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"
12 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
14 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
15 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
16 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
17 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
18 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
20 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
21 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
22 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
23 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
24 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
25 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
26 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
28 - Sec "Voting" stubbed in Developer Duties
29 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
31 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
32 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
33 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
34 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
35 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
36 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
37 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
38 - update copyright date
39 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
41 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 5 May 2002 17:57:42 -0400
43 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
46 - some grammar corrections
47 - update French translation
49 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
50 anymore; closes: #135559
51 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
53 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
55 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
56 that would be welcome)
57 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
58 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
59 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
60 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
61 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
62 - other minor wording changes
63 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
64 - Ch "Package uploads":
65 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
66 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
67 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
68 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
69 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
70 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
71 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
73 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
75 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
77 * from Martin Michlmayr
78 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
79 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
80 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
82 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
84 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
86 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
88 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
89 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
90 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
93 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
95 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
98 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
100 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
103 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
105 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
106 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
107 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
108 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
109 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
110 talking about uploading to distributions
111 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
112 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
113 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
115 - French translation updated
117 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
118 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
119 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
121 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
123 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
126 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
127 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
130 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
132 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
135 * fix a typo in a link
136 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
137 update documentation accordingly
139 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
140 forwarding bugs upstream
142 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
143 entities which should be used
144 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
145 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
147 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
149 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
151 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
152 * French version: completely up-to-date now
153 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
154 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
156 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
159 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
161 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
163 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
165 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
166 this translation needs updating
167 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
168 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
169 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
171 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
172 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
173 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
175 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
176 included yet, however
178 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
180 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
182 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
184 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
185 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
187 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
189 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
191 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
193 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
194 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
195 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
197 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
199 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
201 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
204 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
205 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
206 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
207 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
208 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
209 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
210 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
211 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
212 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
213 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
214 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
215 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
217 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
218 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
219 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
220 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
221 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
223 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
225 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
226 * update copyright notice for 2001
227 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
228 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
229 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
231 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
233 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
235 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
237 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
239 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
241 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
243 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
245 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
246 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
248 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
249 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
250 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
251 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
252 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
253 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
254 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
255 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
256 could be used if necessary
257 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
258 mention the rsync dupload method
259 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
261 * other small corrections
262 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
263 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
264 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
265 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
267 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
269 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
270 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
272 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
274 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
276 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
277 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
278 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
279 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
281 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
282 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
283 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
284 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
285 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
287 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
289 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
290 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
291 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
292 team (closes: Bug#52906)
293 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
294 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
295 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
297 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
298 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
299 - added a section about the LDAP database
300 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
301 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
303 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
304 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
306 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
308 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
310 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
311 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
312 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
314 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
315 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
316 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
317 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
318 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
319 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
320 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
321 description from developers-reference.sgml
323 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
325 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
327 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
328 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
330 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
332 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
333 releases are available at archive.debian.org
334 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
335 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
336 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
337 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
338 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
339 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
340 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
341 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
343 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
344 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
345 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
346 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
348 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
349 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
350 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
351 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
352 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
353 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
354 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
355 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
356 suggestion from James Troup
357 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
358 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
359 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
360 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
363 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
365 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
367 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
368 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
370 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
372 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
374 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
375 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
376 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
377 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
378 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
379 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
380 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
382 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
384 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
386 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
387 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
388 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
389 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
390 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
391 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
393 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
394 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
396 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
398 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
400 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
402 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
404 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
405 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
406 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
407 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
408 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
410 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
411 with intro; demoted server sections under that
412 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
413 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
415 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
416 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
417 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
418 a normal developer may have access.
420 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
422 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
424 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
425 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
426 step all over each other
428 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
430 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
432 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
433 address for PGP key updates
435 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
437 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
439 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
440 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
441 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
442 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
443 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
445 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
447 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
449 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
450 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
451 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
452 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
453 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
454 <keyring-maint> instead)
455 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
456 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
458 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
460 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
461 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
462 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
464 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
466 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
468 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
469 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
470 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
471 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
472 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
473 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
475 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
476 tighten up the language a bit
477 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
478 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
479 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
480 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
482 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
483 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
484 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
485 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
486 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
487 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
489 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
490 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
491 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
492 about how to depart Debian gracefully
493 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
494 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
495 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
496 number of available packages
497 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
498 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
500 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
502 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
504 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
507 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
509 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
511 * not officially released
512 * more spelling corrections
513 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
515 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
517 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
519 * not officially released
520 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
521 * some PGP-centricity removed
522 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
523 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
524 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
525 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
526 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
527 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
529 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
531 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
533 * not officially released
534 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
535 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
536 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
537 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
538 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
539 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
540 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
541 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
542 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
543 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
544 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
545 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
546 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
547 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
549 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
550 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
552 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
554 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
555 take a couple of weeks
556 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
557 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
558 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
559 excited about it and can't wait
560 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
561 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
563 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
564 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
566 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
567 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
568 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
570 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
572 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
574 * move to 3-level version number:
575 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
576 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
577 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
578 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
579 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
582 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
583 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
584 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
586 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
588 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
589 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
590 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
591 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
592 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
593 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
595 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
597 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
598 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
599 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
600 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
601 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
602 - "The CVS server": new section added
603 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
605 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
606 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
607 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
608 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
609 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
611 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
612 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
613 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
614 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
615 a canonical location?)
616 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
617 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
618 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
619 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
621 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
623 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
624 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
625 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
626 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
628 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
630 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
632 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
633 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
634 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
635 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
636 them. (closes Bug#26948)
637 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
638 and should not be included in this Reference.
639 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
640 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
641 maintainer tools only!
642 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
643 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
644 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
645 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
646 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
647 * Little corrections here and there.
648 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
649 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
652 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
654 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
656 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
657 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
658 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
660 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
661 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
662 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
663 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
664 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
665 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
666 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
667 do prior to uploading
668 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
669 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
671 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
672 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
673 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
674 duties with respect to bugs
675 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
676 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
677 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
679 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
680 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
681 * grammar and markup changes throughout
682 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
683 explicit what is used to build this package
685 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
687 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
690 * version number and date are automatically populated now
691 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
692 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
693 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
694 * utilize the new URL tag
695 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
698 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
700 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
702 * non-maintainer release
703 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
704 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
705 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
706 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
707 text, it can't hurt you.)
708 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
709 reflect this packages version number
710 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
712 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
714 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
718 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
720 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
722 * New version numbering scheme:
724 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
725 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
726 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
729 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
730 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
731 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
732 differ between the manuals.
734 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
735 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
736 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
737 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
739 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
740 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
742 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
744 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
746 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
748 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
750 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
751 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
753 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
754 (as requested by James Troup)
756 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
758 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
760 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
762 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
764 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
766 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
768 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
770 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
771 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
772 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
773 the non-maintainer release
775 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
776 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
777 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
780 - Lots of typos fixed
782 * Compressed SGML source code
784 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
785 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
787 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
789 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
791 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
793 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
794 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
795 - Announcing package uploads
796 * New section about Debian Mentors
797 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
798 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
799 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
800 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
802 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
804 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
806 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
807 of our FTP server and the development process
808 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
809 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
810 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
812 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
813 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
814 debian-devel before they are uploaded
815 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
816 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
817 contacting the maintainer
818 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
819 a new manual released soon)
821 * Include SGML source in package
822 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
823 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
825 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
827 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
831 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200