1 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
3 * French version: updates
5 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
6 update documentation accordingly
9 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 12:54:30 -0400
11 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
13 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
14 * French version: completely up-to-date now
15 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
16 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
18 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
21 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
23 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
25 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
27 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
28 this translation needs updating
29 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
30 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
31 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
33 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
34 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
35 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
37 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
40 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
42 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
44 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
46 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
47 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
49 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
51 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
53 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
55 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
56 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
57 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
59 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
61 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
63 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
66 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
67 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
68 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
69 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
70 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
71 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
72 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
73 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
74 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
75 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
76 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
77 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
79 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
80 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
81 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
82 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
83 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
85 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
87 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
88 * update copyright notice for 2001
89 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
90 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
91 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
93 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
95 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
97 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
99 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
101 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
103 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
105 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
107 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
108 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
110 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
111 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
112 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
113 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
114 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
115 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
116 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
117 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
118 could be used if necessary
119 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
120 mention the rsync dupload method
121 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
123 * other small corrections
124 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
125 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
126 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
127 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
129 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
131 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
132 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
134 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
136 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
138 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
139 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
140 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
141 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
143 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
144 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
145 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
146 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
147 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
149 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
151 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
152 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
153 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
154 team (closes: Bug#52906)
155 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
156 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
157 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
159 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
160 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
161 - added a section about the LDAP database
162 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
163 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
165 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
166 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
168 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
170 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
172 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
173 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
174 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
176 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
177 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
178 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
179 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
180 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
181 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
182 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
183 description from developers-reference.sgml
185 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
187 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
189 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
190 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
192 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
194 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
195 releases are available at archive.debian.org
196 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
197 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
198 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
199 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
200 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
201 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
202 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
203 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
205 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
206 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
207 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
208 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
210 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
211 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
212 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
213 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
214 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
215 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
216 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
217 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
218 suggestion from James Troup
219 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
220 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
221 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
222 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
225 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
227 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
229 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
230 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
232 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
234 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
236 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
237 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
238 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
239 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
240 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
241 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
242 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
244 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
246 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
248 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
249 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
250 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
251 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
252 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
253 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
255 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
256 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
258 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
260 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
262 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
264 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
266 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
267 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
268 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
269 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
270 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
272 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
273 with intro; demoted server sections under that
274 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
275 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
277 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
278 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
279 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
280 a normal developer may have access.
282 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
284 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
286 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
287 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
288 step all over each other
290 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
292 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
294 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
295 address for PGP key updates
297 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
299 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
301 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
302 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
303 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
304 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
305 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
307 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
309 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
311 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
312 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
313 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
314 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
315 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
316 <keyring-maint> instead)
317 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
318 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
320 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
322 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
323 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
324 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
326 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
328 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
330 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
331 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
332 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
333 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
334 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
335 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
337 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
338 tighten up the language a bit
339 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
340 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
341 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
342 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
344 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
345 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
346 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
347 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
348 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
349 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
351 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
352 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
353 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
354 about how to depart Debian gracefully
355 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
356 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
357 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
358 number of available packages
359 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
360 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
362 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
364 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
366 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
369 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
371 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
373 * not officially released
374 * more spelling corrections
375 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
377 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
379 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
381 * not officially released
382 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
383 * some PGP-centricity removed
384 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
385 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
386 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
387 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
388 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
389 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
391 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
393 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
395 * not officially released
396 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
397 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
398 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
399 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
400 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
401 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
402 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
403 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
404 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
405 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
406 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
407 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
408 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
409 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
411 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
412 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
414 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
416 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
417 take a couple of weeks
418 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
419 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
420 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
421 excited about it and can't wait
422 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
423 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
425 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
426 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
428 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
429 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
430 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
432 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
434 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
436 * move to 3-level version number:
437 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
438 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
439 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
440 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
441 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
444 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
445 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
446 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
448 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
450 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
451 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
452 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
453 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
454 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
455 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
457 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
459 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
460 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
461 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
462 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
463 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
464 - "The CVS server": new section added
465 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
467 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
468 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
469 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
470 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
471 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
473 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
474 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
475 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
476 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
477 a canonical location?)
478 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
479 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
480 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
481 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
483 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
485 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
486 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
487 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
488 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
490 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
492 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
494 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
495 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
496 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
497 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
498 them. (closes Bug#26948)
499 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
500 and should not be included in this Reference.
501 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
502 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
503 maintainer tools only!
504 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
505 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
506 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
507 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
508 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
509 * Little corrections here and there.
510 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
511 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
514 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
516 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
518 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
519 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
520 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
522 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
523 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
524 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
525 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
526 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
527 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
528 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
529 do prior to uploading
530 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
531 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
533 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
534 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
535 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
536 duties with respect to bugs
537 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
538 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
539 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
541 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
542 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
543 * grammar and markup changes throughout
544 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
545 explicit what is used to build this package
547 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
549 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
552 * version number and date are automatically populated now
553 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
554 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
555 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
556 * utilize the new URL tag
557 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
560 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
562 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
564 * non-maintainer release
565 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
566 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
567 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
568 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
569 text, it can't hurt you.)
570 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
571 reflect this packages version number
572 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
574 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
576 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
580 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
582 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
584 * New version numbering scheme:
586 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
587 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
588 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
591 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
592 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
593 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
594 differ between the manuals.
596 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
597 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
598 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
599 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
601 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
602 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
604 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
606 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
608 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
610 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
612 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
613 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
615 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
616 (as requested by James Troup)
618 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
620 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
622 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
624 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
626 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
628 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
630 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
632 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
633 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
634 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
635 the non-maintainer release
637 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
638 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
639 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
642 - Lots of typos fixed
644 * Compressed SGML source code
646 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
647 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
649 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
651 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
653 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
655 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
656 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
657 - Announcing package uploads
658 * New section about Debian Mentors
659 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
660 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
661 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
662 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
664 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
666 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
668 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
669 of our FTP server and the development process
670 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
671 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
672 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
674 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
675 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
676 debian-devel before they are uploaded
677 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
678 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
679 contacting the maintainer
680 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
681 a new manual released soon)
683 * Include SGML source in package
684 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
685 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
687 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
689 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
693 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
696 mode: debian-changelog