1 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
4 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
5 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
7 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
9 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
10 Ch "The Debian Archive"
11 New Sec "Documentation" stubbed out
13 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
15 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
16 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
17 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
18 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
19 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
21 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
22 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
23 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
24 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
25 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
26 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
27 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
29 - Sec "Voting" stubbed in Developer Duties
30 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
32 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
33 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
34 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
35 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
36 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
37 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
38 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
39 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
40 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
41 work-around with <...>
42 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
43 - update copyright date
44 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
45 - spell check and grammar corrections
49 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example.
51 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
52 recompile"; closes: #102626
53 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
54 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
55 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
56 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
57 - indicat that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
59 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
60 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
61 - Explain to reassign/close bugs of removed packages. closes: #130255
62 - Updates the note about software subject to US patents. closes: #142798
63 - New Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
64 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
65 - New Section "Package's information" under Resources
66 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
67 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility.
68 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
69 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
70 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
71 also speak of the DELAYED directory. closes: #135562, #136774
72 - Various spelling fixes.
73 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
75 - Update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
77 - Updated the list of available architectures.
78 - Commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
79 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
80 of the package and nothing more.
81 - Added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
82 any pain to the ftpmasters.
83 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
84 the use of the delayed queue.
85 - New Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
86 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
88 - Stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance".
89 - Stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System".
90 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
91 Francesco Paolo Lovergine. Heavily updated by myself.
92 - New Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
93 Francesco Paolo Lovergine. Slightly updated by myself.
94 - Completed Sec "Bug housekeeping". closes: #39519
97 - update French translation
99 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 8 May 2002 13:07:11 -0700
101 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
104 - some grammar corrections
105 - update French translation
107 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
108 anymore; closes: #135559
109 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
111 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
113 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
114 that would be welcome)
115 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
116 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
117 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
118 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
119 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
120 - other minor wording changes
121 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
122 - Ch "Package uploads":
123 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
124 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
125 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
126 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
127 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
128 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
129 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
131 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
133 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
135 * from Martin Michlmayr
136 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
137 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
138 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
140 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
142 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
144 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
146 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
147 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
148 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
151 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
153 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
156 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
158 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
161 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
163 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
164 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
165 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
166 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
167 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
168 talking about uploading to distributions
169 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
170 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
171 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
173 - French translation updated
175 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
176 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
177 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
179 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
181 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
184 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
185 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
188 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
190 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
193 * fix a typo in a link
194 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
195 update documentation accordingly
197 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
198 forwarding bugs upstream
200 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
201 entities which should be used
202 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
203 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
205 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
207 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
209 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
210 * French version: completely up-to-date now
211 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
212 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
214 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
217 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
219 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
221 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
223 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
224 this translation needs updating
225 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
226 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
227 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
229 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
230 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
231 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
233 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
234 included yet, however
236 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
238 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
240 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
242 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
243 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
245 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
247 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
249 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
251 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
252 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
253 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
255 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
257 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
259 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
262 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
263 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
264 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
265 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
266 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
267 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
268 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
269 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
270 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
271 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
272 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
273 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
275 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
276 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
277 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
278 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
279 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
281 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
283 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
284 * update copyright notice for 2001
285 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
286 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
287 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
289 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
291 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
293 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
295 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
297 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
299 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
301 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
303 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
304 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
306 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
307 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
308 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
309 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
310 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
311 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
312 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
313 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
314 could be used if necessary
315 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
316 mention the rsync dupload method
317 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
319 * other small corrections
320 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
321 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
322 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
323 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
325 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
327 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
328 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
330 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
332 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
334 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
335 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
336 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
337 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
339 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
340 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
341 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
342 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
343 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
345 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
347 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
348 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
349 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
350 team (closes: Bug#52906)
351 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
352 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
353 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
355 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
356 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
357 - added a section about the LDAP database
358 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
359 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
361 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
362 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
364 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
366 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
368 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
369 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
370 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
372 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
373 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
374 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
375 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
376 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
377 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
378 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
379 description from developers-reference.sgml
381 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
383 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
385 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
386 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
388 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
390 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
391 releases are available at archive.debian.org
392 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
393 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
394 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
395 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
396 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
397 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
398 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
399 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
401 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
402 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
403 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
404 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
406 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
407 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
408 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
409 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
410 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
411 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
412 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
413 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
414 suggestion from James Troup
415 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
416 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
417 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
418 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
421 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
423 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
425 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
426 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
428 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
430 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
432 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
433 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
434 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
435 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
436 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
437 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
438 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
440 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
442 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
444 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
445 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
446 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
447 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
448 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
449 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
451 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
452 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
454 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
456 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
458 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
460 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
462 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
463 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
464 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
465 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
466 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
468 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
469 with intro; demoted server sections under that
470 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
471 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
473 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
474 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
475 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
476 a normal developer may have access.
