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