1 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
4 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
5 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
7 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
8 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
9 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
10 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
11 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
12 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
13 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
14 description from developers-reference.sgml
16 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
18 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
20 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
21 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
23 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
25 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
26 releases are available at archive.debian.org
27 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
28 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
29 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
30 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
31 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
32 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
33 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
34 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
36 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
37 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
38 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
39 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
41 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
42 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
43 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
44 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
45 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
46 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
47 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
48 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
49 suggestion from James Troup
50 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
51 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
52 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
53 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
56 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
58 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
60 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
61 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
63 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
65 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
67 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
68 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
69 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
70 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
71 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
72 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
73 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
75 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
77 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
79 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
80 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
81 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
82 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
83 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
84 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
86 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
87 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
89 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
91 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
93 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
95 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
97 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
98 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
99 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
100 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
101 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
103 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
104 with intro; demoted server sections under that
105 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
106 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
108 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
109 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
110 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
111 a normal developer may have access.
113 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
115 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
117 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
118 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
119 step all over each other
121 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
123 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
125 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
126 address for PGP key updates
128 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
130 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
132 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
133 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
134 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
135 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
136 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
138 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
140 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
142 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
143 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
144 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
145 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
146 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
147 <keyring-maint> instead)
148 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
149 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
151 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
153 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
154 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
155 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
157 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
159 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
161 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
162 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
163 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
164 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
165 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
166 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
168 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
169 tighten up the language a bit
170 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
171 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
172 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
173 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
175 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
176 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
177 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
178 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
179 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
180 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
182 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
183 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
184 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
185 about how to depart Debian gracefully
186 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
187 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
188 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
189 number of available packages
190 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
191 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
193 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
195 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
197 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
200 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
202 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
204 * not officially released
205 * more spelling corrections
206 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
208 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
210 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
212 * not officially released
213 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
214 * some PGP-centricity removed
215 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
216 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
217 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
218 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
219 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
220 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
222 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
224 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
226 * not officially released
227 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
228 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
229 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
230 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
231 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
232 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
233 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
234 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
235 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
236 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
237 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
238 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
239 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
240 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
242 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
243 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
245 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
247 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
248 take a couple of weeks
249 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
250 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
251 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
252 excited about it and can't wait
253 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
254 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
256 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
257 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
259 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
260 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
261 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
263 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
265 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
267 * move to 3-level version number:
268 top-level version number probably won't change for a whil, it is the
269 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
270 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
271 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
272 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
275 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
276 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
277 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
279 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
281 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
282 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
283 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
284 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
285 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
286 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
288 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
290 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
291 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
292 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
293 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
294 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
295 - "The CVS server": new section added
296 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
298 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
299 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
300 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
301 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
302 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
304 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
305 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
306 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
307 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
308 a canonical location?)
309 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
310 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
311 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
312 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
314 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
316 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
317 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
318 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
319 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
321 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
323 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
325 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
326 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
327 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
328 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
329 them. (closes Bug#26948)
330 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
331 and should not be included in this Reference.
332 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
333 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
334 maintainer tools only!
335 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
336 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
337 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
338 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
339 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
340 * Little corrections here and there.
341 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
342 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
345 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
347 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
349 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
350 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
351 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
353 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
354 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
355 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
356 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
357 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
358 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
359 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
360 do prior to uploading
361 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
362 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
364 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
365 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
366 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
367 duties with respect to bugs
368 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
369 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
370 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
372 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
373 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
374 * grammar and markup changes throughout
375 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
376 explicit what is used to build this package
378 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
380 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
383 * version number and date are automatically populated now
384 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
385 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
386 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
387 * utilize the new URL tag
388 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
391 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
393 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
395 * non-maintainer release
396 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
397 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
398 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
399 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
400 text, it can't hurt you.)
401 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
402 reflect this packages version number
403 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
405 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
407 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
411 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
413 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
415 * New version numbering scheme:
417 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
418 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
419 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
422 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
423 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
424 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
425 differ between the manuals.
427 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
428 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
429 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
430 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
432 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
433 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
435 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
437 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
439 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
441 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
443 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
444 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
446 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
447 (as requested by James Troup)
449 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
451 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
453 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
455 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
457 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
459 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
461 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
463 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
464 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
465 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
466 the non-maintainer release
468 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
469 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
470 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
473 - Lots of typos fixed
475 * Compressed SGML source code
477 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
478 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
480 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
482 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
484 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
486 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
487 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
488 - Announcing package uploads
489 * New section about Debian Mentors
490 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
491 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
492 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
493 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
495 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
497 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
499 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
500 of our FTP server and the development process
501 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
502 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
503 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
505 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
506 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
507 debian-devel before they are uploaded
508 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
509 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
510 contacting the maintainer
511 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
512 a new manual released soon)
514 * Include SGML source in package
515 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
516 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
518 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
520 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
524 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
527 mode: debian-changelog