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; closes: #135559
9 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
11 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
13 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
14 that would be welcome)
15 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
16 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
17 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
18 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
19 - other minor wording changes
20 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
22 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 22:38:09 -0700
24 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
26 * from Martin Michlmayr
27 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
28 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
29 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
31 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
33 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
35 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
37 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
38 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
39 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
42 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
44 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
47 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
49 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
52 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
54 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
55 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
56 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
57 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
58 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
59 talking about uploading to distributions
60 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
61 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
62 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
64 - French translation updated
66 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
67 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
68 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
70 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
72 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
75 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
76 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
79 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
81 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
84 * fix a typo in a link
85 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
86 update documentation accordingly
88 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
89 forwarding bugs upstream
91 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
92 entities which should be used
93 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
94 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
96 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
98 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
100 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
101 * French version: completely up-to-date now
102 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
103 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
105 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
108 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
110 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
112 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
114 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
115 this translation needs updating
116 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
117 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
118 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
120 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
121 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
122 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
124 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
125 included yet, however
127 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
129 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
131 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
133 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
134 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
136 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
138 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
140 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
142 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
143 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
144 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
146 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
148 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
150 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
153 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
154 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
155 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
156 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
157 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
158 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
159 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
160 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
161 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
162 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
163 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
164 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
166 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
167 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
168 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
169 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
170 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
172 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
174 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
175 * update copyright notice for 2001
176 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
177 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
178 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
180 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
182 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
184 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
186 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
188 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
190 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
192 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
194 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
195 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
197 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
198 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
199 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
200 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
201 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
202 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
203 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
204 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
205 could be used if necessary
206 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
207 mention the rsync dupload method
208 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
210 * other small corrections
211 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
212 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
213 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
214 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
216 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
218 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
219 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
221 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
223 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
225 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
226 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
227 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
228 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
230 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
231 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
232 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
233 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
234 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
236 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
238 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
239 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
240 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
241 team (closes: Bug#52906)
242 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
243 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
244 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
246 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
247 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
248 - added a section about the LDAP database
249 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
250 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
252 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
253 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
255 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
257 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
259 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
260 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
261 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
263 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
264 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
265 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
266 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
267 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
268 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
269 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
270 description from developers-reference.sgml
272 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
274 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
276 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
277 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
279 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
281 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
282 releases are available at archive.debian.org
283 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
284 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
285 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
286 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
287 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
288 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
289 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
290 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
292 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
293 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
294 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
295 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
297 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
298 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
299 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
300 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
301 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
302 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
303 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
304 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
305 suggestion from James Troup
306 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
307 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
308 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
309 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
312 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
314 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
316 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
317 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
319 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
321 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
323 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
324 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
325 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
326 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
327 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
328 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
329 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
331 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
333 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
335 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
336 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
337 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
338 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
339 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
340 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
342 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
343 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
345 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
347 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
349 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
351 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
353 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
354 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
355 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
356 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
357 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
359 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
360 with intro; demoted server sections under that
361 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
362 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
364 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
365 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
366 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
367 a normal developer may have access.
369 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
371 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
373 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
374 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
375 step all over each other
377 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
379 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
381 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
382 address for PGP key updates
384 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
386 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
388 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
389 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
390 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
391 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
392 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
394 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
396 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
398 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
399 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
400 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
401 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
402 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
403 <keyring-maint> instead)
404 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
405 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
407 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
409 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
410 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
411 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
413 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
415 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
417 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
418 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
419 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
420 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
421 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
422 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
424 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
425 tighten up the language a bit
426 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
427 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
428 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
429 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
431 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
432 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
433 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
434 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
435 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
436 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
438 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
439 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
440 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
441 about how to depart Debian gracefully
442 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
443 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
444 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
445 number of available packages
446 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
447 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
449 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
451 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
453 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
456 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
458 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
460 * not officially released
461 * more spelling corrections
462 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
464 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
466 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
468 * not officially released
469 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
470 * some PGP-centricity removed
471 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
472 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
473 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
474 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
475 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
476 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
478 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
480 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
482 * not officially released
483 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
484 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
485 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
486 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
487 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
488 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
489 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
490 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
491 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
492 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
493 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
494 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
495 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
496 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
498 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
499 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
501 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
503 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
504 take a couple of weeks
505 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
506 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
507 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
508 excited about it and can't wait
509 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
510 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
512 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
513 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
515 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
516 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
517 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
519 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
521 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
523 * move to 3-level version number:
524 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
525 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
526 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
527 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
528 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
531 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
532 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
533 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
535 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
537 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
538 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
539 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
540 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
541 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
542 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
544 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
546 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
547 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
548 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
549 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
550 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
551 - "The CVS server": new section added
552 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
554 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
555 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
556 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
557 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
558 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
560 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
561 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
562 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
563 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
564 a canonical location?)
565 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
566 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
567 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
568 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
570 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
572 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
573 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
574 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
575 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
577 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
579 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
581 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
582 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
583 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
584 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
585 them. (closes Bug#26948)
586 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
587 and should not be included in this Reference.
588 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
589 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
590 maintainer tools only!
591 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
592 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
593 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
594 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
595 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
596 * Little corrections here and there.
597 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
598 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
601 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
603 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
605 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
606 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
607 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
609 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
610 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
611 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
612 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
613 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
614 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
615 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
616 do prior to uploading
617 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
618 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
620 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
621 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
622 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
623 duties with respect to bugs
624 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
625 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
626 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
628 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
629 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
630 * grammar and markup changes throughout
631 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
632 explicit what is used to build this package
634 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
636 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
639 * version number and date are automatically populated now
640 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
641 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
642 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
643 * utilize the new URL tag
644 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
647 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
649 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
651 * non-maintainer release
652 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
653 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
654 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
655 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
656 text, it can't hurt you.)
657 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
658 reflect this packages version number
659 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
661 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
663 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
667 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
669 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
671 * New version numbering scheme:
673 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
674 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
675 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
678 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
679 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
680 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
681 differ between the manuals.
683 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
684 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
685 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
686 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
688 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
689 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
691 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
693 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
695 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
697 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
699 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
700 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
702 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
703 (as requested by James Troup)
705 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
707 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
709 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
711 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
713 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
715 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
717 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
719 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
720 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
721 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
722 the non-maintainer release
724 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
725 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
726 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
729 - Lots of typos fixed
731 * Compressed SGML source code
733 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
734 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
736 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
738 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
740 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
742 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
743 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
744 - Announcing package uploads
745 * New section about Debian Mentors
746 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
747 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
748 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
749 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
751 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
753 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
755 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
756 of our FTP server and the development process
757 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
758 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
759 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
761 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
762 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
763 debian-devel before they are uploaded
764 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
765 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
766 contacting the maintainer
767 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
768 a new manual released soon)
770 * Include SGML source in package
771 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
772 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
774 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
776 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
780 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200