1 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
3 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
4 address for PGP key updates
6 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
8 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
10 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
11 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
12 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
13 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
14 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
16 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
18 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
20 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
21 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
22 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
23 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
24 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
25 <keyring-maint> instead)
26 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
27 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
29 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
31 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
32 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
33 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
35 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
37 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
39 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
40 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
41 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
42 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
43 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
44 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
46 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
47 tighten up the language a bit
48 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
49 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
50 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
51 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
53 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
54 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
55 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
56 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
57 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
58 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
60 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
61 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
62 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
63 about how to depart Debian gracefully
64 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
65 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
66 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
67 number of available packages
68 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
69 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
71 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
73 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
75 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
78 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
80 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
82 * not officially released
83 * more spelling corrections
84 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
86 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
88 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
90 * not officially released
91 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
92 * some PGP-centricity removed
93 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
94 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
95 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
96 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
97 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
98 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
100 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
102 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
104 * not officially released
105 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
106 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
107 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
108 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
109 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
110 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
111 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
112 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
113 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
114 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
115 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
116 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
117 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
118 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
120 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
121 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
123 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
125 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
126 take a couple of weeks
127 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
128 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
129 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
130 excited about it and can't wait
131 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
132 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
134 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
135 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
137 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
138 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
139 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
141 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
143 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
145 * move to 3-level version number:
146 top-level version number probably won't change for a whil, it is the
147 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
148 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
149 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
150 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
153 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
154 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
155 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
157 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
159 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
160 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
161 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
162 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
163 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
164 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
166 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
168 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
169 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
170 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
171 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
172 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
173 - "The CVS server": new section added
174 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
176 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
177 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
178 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
179 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
180 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
182 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
183 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
184 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
185 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
186 a canonical location?)
187 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
188 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
189 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
190 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
192 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
194 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
195 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
196 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
197 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
199 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
201 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
203 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
204 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
205 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
206 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
207 them. (closes Bug#26948)
208 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
209 and should not be included in this Reference.
210 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
211 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
212 maintainer tools only!
213 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
214 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
215 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
216 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
217 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
218 * Little corrections here and there.
219 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
220 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
223 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
225 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
227 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
228 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
229 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
231 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
232 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
233 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
234 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
235 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
236 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
237 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
238 do prior to uploading
239 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
240 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
242 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
243 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
244 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
245 duties with respect to bugs
246 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
247 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
248 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
250 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
251 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
252 * grammar and markup changes throughout
253 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
254 explicit what is used to build this package
256 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
258 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
261 * version number and date are automatically populated now
262 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
263 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
264 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
265 * utilize the new URL tag
266 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
269 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
271 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
273 * non-maintainer release
274 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
275 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
276 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
277 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
278 text, it can't hurt you.)
279 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
280 reflect this packages version number
281 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
283 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
285 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
289 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
291 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
293 * New version numbering scheme:
295 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
296 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
297 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
300 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
301 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
302 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
303 differ between the manuals.
305 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
306 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
307 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
308 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
310 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
311 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
313 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
315 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
317 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
319 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
321 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
322 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
324 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
325 (as requested by James Troup)
327 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
329 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
331 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
333 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
335 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
337 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
339 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
341 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
342 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
343 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
344 the non-maintainer release
346 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
347 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
348 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
351 - Lots of typos fixed
353 * Compressed SGML source code
355 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
356 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
358 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
360 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
362 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
364 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
365 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
366 - Announcing package uploads
367 * New section about Debian Mentors
368 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
369 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
370 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
371 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
373 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
375 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
377 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
378 of our FTP server and the development process
379 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
380 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
381 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
383 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
384 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
385 debian-devel before they are uploaded
386 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
387 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
388 contacting the maintainer
389 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
390 a new manual released soon)
392 * Include SGML source in package
393 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
394 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
396 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
398 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
402 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
405 mode: debian-changelog