1 developers-reference (2.12) unstable; urgency=low
4 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
5 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
6 * NOT YET READY FOR RELEASE
8 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 3 May 2002 13:19:22 -0400
10 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
13 - some grammar corrections
14 - update French translation
16 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
17 anymore; closes: #135559
18 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
20 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
22 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
23 that would be welcome)
24 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
25 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
26 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
27 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
28 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
29 - other minor wording changes
30 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
31 - Ch "Package uploads":
32 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
33 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
34 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
35 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
36 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
37 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
38 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
40 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
42 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
44 * from Martin Michlmayr
45 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
46 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
47 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
49 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
51 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
53 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
55 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
56 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
57 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
60 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
62 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
65 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
67 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
70 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
72 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
73 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
74 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
75 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
76 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
77 talking about uploading to distributions
78 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
79 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
80 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
82 - French translation updated
84 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
85 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
86 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
88 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
90 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
93 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
94 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
97 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
99 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
102 * fix a typo in a link
103 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
104 update documentation accordingly
106 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
107 forwarding bugs upstream
109 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
110 entities which should be used
111 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
112 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
114 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
116 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
118 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
119 * French version: completely up-to-date now
120 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
121 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
123 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
126 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
128 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
130 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
132 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
133 this translation needs updating
134 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
135 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
136 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
138 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
139 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
140 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
142 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
143 included yet, however
145 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
147 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
149 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
151 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
152 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
154 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
156 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
158 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
160 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
161 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
162 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
164 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
166 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
168 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
171 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
172 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
173 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
174 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
175 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
176 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
177 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
178 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
179 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
180 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
181 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
182 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
184 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
185 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
186 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
187 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
188 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
190 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
192 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
193 * update copyright notice for 2001
194 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
195 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
196 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
198 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
200 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
202 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
204 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
206 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
208 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
210 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
212 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
213 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
215 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
216 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
217 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
218 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
219 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
220 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
221 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
222 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
223 could be used if necessary
224 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
225 mention the rsync dupload method
226 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
228 * other small corrections
229 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
230 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
231 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
232 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
234 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
236 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
237 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
239 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
241 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
243 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
244 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
245 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
246 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
248 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
249 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
250 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
251 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
252 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
254 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
256 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
257 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
258 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
259 team (closes: Bug#52906)
260 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
261 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
262 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
264 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
265 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
266 - added a section about the LDAP database
267 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
268 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
270 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
271 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
273 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
275 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
277 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
278 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
279 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
281 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
282 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
283 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
284 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
285 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
286 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
287 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
288 description from developers-reference.sgml
290 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
292 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
294 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
295 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
297 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
299 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
300 releases are available at archive.debian.org
301 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
302 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
303 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
304 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
305 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
306 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
307 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
308 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
310 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
311 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
312 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
313 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
315 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
316 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
317 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
318 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
319 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
320 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
321 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
322 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
323 suggestion from James Troup
324 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
325 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
326 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
327 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
330 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
332 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
334 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
335 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
337 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
339 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
341 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
342 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
343 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
344 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
345 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
346 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
347 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
349 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
351 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
353 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
354 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
355 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
356 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
357 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
358 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
360 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
361 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
363 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
365 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
367 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
369 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
371 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
372 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
373 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
374 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
375 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
377 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
378 with intro; demoted server sections under that
379 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
380 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
382 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
383 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
384 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
385 a normal developer may have access.
387 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
389 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
391 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
392 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
393 step all over each other
395 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
397 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
399 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
400 address for PGP key updates
402 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
404 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
406 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
407 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
408 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
409 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
410 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
412 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
414 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
416 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
417 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
418 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
419 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
420 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
421 <keyring-maint> instead)
422 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
423 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
425 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
427 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
428 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
429 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
431 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
433 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
435 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
436 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
437 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
438 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
439 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
440 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
442 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
443 tighten up the language a bit
444 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
445 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
446 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
447 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
449 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
450 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
451 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
452 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
453 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
454 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
456 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
457 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
458 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
459 about how to depart Debian gracefully
460 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
461 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
462 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
463 number of available packages
464 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
465 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
467 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
469 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
471 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
474 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
476 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
478 * not officially released
479 * more spelling corrections
480 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
482 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
484 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
486 * not officially released
487 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
488 * some PGP-centricity removed
489 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
490 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
491 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
492 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
493 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
494 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
496 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
498 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
500 * not officially released
501 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
502 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
503 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
504 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
505 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
506 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
507 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
508 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
509 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
510 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
511 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
512 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
513 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
514 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
516 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
517 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
519 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
521 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
522 take a couple of weeks
523 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
524 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
525 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
526 excited about it and can't wait
527 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
528 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
530 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
531 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
533 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
534 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
535 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
537 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
539 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
541 * move to 3-level version number:
542 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
543 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
544 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
545 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
546 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
549 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
550 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
551 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
553 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
555 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
556 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
557 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
558 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
559 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
560 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
562 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
564 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
565 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
566 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
567 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
568 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
569 - "The CVS server": new section added
570 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
572 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
573 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
574 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
575 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
576 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
578 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
579 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
580 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
581 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
582 a canonical location?)
583 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
584 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
585 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
586 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
588 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
590 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
591 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
592 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
593 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
595 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
597 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
599 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
600 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
601 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
602 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
603 them. (closes Bug#26948)
604 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
605 and should not be included in this Reference.
606 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
607 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
608 maintainer tools only!
609 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
610 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
611 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
612 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
613 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
614 * Little corrections here and there.
615 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
616 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
619 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
621 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
623 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
624 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
625 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
627 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
628 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
629 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
630 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
631 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
632 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
633 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
634 do prior to uploading
635 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
636 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
638 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
639 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
640 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
641 duties with respect to bugs
642 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
643 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
644 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
646 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
647 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
648 * grammar and markup changes throughout
649 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
650 explicit what is used to build this package
652 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
654 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
657 * version number and date are automatically populated now
658 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
659 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
660 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
661 * utilize the new URL tag
662 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
665 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
667 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
669 * non-maintainer release
670 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
671 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
672 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
673 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
674 text, it can't hurt you.)
675 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
676 reflect this packages version number
677 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
679 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
681 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
685 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
687 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
689 * New version numbering scheme:
691 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
692 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
693 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
696 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
697 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
698 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
699 differ between the manuals.
701 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
702 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
703 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
704 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
706 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
707 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
709 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
711 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
713 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
715 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
717 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
718 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
720 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
721 (as requested by James Troup)
723 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
725 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
727 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
729 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
731 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
733 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
735 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
737 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
738 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
739 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
740 the non-maintainer release
742 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
743 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
744 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
747 - Lots of typos fixed
749 * Compressed SGML source code
751 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
752 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
754 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
756 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
758 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
760 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
761 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
762 - Announcing package uploads
763 * New section about Debian Mentors
764 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
765 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
766 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
767 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
769 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
771 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
773 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
774 of our FTP server and the development process
775 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
776 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
777 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
779 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
780 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
781 debian-devel before they are uploaded
782 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
783 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
784 contacting the maintainer
785 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
786 a new manual released soon)
788 * Include SGML source in package
789 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
790 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
792 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
794 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
798 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200