1 developers-reference (2.6.9) unstable; urgency=low
3 * first thorough pass through the document; separated out
4 language-independant elements into common.ent
5 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
6 releases are available at archive.debian.org
10 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
12 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
13 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
15 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
17 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
19 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
20 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
21 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
22 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
23 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
24 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
25 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
27 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
29 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
31 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
32 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
33 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
34 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
35 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
36 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
38 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
39 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
41 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
43 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
45 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
47 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
49 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
50 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
51 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
52 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
53 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
55 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
56 with intro; demoted server sections under that
57 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
58 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
60 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
61 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
62 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
63 a normal developer may have access.
65 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
67 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
69 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
70 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
71 step all over each other
73 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
75 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
77 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
78 address for PGP key updates
80 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
82 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
84 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
85 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
86 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
87 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
88 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
90 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
92 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
94 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
95 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
96 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
97 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
98 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
99 <keyring-maint> instead)
100 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
101 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
103 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
105 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
106 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
107 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
109 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
111 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
113 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
114 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
115 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
116 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
117 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
118 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
120 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
121 tighten up the language a bit
122 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
123 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
124 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
125 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
127 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
128 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
129 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
130 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
131 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
132 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
134 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
135 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
136 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
137 about how to depart Debian gracefully
138 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
139 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
140 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
141 number of available packages
142 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
143 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
145 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
147 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
149 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
152 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
154 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
156 * not officially released
157 * more spelling corrections
158 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
160 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
162 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
164 * not officially released
165 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
166 * some PGP-centricity removed
167 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
168 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
169 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
170 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
171 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
172 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
174 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
176 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
178 * not officially released
179 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
180 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
181 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
182 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
183 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
184 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
185 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
186 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
187 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
188 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
189 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
190 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
191 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
192 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
194 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
195 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
197 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
199 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
200 take a couple of weeks
201 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
202 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
203 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
204 excited about it and can't wait
205 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
206 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
208 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
209 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
211 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
212 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
213 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
215 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
217 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
219 * move to 3-level version number:
220 top-level version number probably won't change for a whil, it is the
221 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
222 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
223 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
224 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
227 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
228 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
229 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
231 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
233 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
234 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
235 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
236 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
237 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
238 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
240 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
242 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
243 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
244 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
245 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
246 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
247 - "The CVS server": new section added
248 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
250 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
251 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
252 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
253 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
254 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
256 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
257 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
258 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
259 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
260 a canonical location?)
261 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
262 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
263 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
264 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
266 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
268 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
269 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
270 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
271 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
273 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
275 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
277 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
278 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
279 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
280 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
281 them. (closes Bug#26948)
282 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
283 and should not be included in this Reference.
284 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
285 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
286 maintainer tools only!
287 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
288 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
289 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
290 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
291 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
292 * Little corrections here and there.
293 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
294 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
297 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
299 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
301 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
302 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
303 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
305 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
306 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
307 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
308 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
309 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
310 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
311 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
312 do prior to uploading
313 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
314 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
316 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
317 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
318 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
319 duties with respect to bugs
320 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
321 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
322 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
324 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
325 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
326 * grammar and markup changes throughout
327 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
328 explicit what is used to build this package
330 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
332 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
335 * version number and date are automatically populated now
336 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
337 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
338 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
339 * utilize the new URL tag
340 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
343 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
345 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
347 * non-maintainer release
348 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
349 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
350 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
351 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
352 text, it can't hurt you.)
353 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
354 reflect this packages version number
355 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
357 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
359 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
363 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
365 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
367 * New version numbering scheme:
369 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
370 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
371 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
374 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
375 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
376 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
377 differ between the manuals.
379 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
380 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
381 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
382 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
384 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
385 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
387 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
389 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
391 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
393 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
395 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
396 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
398 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
399 (as requested by James Troup)
401 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
403 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
405 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
407 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
409 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
411 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
413 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
415 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
416 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
417 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
418 the non-maintainer release
420 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
421 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
422 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
425 - Lots of typos fixed
427 * Compressed SGML source code
429 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
430 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
432 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
434 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
436 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
438 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
439 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
440 - Announcing package uploads
441 * New section about Debian Mentors
442 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
443 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
444 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
445 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
447 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
449 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
451 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
452 of our FTP server and the development process
453 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
454 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
455 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
457 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
458 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
459 debian-devel before they are uploaded
460 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
461 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
462 contacting the maintainer
463 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
464 a new manual released soon)
466 * Include SGML source in package
467 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
468 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
470 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
472 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
476 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
479 mode: debian-changelog