1 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
4 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
5 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
6 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
7 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
8 <keyring-maint> instead)
9 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
10 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
12 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
14 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
15 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
16 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
18 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
20 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
22 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
23 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
24 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
25 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
26 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
27 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
29 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
30 tighten up the language a bit
31 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
32 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
33 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
34 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
36 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
37 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
38 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
39 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
40 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
41 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
43 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
44 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
45 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
46 about how to depart Debian gracefully
47 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
48 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
49 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
50 number of available packages
51 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
52 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
54 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
56 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
58 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
61 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
63 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
65 * not officially released
66 * more spelling corrections
67 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
69 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
71 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
73 * not officially released
74 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
75 * some PGP-centricity removed
76 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
77 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
78 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
79 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
80 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
81 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
83 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
85 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
87 * not officially released
88 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
89 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
90 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
91 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
92 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
93 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
94 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
95 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
96 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
97 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
98 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
99 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
100 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
101 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
103 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
104 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
106 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
108 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
109 take a couple of weeks
110 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
111 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
112 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
113 excited about it and can't wait
114 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
115 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
117 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
118 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
120 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
121 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
122 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
124 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
126 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
128 * move to 3-level version number:
129 top-level version number probably won't change for a whil, it is the
130 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
131 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
132 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
133 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
136 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
137 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
138 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
140 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
142 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
143 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
144 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
145 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
146 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
147 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
149 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
151 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
152 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
153 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
154 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
155 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
156 - "The CVS server": new section added
157 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
159 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
160 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
161 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
162 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
163 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
165 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
166 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
167 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
168 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
169 a canonical location?)
170 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
171 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
172 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
173 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
175 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
177 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
178 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
179 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
180 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
182 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
184 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
186 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
187 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
188 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
189 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
190 them. (closes Bug#26948)
191 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
192 and should not be included in this Reference.
193 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
194 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
195 maintainer tools only!
196 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
197 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
198 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
199 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
200 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
201 * Little corrections here and there.
202 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
203 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
206 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
208 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
210 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
211 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
212 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
214 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
215 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
216 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
217 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
218 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
219 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
220 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
221 do prior to uploading
222 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
223 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
225 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
226 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
227 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
228 duties with respect to bugs
229 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
230 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
231 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
233 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
234 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
235 * grammar and markup changes throughout
236 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
237 explicit what is used to build this package
239 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
241 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
244 * version number and date are automatically populated now
245 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
246 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
247 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
248 * utilize the new URL tag
249 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
252 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
254 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
256 * non-maintainer release
257 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
258 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
259 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
260 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
261 text, it can't hurt you.)
262 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
263 reflect this packages version number
264 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
266 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
268 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
272 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
274 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
276 * New version numbering scheme:
278 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
279 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
280 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
283 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
284 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
285 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
286 differ between the manuals.
288 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
289 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
290 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
291 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
293 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
294 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
296 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
298 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
300 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
302 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
304 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
305 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
307 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
308 (as requested by James Troup)
310 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
312 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
314 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
316 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
318 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
320 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
322 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
324 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
325 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
326 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
327 the non-maintainer release
329 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
330 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
331 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
334 - Lots of typos fixed
336 * Compressed SGML source code
338 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
339 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
341 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
343 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
345 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
347 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
348 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
349 - Announcing package uploads
350 * New section about Debian Mentors
351 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
352 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
353 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
354 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
356 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
358 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
360 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
361 of our FTP server and the development process
362 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
363 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
364 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
366 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
367 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
368 debian-devel before they are uploaded
369 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
370 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
371 contacting the maintainer
372 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
373 a new manual released soon)
375 * Include SGML source in package
376 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
377 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
379 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
381 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
385 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
388 mode: debian-changelog