1 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
4 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
5 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
6 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
7 them. (closes Bug#26948)
8 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
9 and should not be included in this Reference.
10 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
11 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
12 maintainer tools only!
13 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
14 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
15 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
16 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
17 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
18 * Little corrections here and there.
19 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
20 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
23 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
25 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
27 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
28 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
29 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
31 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
32 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
33 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
34 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
35 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
36 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
37 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
39 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
40 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
42 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
43 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
44 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
45 duties with respect to bugs
46 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
47 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
48 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
50 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
51 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
52 * grammar and markup changes throughout
53 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
54 explicit what is used to build this package
56 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
58 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
61 * version number and date are automatically populated now
62 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
63 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
64 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
65 * utilize the new URL tag
66 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
69 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
71 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
73 * non-maintainer release
74 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
75 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
76 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
77 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
78 text, it can't hurt you.)
79 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
80 reflect this packages version number
81 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
83 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
85 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
89 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
91 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
93 * New version numbering scheme:
95 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
96 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
97 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
100 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
101 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
102 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
103 differ between the manuals.
105 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
106 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
107 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
108 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
110 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
111 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
113 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
115 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
117 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
119 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
121 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
122 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
124 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
125 (as requested by James Troup)
127 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
129 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
131 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
133 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
135 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
137 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
139 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
141 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
142 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
143 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
144 the non-maintainer release
146 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
147 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
148 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
151 - Lots of typos fixed
153 * Compressed SGML source code
155 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
156 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
158 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
160 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
162 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
164 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
165 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
166 - Announcing package uploads
167 * New section about Debian Mentors
168 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
169 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
170 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
171 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
173 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
175 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
177 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
178 of our FTP server and the development process
179 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
180 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
181 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
183 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
184 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
185 debian-devel before they are uploaded
186 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
187 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
188 contacting the maintainer
189 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
190 a new manual released soon)
192 * Include SGML source in package
193 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
194 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
196 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
198 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
202 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
205 mode: debian-changelog