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 - update copyright date
40 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
45 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example.
47 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
48 recompile"; closes: #102626
49 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
50 - Added best packaging practices chapter.
51 - Added "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
52 chapter. Closes: #53109, #129848
55 - update French translation
57 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 6 May 2002 19:52:15 -0700
59 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
62 - some grammar corrections
63 - update French translation
65 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
66 anymore; closes: #135559
67 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
69 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
71 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
72 that would be welcome)
73 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
74 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
75 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
76 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
77 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
78 - other minor wording changes
79 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
80 - Ch "Package uploads":
81 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
82 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
83 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
84 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
85 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
86 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
87 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
89 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
91 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
93 * from Martin Michlmayr
94 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
95 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
96 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
98 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
100 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
102 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
104 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
105 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
106 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
109 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
111 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
114 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
116 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
119 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
121 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
122 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
123 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
124 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
125 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
126 talking about uploading to distributions
127 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
128 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
129 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
131 - French translation updated
133 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
134 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
135 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
137 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
139 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
142 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
143 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
146 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
148 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
151 * fix a typo in a link
152 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
153 update documentation accordingly
155 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
156 forwarding bugs upstream
158 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
159 entities which should be used
160 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
161 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
163 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
165 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
167 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
168 * French version: completely up-to-date now
169 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
170 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
172 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
175 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
177 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
179 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
181 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
182 this translation needs updating
183 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
184 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
185 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
187 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
188 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
189 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
191 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
192 included yet, however
194 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
196 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
198 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
200 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
201 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
203 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
205 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
207 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
209 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
210 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
211 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
213 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
215 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
217 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
220 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
221 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
222 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
223 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
224 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
225 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
226 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
227 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
228 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
229 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
230 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
231 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
233 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
234 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
235 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
236 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
237 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
239 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
241 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
242 * update copyright notice for 2001
243 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
244 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
245 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
247 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
249 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
251 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
253 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
255 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
257 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
259 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
261 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
262 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
264 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
265 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
266 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
267 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
268 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
269 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
270 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
271 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
272 could be used if necessary
273 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
274 mention the rsync dupload method
275 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
277 * other small corrections
278 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
279 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
280 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
281 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
283 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
285 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
286 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
288 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
290 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
292 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
293 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
294 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
295 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
297 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
298 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
299 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
300 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
301 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
303 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
305 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
306 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
307 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
308 team (closes: Bug#52906)
309 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
310 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
311 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
313 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
314 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
315 - added a section about the LDAP database
316 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
317 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
319 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
320 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
322 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
324 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
326 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
327 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
328 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
330 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
331 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
332 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
333 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
334 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
335 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
336 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
337 description from developers-reference.sgml
339 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
341 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
343 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
344 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
346 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
348 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
349 releases are available at archive.debian.org
350 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
351 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
352 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
353 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
354 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
355 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
356 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
357 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
359 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
360 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
361 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
362 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
364 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
365 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
366 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
367 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
368 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
369 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
370 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
371 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
372 suggestion from James Troup
373 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
374 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
375 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
376 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
379 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
381 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
383 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
384 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
386 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
388 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
390 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
391 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
392 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
393 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
394 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
395 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
396 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
398 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
400 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
402 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
403 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
404 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
405 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
406 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
407 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
409 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
410 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
412 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
414 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
416 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
418 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
420 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
421 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
422 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
423 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
424 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
426 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
427 with intro; demoted server sections under that
428 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
429 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
431 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
432 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
433 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
434 a normal developer may have access.
436 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
438 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
440 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
441 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
442 step all over each other
444 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
446 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
448 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
449 address for PGP key updates
451 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
453 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
455 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
456 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
457 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
458 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
459 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
461 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
463 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
465 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
466 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
467 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
468 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
469 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
470 <keyring-maint> instead)
471 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
472 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
474 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
476 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
477 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
478 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
480 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
482 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
484 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
485 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
486 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
487 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
488 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
489 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
491 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
492 tighten up the language a bit
493 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
494 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
495 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
496 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
498 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
499 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
500 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
501 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
502 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
503 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
505 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
506 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
507 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
508 about how to depart Debian gracefully
509 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
510 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
511 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
512 number of available packages
513 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
514 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
516 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
518 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
520 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
523 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
525 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
527 * not officially released
528 * more spelling corrections
529 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
531 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
533 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
535 * not officially released
536 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
537 * some PGP-centricity removed
538 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
539 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
540 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
541 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
542 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
543 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
545 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
547 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
549 * not officially released
550 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
551 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
552 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
553 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
554 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
555 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
556 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
557 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
558 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
559 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
560 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
561 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
562 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
563 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
565 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
566 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
568 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
570 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
571 take a couple of weeks
572 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
573 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
574 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
575 excited about it and can't wait
576 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
577 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
579 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
580 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
582 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
583 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
584 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
586 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
588 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
590 * move to 3-level version number:
591 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
592 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
593 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
594 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
595 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
598 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
599 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
600 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
602 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
604 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
605 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
606 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
607 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
608 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
609 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
611 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
613 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
614 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
615 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
616 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
617 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
618 - "The CVS server": new section added
619 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
621 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
622 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
623 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
624 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
625 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
627 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
628 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
629 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
630 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
631 a canonical location?)
632 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
633 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
634 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
635 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
637 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
639 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
640 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
641 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
642 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
644 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
646 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
648 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
649 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
650 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
651 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
652 them. (closes Bug#26948)
653 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
654 and should not be included in this Reference.
655 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
656 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
657 maintainer tools only!
658 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
659 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
660 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
661 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
662 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
663 * Little corrections here and there.
664 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
665 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
668 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
670 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
672 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
673 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
674 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
676 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
677 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
678 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
679 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
680 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
681 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
682 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
683 do prior to uploading
684 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
685 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
687 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
688 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
689 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
690 duties with respect to bugs
691 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
692 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
693 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
695 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
696 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
697 * grammar and markup changes throughout
698 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
699 explicit what is used to build this package
701 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
703 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
706 * version number and date are automatically populated now
707 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
708 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
709 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
710 * utilize the new URL tag
711 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
714 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
716 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
718 * non-maintainer release
719 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
720 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
721 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
722 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
723 text, it can't hurt you.)
724 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
725 reflect this packages version number
726 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
728 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
730 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
734 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
736 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
738 * New version numbering scheme:
740 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
741 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
742 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
745 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
746 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
747 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
748 differ between the manuals.
750 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
751 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
752 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
753 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
755 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
756 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
758 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
760 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
762 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
764 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
766 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
767 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
769 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
770 (as requested by James Troup)
772 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
774 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
776 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
778 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
780 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
782 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
784 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
786 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
787 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
788 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
789 the non-maintainer release
791 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
792 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
793 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
796 - Lots of typos fixed
798 * Compressed SGML source code
800 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
801 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
803 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
805 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
807 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
809 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
810 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
811 - Announcing package uploads
812 * New section about Debian Mentors
813 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
814 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
815 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
816 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
818 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
820 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
822 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
823 of our FTP server and the development process
824 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
825 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
826 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
828 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
829 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
830 debian-devel before they are uploaded
831 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
832 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
833 contacting the maintainer
834 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
835 a new manual released soon)
837 * Include SGML source in package
838 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
839 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
841 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
843 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
847 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200