1 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
4 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
5 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
6 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
7 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
8 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
10 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
11 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
13 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
15 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
17 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
19 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
21 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
22 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
23 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
24 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
25 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
27 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
28 with intro; demoted server sections under that
29 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
30 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
32 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
33 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
34 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
35 a normal developer may have access.
37 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
39 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
41 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
42 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
43 step all over each other
45 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
47 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
49 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
50 address for PGP key updates
52 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
54 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
56 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
57 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
58 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
59 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
60 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
62 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
64 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
66 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
67 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
68 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
69 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
70 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
71 <keyring-maint> instead)
72 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
73 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
75 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
77 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
78 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
79 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
81 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
83 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
85 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
86 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
87 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
88 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
89 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
90 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
92 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
93 tighten up the language a bit
94 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
95 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
96 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
97 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
99 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
100 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
101 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
102 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
103 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
104 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
106 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
107 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
108 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
109 about how to depart Debian gracefully
110 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
111 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
112 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
113 number of available packages
114 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
115 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
117 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
119 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
121 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
124 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
126 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
128 * not officially released
129 * more spelling corrections
130 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
132 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
134 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
136 * not officially released
137 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
138 * some PGP-centricity removed
139 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
140 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
141 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
142 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
143 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
144 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
146 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
148 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
150 * not officially released
151 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
152 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
153 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
154 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
155 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
156 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
157 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
158 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
159 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
160 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
161 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
162 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
163 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
164 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
166 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
167 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
169 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
171 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
172 take a couple of weeks
173 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
174 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
175 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
176 excited about it and can't wait
177 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
178 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
180 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
181 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
183 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
184 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
185 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
187 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
189 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
191 * move to 3-level version number:
192 top-level version number probably won't change for a whil, it is the
193 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
194 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
195 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
196 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
199 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
200 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
201 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
203 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
205 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
206 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
207 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
208 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
209 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
210 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
212 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
214 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
215 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
216 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
217 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
218 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
219 - "The CVS server": new section added
220 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
222 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
223 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
224 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
225 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
226 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
228 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
229 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
230 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
231 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
232 a canonical location?)
233 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
234 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
235 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
236 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
238 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
240 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
241 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
242 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
243 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
245 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
247 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
249 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
250 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
251 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
252 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
253 them. (closes Bug#26948)
254 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
255 and should not be included in this Reference.
256 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
257 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
258 maintainer tools only!
259 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
260 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
261 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
262 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
263 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
264 * Little corrections here and there.
265 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
266 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
269 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
271 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
273 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
274 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
275 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
277 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
278 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
279 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
280 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
281 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
282 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
283 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
284 do prior to uploading
285 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
286 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
288 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
289 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
290 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
291 duties with respect to bugs
292 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
293 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
294 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
296 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
297 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
298 * grammar and markup changes throughout
299 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
300 explicit what is used to build this package
302 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
304 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
307 * version number and date are automatically populated now
308 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
309 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
310 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
311 * utilize the new URL tag
312 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
315 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
317 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
319 * non-maintainer release
320 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
321 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
322 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
323 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
324 text, it can't hurt you.)
325 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
326 reflect this packages version number
327 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
329 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
331 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
335 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
337 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
339 * New version numbering scheme:
341 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
342 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
343 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
346 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
347 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
348 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
349 differ between the manuals.
351 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
352 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
353 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
354 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
356 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
357 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
359 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
361 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
363 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
365 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
367 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
368 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
370 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
371 (as requested by James Troup)
373 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
375 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
377 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
379 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
381 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
383 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
385 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
387 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
388 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
389 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
390 the non-maintainer release
392 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
393 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
394 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
397 - Lots of typos fixed
399 * Compressed SGML source code
401 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
402 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
404 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
406 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
408 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
410 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
411 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
412 - Announcing package uploads
413 * New section about Debian Mentors
414 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
415 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
416 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
417 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
419 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
421 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
423 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
424 of our FTP server and the development process
425 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
426 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
427 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
429 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
430 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
431 debian-devel before they are uploaded
432 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
433 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
434 contacting the maintainer
435 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
436 a new manual released soon)
438 * Include SGML source in package
439 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
440 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
442 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
444 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
448 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
451 mode: debian-changelog