1 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
4 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
5 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSA keys rather than
7 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
9 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 11 Sep 1999 16:20:32 -0400
11 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
13 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
14 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
16 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
18 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
19 releases are available at archive.debian.org
20 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
21 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
22 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
23 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
24 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
25 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
26 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
27 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
29 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
30 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
31 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
32 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
34 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
35 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
36 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
37 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
38 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
39 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
40 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
41 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
42 suggestion from James Troup
43 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
44 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
45 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
46 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
49 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
51 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
53 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
54 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
56 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
58 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
60 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
61 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
62 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
63 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
64 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
65 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
66 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
68 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
70 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
72 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
73 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
74 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
75 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
76 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
77 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
79 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
80 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
82 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
84 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
86 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
88 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
90 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
91 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
92 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
93 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
94 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
96 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
97 with intro; demoted server sections under that
98 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
99 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
101 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
102 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
103 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
104 a normal developer may have access.
106 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
108 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
110 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
111 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
112 step all over each other
114 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
116 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
118 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
119 address for PGP key updates
121 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
123 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
125 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
126 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
127 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
128 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
129 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
131 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
133 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
135 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
136 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
137 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
138 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
139 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
140 <keyring-maint> instead)
141 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
142 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
144 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
146 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
147 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
148 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
150 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
152 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
154 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
155 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
156 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
157 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
158 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
159 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
161 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
162 tighten up the language a bit
163 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
164 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
165 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
166 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
168 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
169 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
170 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
171 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
172 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
173 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
175 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
176 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
177 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
178 about how to depart Debian gracefully
179 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
180 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
181 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
182 number of available packages
183 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
184 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
186 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
188 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
190 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
193 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
195 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
197 * not officially released
198 * more spelling corrections
199 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
201 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
203 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
205 * not officially released
206 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
207 * some PGP-centricity removed
208 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
209 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
210 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
211 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
212 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
213 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
215 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
217 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
219 * not officially released
220 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
221 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
222 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
223 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
224 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
225 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
226 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
227 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
228 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
229 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
230 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
231 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
232 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
233 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
235 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
236 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
238 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
240 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
241 take a couple of weeks
242 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
243 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
244 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
245 excited about it and can't wait
246 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
247 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
249 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
250 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
252 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
253 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
254 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
256 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
258 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
260 * move to 3-level version number:
261 top-level version number probably won't change for a whil, it is the
262 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
263 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
264 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
265 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
268 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
269 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
270 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
272 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
274 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
275 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
276 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
277 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
278 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
279 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
281 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
283 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
284 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
285 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
286 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
287 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
288 - "The CVS server": new section added
289 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
291 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
292 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
293 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
294 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
295 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
297 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
298 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
299 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
300 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
301 a canonical location?)
302 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
303 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
304 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
305 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
307 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
309 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
310 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
311 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
312 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
314 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
316 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
318 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
319 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
320 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
321 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
322 them. (closes Bug#26948)
323 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
324 and should not be included in this Reference.
325 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
326 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
327 maintainer tools only!
328 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
329 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
330 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
331 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
332 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
333 * Little corrections here and there.
334 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
335 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
338 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
340 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
342 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
343 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
344 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
346 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
347 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
348 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
349 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
350 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
351 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
352 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
353 do prior to uploading
354 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
355 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
357 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
358 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
359 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
360 duties with respect to bugs
361 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
362 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
363 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
365 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
366 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
367 * grammar and markup changes throughout
368 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
369 explicit what is used to build this package
371 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
373 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
376 * version number and date are automatically populated now
377 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
378 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
379 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
380 * utilize the new URL tag
381 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
384 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
386 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
388 * non-maintainer release
389 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
390 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
391 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
392 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
393 text, it can't hurt you.)
394 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
395 reflect this packages version number
396 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
398 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
400 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
404 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
406 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
408 * New version numbering scheme:
410 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
411 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
412 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
415 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
416 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
417 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
418 differ between the manuals.
420 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
421 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
422 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
423 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
425 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
426 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
428 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
430 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
432 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
434 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
436 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
437 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
439 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
440 (as requested by James Troup)
442 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
444 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
446 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
448 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
450 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
452 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
454 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
456 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
457 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
458 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
459 the non-maintainer release
461 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
462 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
463 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
466 - Lots of typos fixed
468 * Compressed SGML source code
470 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
471 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
473 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
475 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
477 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
479 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
480 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
481 - Announcing package uploads
482 * New section about Debian Mentors
483 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
484 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
485 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
486 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
488 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
490 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
492 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
493 of our FTP server and the development process
494 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
495 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
496 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
498 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
499 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
500 debian-devel before they are uploaded
501 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
502 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
503 contacting the maintainer
504 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
505 a new manual released soon)
507 * Include SGML source in package
508 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
509 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
511 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
513 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
517 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
520 mode: debian-changelog