1 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
4 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
5 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
7 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
9 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
10 Ch "The Debian Archive"
11 New Sec "Documentation" stubbed out
13 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
15 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
16 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
17 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
18 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
19 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
21 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
22 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
23 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
24 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
25 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
26 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
27 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
29 - Sec "Voting" stubbed in Developer Duties
30 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
32 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
33 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
34 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
35 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
36 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
37 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
38 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
39 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
40 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
41 work-around with <...>
42 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
43 - update copyright date
44 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
45 - spell check and grammar corrections
49 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example.
51 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
52 recompile"; closes: #102626
53 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
54 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
55 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
56 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
57 - indicat that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
59 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
60 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
61 - Explain to reassign/close bugs of removed packages. closes: #130255
62 - Updates the note about software subject to US patents. closes: #142798
63 - New Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
64 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
65 - New Section "Package's information" under Resources
66 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
67 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility.
68 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
69 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
70 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
71 also speak of the DELAYED directory. closes: #135562, #136774
72 - Various spelling fixes.
73 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
75 - Update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
77 - Updated the list of available architectures.
78 - Commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
79 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
80 of the package and nothing more.
81 - Added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
82 any pain to the ftpmasters.
83 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
84 the use of the delayed queue.
85 - New Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
86 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
88 - Stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance".
89 - Stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System".
90 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
91 Francesco Paolo Lovergine. Heavily updated by myself.
92 - New Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
93 Francesco Paolo Lovergine. Slightly updated by myself.
96 - update French translation
98 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 8 May 2002 13:07:11 -0700
100 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
103 - some grammar corrections
104 - update French translation
106 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
107 anymore; closes: #135559
108 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
110 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
112 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
113 that would be welcome)
114 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
115 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
116 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
117 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
118 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
119 - other minor wording changes
120 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
121 - Ch "Package uploads":
122 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
123 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
124 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
125 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
126 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
127 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
128 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
130 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
132 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
134 * from Martin Michlmayr
135 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
136 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
137 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
139 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
141 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
143 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
145 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
146 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
147 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
150 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
152 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
155 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
157 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
160 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
162 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
163 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
164 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
165 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
166 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
167 talking about uploading to distributions
168 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
169 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
170 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
172 - French translation updated
174 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
175 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
176 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
178 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
180 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
183 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
184 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
187 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
189 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
192 * fix a typo in a link
193 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
194 update documentation accordingly
196 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
197 forwarding bugs upstream
199 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
200 entities which should be used
201 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
202 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
204 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
206 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
208 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
209 * French version: completely up-to-date now
210 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
211 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
213 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
216 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
218 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
220 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
222 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
223 this translation needs updating
224 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
225 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
226 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
228 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
229 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
230 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
232 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
233 included yet, however
235 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
237 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
239 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
241 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
242 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
244 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
246 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
248 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
250 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
251 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
252 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
254 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
256 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
258 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
261 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
262 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
263 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
264 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
265 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
266 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
267 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
268 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
269 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
270 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
271 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
272 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
274 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
275 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
276 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
277 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
278 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
280 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
282 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
283 * update copyright notice for 2001
284 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
285 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
286 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
288 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
290 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
292 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
294 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
296 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
298 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
300 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
302 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
303 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
305 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
306 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
307 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
308 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
309 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
310 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
311 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
312 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
313 could be used if necessary
314 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
315 mention the rsync dupload method
316 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
318 * other small corrections
319 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
320 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
321 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
322 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
324 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
326 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
327 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
329 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
331 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
333 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
334 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
335 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
336 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
338 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
339 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
340 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
341 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
342 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
344 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
346 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
347 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
348 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
349 team (closes: Bug#52906)
350 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
351 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
352 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
354 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
355 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
356 - added a section about the LDAP database
357 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
358 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
360 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
361 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
363 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
365 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
367 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
368 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
369 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
371 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
372 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
373 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
374 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
375 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
376 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
377 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
378 description from developers-reference.sgml
380 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
382 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
384 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
385 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
387 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
389 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
390 releases are available at archive.debian.org
391 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
392 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
393 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
394 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
395 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
396 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
397 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
398 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
400 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
401 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
402 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
403 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
405 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
406 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
407 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
408 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
409 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
410 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
411 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
412 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
413 suggestion from James Troup
414 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
415 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
416 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
417 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
420 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
422 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
424 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
425 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
427 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
429 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
431 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
432 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
433 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
434 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
435 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
436 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
437 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
439 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
441 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
443 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
444 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
445 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
446 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
447 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
448 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
450 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
451 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
453 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
455 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
457 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
459 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
461 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
462 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
463 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
464 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
465 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
467 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
468 with intro; demoted server sections under that
469 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
470 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
472 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
473 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
474 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
475 a normal developer may have access.
