1 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
3 * French version: updates
6 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 15 May 2001 10:59:19 -0400
8 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
10 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
11 * French version: completely up-to-date now
12 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
13 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
15 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
18 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
20 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
22 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
24 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
25 this translation needs updating
26 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
27 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
28 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
30 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
31 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
32 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
34 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
37 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
39 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
41 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
43 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
44 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
46 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
48 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
50 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
52 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
53 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
54 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
56 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
58 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
60 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
63 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
64 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
65 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
66 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
67 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
68 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
69 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
70 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
71 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
72 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
73 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
74 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
76 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
77 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
78 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
79 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
80 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
82 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
84 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
85 * update copyright notice for 2001
86 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
87 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
88 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
90 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
92 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
94 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
96 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
98 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
100 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
102 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
104 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
105 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
107 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
108 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
109 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
110 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
111 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
112 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
113 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
114 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
115 could be used if necessary
116 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
117 mention the rsync dupload method
118 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
120 * other small corrections
121 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
122 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
123 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
124 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
126 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
128 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
129 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
131 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
133 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
135 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
136 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
137 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
138 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
140 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
141 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
142 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
143 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
144 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
146 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
148 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
149 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
150 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
151 team (closes: Bug#52906)
152 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
153 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
154 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
156 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
157 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
158 - added a section about the LDAP database
159 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
160 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
162 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
163 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
165 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
167 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
169 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
170 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
171 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
173 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
174 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
175 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
176 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
177 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
178 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
179 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
180 description from developers-reference.sgml
182 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
184 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
186 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
187 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
189 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
191 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
192 releases are available at archive.debian.org
193 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
194 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
195 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
196 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
197 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
198 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
199 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
200 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
202 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
203 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
204 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
205 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
207 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
208 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
209 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
210 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
211 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
212 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
213 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
214 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
215 suggestion from James Troup
216 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
217 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
218 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
219 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
222 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
224 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
226 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
227 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
229 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
231 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
233 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
234 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
235 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
236 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
237 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
238 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
239 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
241 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
243 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
245 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
246 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
247 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
248 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
249 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
250 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
252 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
253 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
255 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
257 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
259 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
261 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
263 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
264 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
265 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
266 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
267 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
269 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
270 with intro; demoted server sections under that
271 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
272 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
274 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
275 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
276 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
277 a normal developer may have access.
279 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
281 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
283 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
284 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
285 step all over each other
287 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
289 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
291 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
292 address for PGP key updates
294 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
296 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
298 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
299 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
300 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
301 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
302 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
304 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
306 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
308 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
309 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
310 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
311 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
312 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
313 <keyring-maint> instead)
314 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
315 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
317 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
319 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
320 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
321 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
323 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
325 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
327 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
328 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
329 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
330 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
331 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
332 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
334 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
335 tighten up the language a bit
336 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
337 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
338 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
339 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
341 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
342 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
343 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
344 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
345 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
346 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
348 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
349 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
350 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
351 about how to depart Debian gracefully
352 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
353 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
354 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
355 number of available packages
356 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
357 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
359 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
361 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
363 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
366 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
368 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
370 * not officially released
371 * more spelling corrections
372 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
374 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
376 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
378 * not officially released
379 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
380 * some PGP-centricity removed
381 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
382 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
383 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
384 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
385 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
386 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
388 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
390 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
392 * not officially released
393 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
394 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
395 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
396 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
397 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
398 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
399 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
400 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
401 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
402 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
403 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
404 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
405 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
406 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
408 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
409 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
411 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
413 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
414 take a couple of weeks
415 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
416 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
417 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
418 excited about it and can't wait
419 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
420 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
422 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
423 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
425 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
426 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
427 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
429 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
431 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
433 * move to 3-level version number:
434 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
435 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
436 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
437 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
438 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
441 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
442 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
443 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
445 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
447 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
448 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
449 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
450 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
451 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
452 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
454 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
456 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
457 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
458 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
459 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
460 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
461 - "The CVS server": new section added
462 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
464 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
465 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
466 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
467 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
468 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
470 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
471 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
472 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
473 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
474 a canonical location?)
475 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
476 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
477 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
478 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
480 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
482 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
483 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
484 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
485 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
487 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
489 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
491 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
492 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
493 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
494 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
495 them. (closes Bug#26948)
496 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
497 and should not be included in this Reference.
498 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
499 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
500 maintainer tools only!
501 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
502 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
503 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
504 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
505 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
506 * Little corrections here and there.
507 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
508 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
511 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
513 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
515 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
516 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
517 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
519 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
520 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
521 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
522 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
523 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
524 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
525 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
526 do prior to uploading
527 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
528 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
530 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
531 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
532 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
533 duties with respect to bugs
534 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
535 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
536 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
538 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
539 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
540 * grammar and markup changes throughout
541 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
542 explicit what is used to build this package
544 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
546 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
549 * version number and date are automatically populated now
550 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
551 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
552 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
553 * utilize the new URL tag
554 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
557 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
559 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
561 * non-maintainer release
562 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
563 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
564 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
565 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
566 text, it can't hurt you.)
567 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
568 reflect this packages version number
569 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
571 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
573 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
577 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
579 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
581 * New version numbering scheme:
583 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
584 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
585 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
588 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
589 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
590 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
591 differ between the manuals.
593 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
594 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
595 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
596 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
598 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
599 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
601 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
603 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
605 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
607 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
609 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
610 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
612 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
613 (as requested by James Troup)
615 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
617 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
619 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
621 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
623 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
625 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
627 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
629 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
630 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
631 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
632 the non-maintainer release
634 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
635 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
636 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
639 - Lots of typos fixed
641 * Compressed SGML source code
643 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
644 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
646 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
648 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
650 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
652 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
653 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
654 - Announcing package uploads
655 * New section about Debian Mentors
656 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
657 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
658 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
659 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
661 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
663 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
665 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
666 of our FTP server and the development process
667 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
668 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
669 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
671 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
672 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
673 debian-devel before they are uploaded
674 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
675 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
676 contacting the maintainer
677 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
678 a new manual released soon)
680 * Include SGML source in package
681 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
682 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
684 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
686 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
690 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
693 mode: debian-changelog