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 - update copyright date
40 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
42 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example.
44 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
45 recompile"; closes: #102626
46 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
48 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 5 May 2002 17:57:42 -0400
50 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
53 - some grammar corrections
54 - update French translation
56 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
57 anymore; closes: #135559
58 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
60 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
62 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
63 that would be welcome)
64 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
65 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
66 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
67 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
68 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
69 - other minor wording changes
70 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
71 - Ch "Package uploads":
72 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
73 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
74 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
75 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
76 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
77 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
78 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
80 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
82 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
84 * from Martin Michlmayr
85 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
86 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
87 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
89 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
91 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
93 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
95 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
96 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
97 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
100 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
102 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
105 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
107 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
110 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
112 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
113 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
114 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
115 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
116 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
117 talking about uploading to distributions
118 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
119 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
120 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
122 - French translation updated
124 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
125 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
126 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
128 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
130 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
133 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
134 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
137 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
139 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
142 * fix a typo in a link
143 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
144 update documentation accordingly
146 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
147 forwarding bugs upstream
149 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
150 entities which should be used
151 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
152 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
154 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
156 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
158 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
159 * French version: completely up-to-date now
160 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
161 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
163 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
166 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
168 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
170 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
172 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
173 this translation needs updating
174 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
175 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
176 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
178 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
179 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
180 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
182 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
183 included yet, however
185 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
187 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
189 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
191 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
192 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
194 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
196 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
198 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
200 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
201 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
202 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
204 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
206 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
208 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
211 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
212 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
213 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
214 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
215 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
216 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
217 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
218 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
219 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
220 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
221 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
222 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
224 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
225 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
226 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
227 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
228 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
230 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
232 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
233 * update copyright notice for 2001
234 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
235 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
236 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
238 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
240 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
242 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
244 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
246 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
248 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
250 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
252 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
253 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
255 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
256 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
257 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
258 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
259 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
260 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
261 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
262 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
263 could be used if necessary
264 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
265 mention the rsync dupload method
266 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
268 * other small corrections
269 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
270 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
271 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
272 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
274 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
276 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
277 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
279 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
281 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
283 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
284 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
285 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
286 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
288 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
289 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
290 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
291 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
292 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
294 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
296 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
297 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
298 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
299 team (closes: Bug#52906)
300 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
301 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
302 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
304 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
305 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
306 - added a section about the LDAP database
307 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
308 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
310 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
311 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
313 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
315 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
317 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
318 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
319 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
321 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
322 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
323 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
324 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
325 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
326 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
327 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
328 description from developers-reference.sgml
330 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
332 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
334 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
335 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
337 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
339 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
340 releases are available at archive.debian.org
341 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
342 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
343 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
344 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
345 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
346 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
347 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
348 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
350 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
351 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
352 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
353 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
355 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
356 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
357 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
358 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
359 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
360 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
361 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
362 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
363 suggestion from James Troup
364 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
365 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
366 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
367 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
370 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
372 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
374 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
375 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
377 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
379 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
381 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
382 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
383 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
384 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
385 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
386 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
387 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
389 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
391 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
393 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
394 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
395 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
396 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
397 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
398 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
400 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
401 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
403 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
405 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
407 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
409 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
411 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
412 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
413 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
414 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
415 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
417 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
418 with intro; demoted server sections under that
419 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
420 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
422 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
423 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
424 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
425 a normal developer may have access.
427 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
429 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
431 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
432 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
433 step all over each other
435 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
437 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
439 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
440 address for PGP key updates
442 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
444 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
446 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
447 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
448 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
449 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
450 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
452 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
454 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
456 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
457 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
458 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
459 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
460 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
461 <keyring-maint> instead)
462 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
463 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
465 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
467 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
468 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
469 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
471 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
473 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
475 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
476 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
477 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
478 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
479 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
480 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
482 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
483 tighten up the language a bit
484 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
485 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
486 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
487 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
489 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
490 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
491 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
492 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
493 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
494 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
496 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
497 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
498 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
499 about how to depart Debian gracefully
500 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
501 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
502 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
503 number of available packages
504 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
505 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
507 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
509 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
511 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
514 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
516 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
518 * not officially released
519 * more spelling corrections
520 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
522 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
524 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
526 * not officially released
527 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
528 * some PGP-centricity removed
529 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
530 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
531 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
532 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
533 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
534 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
536 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
538 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
540 * not officially released
541 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
542 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
543 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
544 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
545 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
546 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
547 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
548 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
549 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
550 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
551 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
552 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
553 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
554 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
556 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
557 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
559 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
561 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
562 take a couple of weeks
563 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
564 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
565 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
566 excited about it and can't wait
567 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
568 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
570 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
571 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
573 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
574 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
575 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
577 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
579 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
581 * move to 3-level version number:
582 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
583 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
584 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
585 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
586 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
589 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
590 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
591 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
593 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
595 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
596 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
597 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
598 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
599 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
600 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
602 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
604 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
605 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
606 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
607 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
608 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
609 - "The CVS server": new section added
610 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
612 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
613 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
614 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
615 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
616 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
618 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
619 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
620 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
621 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
622 a canonical location?)
623 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
624 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
625 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
626 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
628 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
630 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
631 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
632 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
633 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
635 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
637 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
639 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
640 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
641 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
642 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
643 them. (closes Bug#26948)
644 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
645 and should not be included in this Reference.
646 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
647 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
648 maintainer tools only!
649 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
650 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
651 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
652 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
653 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
654 * Little corrections here and there.
655 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
656 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
659 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
661 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
663 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
664 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
665 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
667 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
668 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
669 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
670 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
671 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
672 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
673 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
674 do prior to uploading
675 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
676 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
678 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
679 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
680 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
681 duties with respect to bugs
682 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
683 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
684 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
686 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
687 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
688 * grammar and markup changes throughout
689 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
690 explicit what is used to build this package
692 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
694 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
697 * version number and date are automatically populated now
698 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
699 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
700 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
701 * utilize the new URL tag
702 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
705 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
707 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
709 * non-maintainer release
710 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
711 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
712 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
713 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
714 text, it can't hurt you.)
715 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
716 reflect this packages version number
717 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
719 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
721 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
725 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
727 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
729 * New version numbering scheme:
731 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
732 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
733 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
736 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
737 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
738 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
739 differ between the manuals.
741 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
742 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
743 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
744 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
746 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
747 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
749 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
751 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
753 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
755 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
757 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
758 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
760 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
761 (as requested by James Troup)
763 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
765 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
767 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
769 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
771 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
773 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
775 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
777 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
778 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
779 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
780 the non-maintainer release
782 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
783 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
784 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
787 - Lots of typos fixed
789 * Compressed SGML source code
791 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
792 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
794 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
796 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
798 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
800 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
801 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
802 - Announcing package uploads
803 * New section about Debian Mentors
804 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
805 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
806 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
807 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
809 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
811 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
813 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
814 of our FTP server and the development process
815 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
816 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
817 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
819 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
820 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
821 debian-devel before they are uploaded
822 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
823 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
824 contacting the maintainer
825 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
826 a new manual released soon)
828 * Include SGML source in package
829 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
830 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
832 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
834 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
838 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200