normal developer may have access.
49 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
51 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
53 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
54 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
55 step all over each other
57 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
59 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
61 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
62 address for PGP key updates
64 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
66 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
68 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
69 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
70 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
71 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
72 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
74 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
76 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
78 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
79 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
80 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
81 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
82 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
83 <keyring-maint> instead)
84 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
85 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
87 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
89 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
90 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
91 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
93 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
95 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
97 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
98 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
99 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
100 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
101 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
102 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
104 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
105 tighten up the language a bit
106 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
107 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
108 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
109 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
111 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
112 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
113 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
114 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
115 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
116 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
118 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
119 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
120 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
121 about how to depart Debian gracefully
122 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
123 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
124 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
125 number of available packages
126 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
127 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
129 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
131 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
133 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
136 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
138 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
140 * not officially released
141 * more spelling corrections
142 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
144 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
146 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
148 * not officially released
149 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
150 * some PGP-centricity removed
151 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
152 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
153 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
154 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
155 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
156 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
158 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
160 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
162 * not officially released
163 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
164 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
165 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
166 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
167 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
168 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
169 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
170 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
171 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
172 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
173 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
174 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
175 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
176 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
178 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
179 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
181 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
183 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
184 take a couple of weeks
185 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
186 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
187 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
188 excited about it and can't wait
189 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
190 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
192 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
193 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
195 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
196 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
197 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
199 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
201 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
203 * move to 3-level version number:
204 top-level version number probably won't change for a whil, it is the
205 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
206 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
207 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
208 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
211 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
212 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
213 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
215 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
217 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
218 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
219 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
220 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
221 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
222 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
224 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
226 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
227 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
228 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
229 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
230 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
231 - "The CVS server": new section added
232 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
234 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
235 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
236 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
237 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
238 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
240 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
241 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
242 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
243 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
244 a canonical location?)
245 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
246 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
247 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
248 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
250 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
252 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
253 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
254 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
255 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
257 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
259 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
261 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
262 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
263 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
264 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
265 them. (closes Bug#26948)
266 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
267 and should not be included in this Reference.
268 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
269 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
270 maintainer tools only!
271 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
272 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
273 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
274 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
275 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
276 * Little corrections here and there.
277 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
278 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
281 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
283 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
285 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
286 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
287 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
289 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
290 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
291 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
292 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
293 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
294 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
295 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
296 do prior to uploading
297 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
298 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
300 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
301 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
302 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
303 duties with respect to bugs
304 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
305 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
306 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
308 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
309 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
310 * grammar and markup changes throughout
311 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
312 explicit what is used to build this package
314 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
316 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
319 * version number and date are automatically populated now
320 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
321 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
322 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
323 * utilize the new URL tag
324 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
327 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
329 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
331 * non-maintainer release
332 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
333 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
334 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
335 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
336 text, it can't hurt you.)
337 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
338 reflect this packages version number
339 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
341 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
343 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
347 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
349 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
351 * New version numbering scheme:
353 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
354 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
355 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
358 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
359 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
360 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
361 differ between the manuals.
363 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
364 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
365 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
366 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
368 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
369 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
371 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
373 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
375 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
377 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
379 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
380 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
382 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
383 (as requested by James Troup)
385 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
387 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
389 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
391 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
393 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
395 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
397 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
399 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
400 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
401 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
402 the non-maintainer release
404 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
405 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
406 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
409 - Lots of typos fixed
411 * Compressed SGML source code
413 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
414 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
416 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
418 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
420 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
422 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
423 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
424 - Announcing package uploads
425 * New section about Debian Mentors
426 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
427 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
428 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
429 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
431 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
433 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
435 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
436 of our FTP server and the development process
437 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
438 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
439 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
441 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
442 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
443 debian-devel before they are uploaded
444 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
445 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
446 contacting the maintainer
447 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
448 a new manual released soon)
450 * Include SGML source in package
451 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
452 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
454 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
456 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
460 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
463 mode: debian-changelog