1 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
4 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
5 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
7 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
9 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
10 Ch "The Debian Archive"
11 New Sec "Documentation" stubbed out
13 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
15 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
16 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
17 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
18 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
19 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
21 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
22 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
23 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
24 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
25 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
26 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
27 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
29 - Sec "Voting" stubbed in Developer Duties
30 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
32 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
33 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
34 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
35 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
36 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
37 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
38 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
39 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
40 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
41 work-around with <...>
42 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
43 - update copyright date
44 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
45 - spell check and grammar corrections
49 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example.
51 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
52 recompile"; closes: #102626
53 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
54 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
55 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
56 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
57 - indicat that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
59 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
60 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
61 - Explain to reassign/close bugs of removed packages. closes: #130255
62 - Updates the note about software subject to US patents. closes: #142798
63 - New Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
64 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
65 - New Section "Package's information" under Resources
66 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
67 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility.
68 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
69 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
70 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
71 also speak of the DELAYED directory. closes: #135562, #136774
72 - Various spelling fixes.
73 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
75 - Update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
77 - Updated the list of available architectures.
78 - Commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
79 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
80 of the package and nothing more.
81 - Added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
82 any pain to the ftpmasters.
83 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
84 the use of the delayed queue.
85 - New Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
86 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
88 - Stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance".
89 - Stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System".
90 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
91 Francesco Paolo Lovergine. Heavily updated by myself.
92 - New Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
93 Francesco Paolo Lovergine. Slightly updated by myself.
94 - Completed Sec "Bug housekeeping". closes: #39519
95 - Completed Sec "Voting"
96 - Completed Sec "Documentation"
97 - Added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter.
98 - Added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
99 "Being kind to porter" too.
100 - Extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan".
101 - Completed Sec "Helper scripts".
102 - Completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
103 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
104 "The wise use of debconf". All those are quite simplistic, they
108 - update French translation
110 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 8 May 2002 13:07:11 -0700
112 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
115 - some grammar corrections
116 - update French translation
118 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
119 anymore; closes: #135559
120 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
122 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
124 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
125 that would be welcome)
126 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
127 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
128 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
129 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
130 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
131 - other minor wording changes
132 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
133 - Ch "Package uploads":
134 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
135 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
136 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
137 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
138 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
139 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
140 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
142 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
144 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
146 * from Martin Michlmayr
147 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
148 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
149 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
151 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
153 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
155 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
157 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
158 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
159 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
162 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
164 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
167 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
169 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
172 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
174 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
175 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
176 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
177 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
178 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
179 talking about uploading to distributions
180 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
181 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
182 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
184 - French translation updated
186 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
187 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
188 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
190 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
192 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
195 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
196 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
199 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
201 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
204 * fix a typo in a link
205 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
206 update documentation accordingly
208 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
209 forwarding bugs upstream
211 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
212 entities which should be used
213 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
214 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
216 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
218 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
220 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
221 * French version: completely up-to-date now
222 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
223 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
225 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
228 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
230 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
232 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
234 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
235 this translation needs updating
236 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
237 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
238 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
240 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
241 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
242 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
244 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
245 included yet, however
247 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
249 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
251 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
253 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
254 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
256 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
258 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
260 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
262 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
263 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
264 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
266 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
268 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
270 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
273 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
274 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
275 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
276 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
277 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
278 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
279 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
280 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
281 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
282 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
283 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
284 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
286 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
287 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
288 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
289 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
290 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
292 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
294 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
295 * update copyright notice for 2001
296 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
297 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
298 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
300 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
302 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
304 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
306 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
308 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
310 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
312 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
314 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
315 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
317 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
318 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
319 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
320 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
321 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
322 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
323 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
324 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
325 could be used if necessary
326 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
327 mention the rsync dupload method
328 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
330 * other small corrections
331 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
332 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
333 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
334 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
336 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
338 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
339 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
341 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
343 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
345 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
346 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
347 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
348 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
350 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
351 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
352 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
353 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
354 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
356 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
358 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
359 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
360 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
361 team (closes: Bug#52906)
362 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
363 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
364 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
366 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
367 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
368 - added a section about the LDAP database
369 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
370 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
372 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
373 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
375 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
377 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
379 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
380 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
381 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
383 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
384 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
385 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
386 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
387 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
388 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
389 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
390 description from developers-reference.sgml
392 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
394 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
396 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
397 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
399 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
401 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
402 releases are available at archive.debian.org
403 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
404 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
405 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
406 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
407 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
408 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
409 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
410 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
412 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
413 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
414 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
415 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
417 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
418 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
419 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
420 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
421 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
422 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
423 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
424 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
425 suggestion from James Troup
426 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
427 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
428 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
429 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
432 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
434 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
436 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
437 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
439 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
441 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
443 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
444 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
445 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
446 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
447 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
448 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
449 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
451 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
453 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
455 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
456 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
457 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
458 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
459 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
460 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
462 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
463 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
465 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
467 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
469 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
471 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
473 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
474 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
475 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
476 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
477 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
479 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
480 with intro; demoted server sections under that
481 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
482 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
484 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
485 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
486 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
487 a normal developer may have access.
