1 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
4 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
5 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
7 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
9 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
10 Ch "The Debian Archive"
11 New Sec "Documentation" stubbed out
13 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
15 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
16 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
17 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
18 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
19 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
21 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
22 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
23 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
24 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
25 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
26 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
27 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
29 - Sec "Voting" stubbed in Developer Duties
30 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
32 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
33 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
34 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
35 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
36 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
37 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
38 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
39 - update copyright date
40 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
42 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 5 May 2002 17:57:42 -0400
44 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
47 - some grammar corrections
48 - update French translation
50 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
51 anymore; closes: #135559
52 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
54 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
56 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
57 that would be welcome)
58 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
59 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
60 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
61 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
62 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
63 - other minor wording changes
64 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
65 - Ch "Package uploads":
66 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
67 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
68 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
69 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
70 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
71 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
72 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
74 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
76 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
78 * from Martin Michlmayr
79 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
80 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
81 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
83 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
85 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
87 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
89 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
90 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
91 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
94 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
96 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
99 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
101 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
104 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
106 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
107 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
108 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
109 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
110 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
111 talking about uploading to distributions
112 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
113 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
114 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
116 - French translation updated
118 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
119 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
120 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
122 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
124 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
127 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
128 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
131 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
133 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
136 * fix a typo in a link
137 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
138 update documentation accordingly
140 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
141 forwarding bugs upstream
143 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
144 entities which should be used
145 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
146 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
148 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
150 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
152 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
153 * French version: completely up-to-date now
154 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
155 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
157 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
160 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
162 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
164 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
166 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
167 this translation needs updating
168 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
169 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
170 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
172 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
173 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
174 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
176 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
177 included yet, however
179 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
181 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
183 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
185 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
186 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
188 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
190 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
192 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
194 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
195 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
196 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
198 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
200 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
202 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
205 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
206 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
207 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
208 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
209 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
210 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
211 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
212 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
213 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
214 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
215 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
216 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
218 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
219 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
220 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
221 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
222 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
224 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
226 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
227 * update copyright notice for 2001
228 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
229 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
230 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
232 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
234 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
236 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
238 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
240 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
242 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
244 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
246 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
247 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
249 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
250 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
251 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
252 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
253 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
254 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
255 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
256 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
257 could be used if necessary
258 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
259 mention the rsync dupload method
260 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
262 * other small corrections
263 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
264 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
265 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
266 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
268 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
270 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
271 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
273 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
275 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
277 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
278 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
279 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
280 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
282 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
283 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
284 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
285 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
286 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
288 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
290 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
291 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
292 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
293 team (closes: Bug#52906)
294 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
295 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
296 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
298 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
299 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
300 - added a section about the LDAP database
301 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
302 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
304 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
305 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
307 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
309 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
311 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
312 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
313 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
315 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
316 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
317 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
318 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
319 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
320 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
321 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
322 description from developers-reference.sgml
324 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
326 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
328 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
329 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
331 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
333 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
334 releases are available at archive.debian.org
335 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
336 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
337 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
338 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
339 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
340 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
341 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
342 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
344 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
345 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
346 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
347 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
349 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
350 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
351 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
352 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
353 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
354 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
355 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
356 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
357 suggestion from James Troup
358 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
359 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
360 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
361 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
364 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
366 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
368 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
369 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
371 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
373 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
375 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
376 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
377 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
378 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
379 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
380 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
381 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
383 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
385 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
387 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
388 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
389 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
390 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
391 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
392 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
394 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
395 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
397 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
399 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
401 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
403 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
405 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
406 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
407 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
408 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
409 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
411 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
412 with intro; demoted server sections under that
413 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
414 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
416 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
417 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
418 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
419 a normal developer may have access.
421 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
423 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
425 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
426 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
427 step all over each other
429 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
431 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
433 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
434 address for PGP key updates
436 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
438 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
440 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
441 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
442 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
443 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
444 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
446 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
448 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
450 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
451 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
452 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
453 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
454 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
455 <keyring-maint> instead)
456 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
457 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
459 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
461 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
462 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
463 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
465 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
467 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
469 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
470 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
471 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
472 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
473 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
474 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
476 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
477 tighten up the language a bit
478 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
479 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
480 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
481 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
483 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
484 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
485 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
486 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
487 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
488 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
490 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
491 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
492 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
493 about how to depart Debian gracefully
494 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
495 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
496 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
497 number of available packages
498 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
499 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
501 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
503 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
505 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
508 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
510 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
512 * not officially released
513 * more spelling corrections
514 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
516 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
518 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
520 * not officially released
521 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
522 * some PGP-centricity removed
523 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
524 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
525 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
526 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
527 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
528 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
530 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
532 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
534 * not officially released
535 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
536 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
537 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
538 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
539 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
540 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
541 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
542 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
543 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
544 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
545 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
546 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
547 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
548 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
550 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
551 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
553 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
555 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
556 take a couple of weeks
557 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
558 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
559 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
560 excited about it and can't wait
561 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
562 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
564 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
565 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
567 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
568 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
569 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
571 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
573 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
575 * move to 3-level version number:
576 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
577 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
578 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
579 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
580 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
583 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
584 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
585 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
587 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
589 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
590 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
591 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
592 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
593 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
594 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
596 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
598 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
599 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
600 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
601 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
602 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
603 - "The CVS server": new section added
604 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
606 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
607 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
608 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
609 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
610 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
612 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
613 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
614 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
615 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
616 a canonical location?)
617 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
618 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
619 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
620 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
622 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
624 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
625 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
626 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
627 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
629 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
631 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
633 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
634 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
635 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
636 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
637 them. (closes Bug#26948)
638 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
639 and should not be included in this Reference.
640 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
641 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
642 maintainer tools only!
643 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
644 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
645 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
646 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
647 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
648 * Little corrections here and there.
649 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
650 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
653 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
655 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
657 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
658 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
659 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
661 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
662 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
663 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
664 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
665 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
666 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
667 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
668 do prior to uploading
669 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
670 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
672 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
673 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
674 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
675 duties with respect to bugs
676 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
677 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
678 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
680 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
681 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
682 * grammar and markup changes throughout
683 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
684 explicit what is used to build this package
686 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
688 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
691 * version number and date are automatically populated now
692 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
693 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
694 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
695 * utilize the new URL tag
696 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
699 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
701 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
703 * non-maintainer release
704 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
705 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
706 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
707 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
708 text, it can't hurt you.)
709 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
710 reflect this packages version number
711 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
713 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
715 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
719 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
721 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
723 * New version numbering scheme:
725 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
726 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
727 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
730 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
731 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
732 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
733 differ between the manuals.
735 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
736 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
737 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
738 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
740 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
741 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
743 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
745 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
747 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
749 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
751 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
752 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
754 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
755 (as requested by James Troup)
757 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
759 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
761 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
763 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
765 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
767 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
769 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
771 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
772 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
773 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
774 the non-maintainer release
776 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
777 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
778 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
781 - Lots of typos fixed
783 * Compressed SGML source code
785 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
786 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
788 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
790 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
792 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
794 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
795 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
796 - Announcing package uploads
797 * New section about Debian Mentors
798 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
799 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
800 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
801 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
803 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
805 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
807 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
808 of our FTP server and the development process
809 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
810 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
811 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
813 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
814 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
815 debian-devel before they are uploaded
816 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
817 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
818 contacting the maintainer
819 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
820 a new manual released soon)
822 * Include SGML source in package
823 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
824 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
826 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
828 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
832 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200