478 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
480 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
482 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
483 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
484 step all over each other
486 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
488 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
490 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
491 address for PGP key updates
493 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
495 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
497 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
498 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
499 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
500 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
501 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
503 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
505 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
507 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
508 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
509 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
510 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
511 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
512 <keyring-maint> instead)
513 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
514 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
516 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
518 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
519 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
520 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
522 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
524 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
526 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
527 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
528 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
529 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
530 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
531 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
533 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
534 tighten up the language a bit
535 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
536 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
537 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
538 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
540 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
541 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
542 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
543 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
544 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
545 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
547 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
548 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
549 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
550 about how to depart Debian gracefully
551 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
552 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
553 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
554 number of available packages
555 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
556 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
558 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
560 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
562 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
565 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
567 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
569 * not officially released
570 * more spelling corrections
571 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
573 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
575 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
577 * not officially released
578 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
579 * some PGP-centricity removed
580 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
581 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
582 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
583 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
584 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
585 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
587 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
589 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
591 * not officially released
592 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
593 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
594 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
595 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
596 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
597 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
598 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
599 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
600 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
601 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
602 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
603 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
604 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
605 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
607 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
608 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
610 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
612 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
613 take a couple of weeks
614 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
615 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
616 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
617 excited about it and can't wait
618 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
619 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
621 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
622 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
624 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
625 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
626 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
628 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
630 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
632 * move to 3-level version number:
633 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
634 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
635 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
636 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
637 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
640 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
641 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
642 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
644 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
646 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
647 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
648 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
649 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
650 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
651 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
653 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
655 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
656 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
657 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
658 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
659 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
660 - "The CVS server": new section added
661 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
663 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
664 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
665 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
666 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
667 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
669 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
670 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
671 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
672 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
673 a canonical location?)
674 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
675 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
676 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
677 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
679 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
681 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
682 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
683 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
684 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
686 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
688 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
690 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
691 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
692 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
693 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
694 them. (closes Bug#26948)
695 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
696 and should not be included in this Reference.
697 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
698 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
699 maintainer tools only!
700 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
701 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
702 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
703 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
704 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
705 * Little corrections here and there.
706 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
707 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
710 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
712 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
714 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
715 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
716 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
718 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
719 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
720 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
721 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
722 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
723 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
724 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
725 do prior to uploading
726 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
727 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
729 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
730 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
731 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
732 duties with respect to bugs
733 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
734 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
735 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
737 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
738 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
739 * grammar and markup changes throughout
740 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
741 explicit what is used to build this package
743 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
745 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
748 * version number and date are automatically populated now
749 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
750 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
751 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
752 * utilize the new URL tag
753 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
756 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
758 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
760 * non-maintainer release
761 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
762 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
763 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
764 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
765 text, it can't hurt you.)
766 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
767 reflect this packages version number
768 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
770 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
772 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
776 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
778 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
780 * New version numbering scheme:
782 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
783 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
784 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
787 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
788 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
789 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
790 differ between the manuals.
792 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
793 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
794 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
795 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
797 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
798 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
800 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
802 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
804 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
806 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
808 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
809 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
811 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
812 (as requested by James Troup)
814 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
816 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
818 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
820 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
822 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
824 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
826 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
828 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
829 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
830 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
831 the non-maintainer release
833 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
834 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
835 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
838 - Lots of typos fixed
840 * Compressed SGML source code
842 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
843 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
845 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
847 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
849 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
851 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
852 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
853 - Announcing package uploads
854 * New section about Debian Mentors
855 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
856 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
857 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
858 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
860 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
862 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
864 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
865 of our FTP server and the development process
866 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
867 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
868 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
870 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
871 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
872 debian-devel before they are uploaded
873 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
874 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
875 contacting the maintainer
876 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
877 a new manual released soon)
879 * Include SGML source in package
880 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
881 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
883 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
885 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
889 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200