1 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
3 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
4 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
5 step all over each other
7 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
9 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
11 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
12 address for PGP key updates
14 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
16 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
18 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
19 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
20 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
21 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
22 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
24 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
26 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
28 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
29 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
30 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
31 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
32 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
33 <keyring-maint> instead)
34 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
35 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
37 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
39 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
40 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
41 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
43 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
45 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
47 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
48 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
49 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
50 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
51 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
52 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
54 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
55 tighten up the language a bit
56 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
57 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
58 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
59 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
61 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
62 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
63 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
64 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
65 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
66 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
68 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
69 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
70 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
71 about how to depart Debian gracefully
72 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
73 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
74 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
75 number of available packages
76 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
77 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
79 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
81 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
83 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
86 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
88 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
90 * not officially released
91 * more spelling corrections
92 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
94 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
96 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
98 * not officially released
99 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
100 * some PGP-centricity removed
101 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
102 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
103 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
104 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
105 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
106 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
108 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
110 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
112 * not officially released
113 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
114 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
115 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
116 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
117 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
118 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
119 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
120 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
121 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
122 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
123 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
124 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
125 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
126 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
128 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
129 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
131 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
133 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
134 take a couple of weeks
135 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
136 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
137 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
138 excited about it and can't wait
139 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
140 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
142 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
143 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
145 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
146 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
147 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
149 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
151 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
153 * move to 3-level version number:
154 top-level version number probably won't change for a whil, it is the
155 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
156 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
157 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
158 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
161 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
162 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
163 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
165 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
167 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
168 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
169 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
170 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
171 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
172 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
174 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
176 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
177 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
178 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
179 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
180 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
181 - "The CVS server": new section added
182 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
184 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
185 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
186 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
187 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
188 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
190 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
191 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
192 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
193 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
194 a canonical location?)
195 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
196 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
197 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
198 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
200 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
202 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
203 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
204 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
205 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
207 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
209 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
211 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
212 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
213 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
214 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
215 them. (closes Bug#26948)
216 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
217 and should not be included in this Reference.
218 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
219 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
220 maintainer tools only!
221 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
222 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
223 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
224 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
225 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
226 * Little corrections here and there.
227 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
228 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
231 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
233 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
235 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
236 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
237 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
239 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
240 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
241 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
242 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
243 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
244 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
245 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
246 do prior to uploading
247 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
248 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
250 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
251 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
252 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
253 duties with respect to bugs
254 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
255 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
256 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
258 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
259 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
260 * grammar and markup changes throughout
261 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
262 explicit what is used to build this package
264 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
266 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
269 * version number and date are automatically populated now
270 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
271 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
272 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
273 * utilize the new URL tag
274 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
277 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
279 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
281 * non-maintainer release
282 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
283 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
284 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
285 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
286 text, it can't hurt you.)
287 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
288 reflect this packages version number
289 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
291 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
293 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
297 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
299 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
301 * New version numbering scheme:
303 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
304 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
305 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
308 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
309 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
310 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
311 differ between the manuals.
313 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
314 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
315 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
316 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
318 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
319 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
321 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
323 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
325 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
327 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
329 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
330 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
332 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
333 (as requested by James Troup)
335 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
337 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
339 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
341 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
343 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
345 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
347 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
349 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
350 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
351 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
352 the non-maintainer release
354 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
355 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
356 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
359 - Lots of typos fixed
361 * Compressed SGML source code
363 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
364 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
366 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
368 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
370 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
372 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
373 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
374 - Announcing package uploads
375 * New section about Debian Mentors
376 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
377 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
378 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
379 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
381 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
383 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
385 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
386 of our FTP server and the development process
387 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
388 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
389 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
391 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
392 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
393 debian-devel before they are uploaded
394 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
395 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
396 contacting the maintainer
397 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
398 a new manual released soon)
400 * Include SGML source in package
401 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
402 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
404 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
406 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
410 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
413 mode: debian-changelog