477 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
479 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
481 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
482 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
483 step all over each other
485 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
487 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
489 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
490 address for PGP key updates
492 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
494 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
496 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
497 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
498 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
499 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
500 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
502 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
504 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
506 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
507 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
508 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
509 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
510 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
511 <keyring-maint> instead)
512 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
513 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
515 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
517 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
518 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
519 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
521 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
523 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
525 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
526 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
527 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
528 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
529 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
530 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
532 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
533 tighten up the language a bit
534 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
535 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
536 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
537 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
539 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
540 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
541 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
542 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
543 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
544 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
546 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
547 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
548 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
549 about how to depart Debian gracefully
550 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
551 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
552 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
553 number of available packages
554 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
555 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
557 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
559 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
561 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
564 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
566 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
568 * not officially released
569 * more spelling corrections
570 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
572 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
574 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
576 * not officially released
577 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
578 * some PGP-centricity removed
579 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
580 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
581 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
582 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
583 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
584 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
586 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
588 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
590 * not officially released
591 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
592 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
593 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
594 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
595 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
596 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
597 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
598 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
599 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
600 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
601 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
602 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
603 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
604 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
606 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
607 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
609 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
611 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
612 take a couple of weeks
613 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
614 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
615 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
616 excited about it and can't wait
617 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
618 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
620 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
621 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
623 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
624 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
625 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
627 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
629 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
631 * move to 3-level version number:
632 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
633 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
634 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
635 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
636 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
639 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
640 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
641 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
643 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
645 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
646 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
647 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
648 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
649 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
650 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
652 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
654 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
655 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
656 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
657 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
658 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
659 - "The CVS server": new section added
660 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
662 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
663 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
664 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
665 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
666 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
668 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
669 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
670 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
671 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
672 a canonical location?)
673 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
674 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
675 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
676 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
678 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
680 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
681 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
682 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
683 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
685 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
687 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
689 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
690 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
691 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
692 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
693 them. (closes Bug#26948)
694 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
695 and should not be included in this Reference.
696 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
697 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
698 maintainer tools only!
699 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
700 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
701 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
702 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
703 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
704 * Little corrections here and there.
705 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
706 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
709 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
711 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
713 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
714 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
715 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
717 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
718 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
719 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
720 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
721 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
722 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
723 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
724 do prior to uploading
725 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
726 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
728 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
729 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
730 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
731 duties with respect to bugs
732 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
733 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
734 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
736 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
737 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
738 * grammar and markup changes throughout
739 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
740 explicit what is used to build this package
742 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
744 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
747 * version number and date are automatically populated now
748 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
749 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
750 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
751 * utilize the new URL tag
752 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
755 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
757 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
759 * non-maintainer release
760 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
761 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
762 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
763 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
764 text, it can't hurt you.)
765 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
766 reflect this packages version number
767 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
769 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
771 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
775 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
777 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
779 * New version numbering scheme:
781 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
782 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
783 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
786 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
787 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
788 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
789 differ between the manuals.
791 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
792 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
793 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
794 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
796 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
797 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
799 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
801 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
803 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
805 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
807 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
808 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
810 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
811 (as requested by James Troup)
813 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
815 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
817 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
819 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
821 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
823 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
825 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
827 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
828 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
829 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
830 the non-maintainer release
832 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
833 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
834 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
837 - Lots of typos fixed
839 * Compressed SGML source code
841 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
842 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
844 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
846 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
848 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
850 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
851 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
852 - Announcing package uploads
853 * New section about Debian Mentors
854 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
855 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
856 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
857 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
859 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
861 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
863 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
864 of our FTP server and the development process
865 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
866 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
867 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
869 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
870 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
871 debian-devel before they are uploaded
872 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
873 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
874 contacting the maintainer
875 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
876 a new manual released soon)
878 * Include SGML source in package
879 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
880 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
882 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
884 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
888 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200