489 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
491 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
493 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
494 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
495 step all over each other
497 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
499 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
501 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
502 address for PGP key updates
504 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
506 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
508 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
509 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
510 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
511 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
512 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
514 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
516 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
518 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
519 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
520 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
521 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
522 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
523 <keyring-maint> instead)
524 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
525 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
527 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
529 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
530 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
531 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
533 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
535 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
537 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
538 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
539 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
540 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
541 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
542 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
544 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
545 tighten up the language a bit
546 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
547 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
548 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
549 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
551 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
552 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
553 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
554 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
555 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
556 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
558 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
559 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
560 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
561 about how to depart Debian gracefully
562 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
563 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
564 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
565 number of available packages
566 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
567 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
569 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
571 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
573 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
576 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
578 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
580 * not officially released
581 * more spelling corrections
582 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
584 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
586 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
588 * not officially released
589 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
590 * some PGP-centricity removed
591 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
592 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
593 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
594 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
595 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
596 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
598 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
600 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
602 * not officially released
603 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
604 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
605 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
606 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
607 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
608 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
609 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
610 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
611 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
612 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
613 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
614 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
615 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
616 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
618 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
619 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
621 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
623 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
624 take a couple of weeks
625 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
626 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
627 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
628 excited about it and can't wait
629 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
630 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
632 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
633 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
635 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
636 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
637 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
639 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
641 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
643 * move to 3-level version number:
644 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
645 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
646 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
647 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
648 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
651 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
652 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
653 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
655 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
657 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
658 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
659 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
660 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
661 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
662 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
664 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
666 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
667 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
668 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
669 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
670 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
671 - "The CVS server": new section added
672 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
674 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
675 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
676 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
677 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
678 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
680 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
681 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
682 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
683 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
684 a canonical location?)
685 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
686 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
687 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
688 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
690 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
692 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
693 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
694 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
695 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
697 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
699 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
701 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
702 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
703 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
704 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
705 them. (closes Bug#26948)
706 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
707 and should not be included in this Reference.
708 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
709 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
710 maintainer tools only!
711 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
712 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
713 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
714 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
715 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
716 * Little corrections here and there.
717 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
718 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
721 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
723 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
725 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
726 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
727 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
729 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
730 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
731 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
732 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
733 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
734 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
735 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
736 do prior to uploading
737 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
738 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
740 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
741 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
742 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
743 duties with respect to bugs
744 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
745 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
746 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
748 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
749 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
750 * grammar and markup changes throughout
751 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
752 explicit what is used to build this package
754 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
756 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
759 * version number and date are automatically populated now
760 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
761 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
762 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
763 * utilize the new URL tag
764 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
767 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
769 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
771 * non-maintainer release
772 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
773 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
774 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
775 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
776 text, it can't hurt you.)
777 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
778 reflect this packages version number
779 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
781 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
783 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
787 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
789 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
791 * New version numbering scheme:
793 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
794 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
795 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
798 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
799 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
800 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
801 differ between the manuals.
803 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
804 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
805 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
806 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
808 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
809 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
811 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
813 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
815 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
817 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
819 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
820 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
822 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
823 (as requested by James Troup)
825 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
827 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
829 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
831 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
833 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
835 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
837 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
839 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
840 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
841 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
842 the non-maintainer release
844 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
845 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
846 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
849 - Lots of typos fixed
851 * Compressed SGML source code
853 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
854 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
856 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
858 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
860 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
862 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
863 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
864 - Announcing package uploads
865 * New section about Debian Mentors
866 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
867 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
868 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
869 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
871 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
873 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
875 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
876 of our FTP server and the development process
877 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
878 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
879 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
881 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
882 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
883 debian-devel before they are uploaded
884 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
885 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
886 contacting the maintainer
887 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
888 a new manual released soon)
890 * Include SGML source in package
891 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
892 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
894 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
896 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
900 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200