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" section which helps delineate what should
9 and should not be included in this Reference.
10 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
11 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
12 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
13 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
14 * Little corrections here and there.
16 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Sun, 27 Sep 1998 22:37:39 -0400
18 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
20 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
21 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
22 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
24 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
25 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
26 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
27 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
28 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
29 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
30 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
32 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
33 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
35 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
36 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
37 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
38 duties with respect to bugs
39 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
40 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
41 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
43 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
44 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
45 * grammar and markup changes throughout
46 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
47 explicit what is used to build this package
49 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
51 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
54 * version number and date are automatically populated now
55 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
56 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
57 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
58 * utilize the new URL tag
59 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
62 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
64 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
66 * non-maintainer release
67 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
68 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
69 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
70 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
71 text, it can't hurt you.)
72 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
73 reflect this packages version number
74 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
76 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
78 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
82 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
84 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
86 * New version numbering scheme:
88 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
89 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
90 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
93 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
94 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
95 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
96 differ between the manuals.
98 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
99 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
100 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
101 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
103 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
104 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
106 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
108 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
110 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
112 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
114 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
115 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
117 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
118 (as requested by James Troup)
120 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
122 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
124 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
126 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
128 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
130 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
132 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
134 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
135 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
136 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
137 the non-maintainer release
139 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
140 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
141 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
144 - Lots of typos fixed
146 * Compressed SGML source code
148 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
149 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
151 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
153 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
155 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
157 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
158 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
159 - Announcing package uploads
160 * New section about Debian Mentors
161 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
162 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
163 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
164 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
166 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
168 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
170 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
171 of our FTP server and the development process
172 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
173 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
174 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
176 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
177 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
178 debian-devel before they are uploaded
179 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
180 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
181 contacting the maintainer
182 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
183 a new manual released soon)
185 * Include SGML source in package
186 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
187 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
189 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
191 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
195 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
198 mode: debian-changelog