1 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
4 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
5 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
6 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
7 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
8 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
10 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
11 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
14 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 8 May 1999 21:23:03 -0400
16 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
18 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
20 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
21 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
22 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
23 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
24 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
26 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
27 with intro; demoted server sections under that
28 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
29 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
31 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
32 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
33 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
34 a normal developer may have access.
36 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
38 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
40 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
41 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
42 step all over each other
44 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
46 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
48 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
49 address for PGP key updates
51 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
53 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
55 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
56 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
57 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
58 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
59 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
61 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
63 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
65 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
66 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
67 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
68 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
69 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
70 <keyring-maint> instead)
71 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
72 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
74 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
76 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
77 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
78 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
80 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
82 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
84 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
85 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
86 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
87 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
88 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
89 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
91 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
92 tighten up the language a bit
93 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
94 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
95 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
96 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
98 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
99 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
100 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
101 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
102 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
103 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
105 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
106 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
107 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
108 about how to depart Debian gracefully
109 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
110 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
111 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
112 number of available packages
113 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
114 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
116 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
118 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
120 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
123 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
125 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
127 * not officially released
128 * more spelling corrections
129 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
131 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
133 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
135 * not officially released
136 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
137 * some PGP-centricity removed
138 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
139 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
140 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
141 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
142 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
143 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
145 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
147 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
149 * not officially released
150 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
151 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
152 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
153 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
154 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
155 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
156 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
157 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
158 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
159 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
160 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
161 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
162 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
163 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
165 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
166 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
168 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
170 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
171 take a couple of weeks
172 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
173 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
174 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
175 excited about it and can't wait
176 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
177 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
179 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
180 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
182 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
183 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
184 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
186 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
188 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
190 * move to 3-level version number:
191 top-level version number probably won't change for a whil, it is the
192 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
193 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
194 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
195 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
198 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
199 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
200 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
202 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
204 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
205 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
206 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
207 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
208 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
209 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
211 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
213 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
214 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
215 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
216 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
217 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
218 - "The CVS server": new section added
219 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
221 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
222 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
223 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
224 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
225 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
227 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
228 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
229 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
230 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
231 a canonical location?)
232 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
233 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
234 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
235 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
237 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
239 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
240 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
241 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
242 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
244 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
246 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
248 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
249 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
250 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
251 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
252 them. (closes Bug#26948)
253 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
254 and should not be included in this Reference.
255 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
256 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
257 maintainer tools only!
258 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
259 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
260 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
261 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
262 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
263 * Little corrections here and there.
264 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
265 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
268 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
270 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
272 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
273 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
274 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
276 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
277 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
278 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
279 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
280 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
281 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
282 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
283 do prior to uploading
284 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
285 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
287 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
288 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
289 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
290 duties with respect to bugs
291 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
292 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
293 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
295 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
296 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
297 * grammar and markup changes throughout
298 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
299 explicit what is used to build this package
301 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
303 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
306 * version number and date are automatically populated now
307 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
308 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
309 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
310 * utilize the new URL tag
311 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
314 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
316 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
318 * non-maintainer release
319 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
320 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
321 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
322 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
323 text, it can't hurt you.)
324 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
325 reflect this packages version number
326 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
328 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
330 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
334 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
336 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
338 * New version numbering scheme:
340 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
341 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
342 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
345 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
346 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
347 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
348 differ between the manuals.
350 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
351 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
352 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
353 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
355 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
356 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
358 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
360 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
362 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
364 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
366 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
367 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
369 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
370 (as requested by James Troup)
372 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
374 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
376 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
378 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
380 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
382 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
384 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
386 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
387 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
388 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
389 the non-maintainer release
391 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
392 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
393 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
396 - Lots of typos fixed
398 * Compressed SGML source code
400 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
401 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
403 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
405 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
407 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
409 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
410 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
411 - Announcing package uploads
412 * New section about Debian Mentors
413 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
414 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
415 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
416 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
418 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
420 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
422 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
423 of our FTP server and the development process
424 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
425 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
426 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
428 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
429 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
430 debian-devel before they are uploaded
431 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
432 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
433 contacting the maintainer
434 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
435 a new manual released soon)
437 * Include SGML source in package
438 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
439 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
441 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
443 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
447 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
450 mode: debian-changelog