1 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
5 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
6 update documentation accordingly
8 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
9 forwarding bugs upstream
11 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
12 entities which should be used
14 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:35:03 -0400
16 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
18 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
19 * French version: completely up-to-date now
20 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
21 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
23 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
26 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
28 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
30 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
32 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
33 this translation needs updating
34 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
35 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
36 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
38 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
39 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
40 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
42 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
45 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
47 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
49 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
51 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
52 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
54 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
56 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
58 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
60 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
61 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
62 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
64 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
66 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
68 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
71 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
72 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
73 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
74 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
75 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
76 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
77 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
78 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
79 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
80 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
81 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
82 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
84 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
85 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
86 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
87 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
88 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
90 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
92 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
93 * update copyright notice for 2001
94 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
95 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
96 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
98 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
100 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
102 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
104 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
106 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
108 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
110 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
112 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
113 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
115 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
116 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
117 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
118 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
119 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
120 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
121 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
122 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
123 could be used if necessary
124 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
125 mention the rsync dupload method
126 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
128 * other small corrections
129 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
130 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
131 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
132 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
134 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
136 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
137 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
139 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
141 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
143 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
144 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
145 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
146 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
148 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
149 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
150 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
151 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
152 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
154 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
156 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
157 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
158 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
159 team (closes: Bug#52906)
160 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
161 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
162 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
164 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
165 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
166 - added a section about the LDAP database
167 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
168 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
170 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
171 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
173 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
175 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
177 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
178 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
179 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
181 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
182 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
183 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
184 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
185 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
186 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
187 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
188 description from developers-reference.sgml
190 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
192 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
194 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
195 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
197 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
199 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
200 releases are available at archive.debian.org
201 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
202 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
203 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
204 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
205 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
206 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
207 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
208 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
210 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
211 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
212 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
213 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
215 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
216 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
217 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
218 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
219 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
220 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
221 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
222 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
223 suggestion from James Troup
224 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
225 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
226 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
227 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
230 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
232 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
234 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
235 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
237 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
239 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
241 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
242 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
243 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
244 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
245 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
246 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
247 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
249 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
251 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
253 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
254 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
255 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
256 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
257 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
258 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
260 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
261 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
263 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
265 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
267 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
269 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
271 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
272 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
273 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
274 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
275 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
277 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
278 with intro; demoted server sections under that
279 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
280 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
282 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
283 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
284 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
285 a normal developer may have access.
287 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
289 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
291 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
292 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
293 step all over each other
295 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
297 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
299 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
300 address for PGP key updates
302 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
304 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
306 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
307 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
308 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
309 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
310 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
312 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
314 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
316 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
317 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
318 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
319 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
320 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
321 <keyring-maint> instead)
322 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
323 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
325 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
327 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
328 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
329 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
331 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
333 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
335 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
336 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
337 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
338 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
339 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
340 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
342 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
343 tighten up the language a bit
344 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
345 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
346 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
347 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
349 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
350 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
351 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
352 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
353 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
354 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
356 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
357 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
358 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
359 about how to depart Debian gracefully
360 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
361 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
362 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
363 number of available packages
364 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
365 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
367 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
369 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
371 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
374 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
376 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
378 * not officially released
379 * more spelling corrections
380 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
382 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
384 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
386 * not officially released
387 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
388 * some PGP-centricity removed
389 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
390 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
391 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
392 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
393 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
394 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
396 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
398 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
400 * not officially released
401 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
402 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
403 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
404 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
405 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
406 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
407 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
408 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
409 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
410 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
411 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
412 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
413 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
414 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
416 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
417 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
419 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
421 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
422 take a couple of weeks
423 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
424 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
425 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
426 excited about it and can't wait
427 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
428 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
430 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
431 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
433 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
434 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
435 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
437 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
439 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
441 * move to 3-level version number:
442 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
443 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
444 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
445 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
446 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
449 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
450 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
451 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
453 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
455 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
456 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
457 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
458 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
459 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
460 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
462 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
464 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
465 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
466 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
467 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
468 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
469 - "The CVS server": new section added
470 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
472 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
473 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
474 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
475 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
476 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
478 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
479 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
480 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
481 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
482 a canonical location?)
483 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
484 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
485 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
486 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
488 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
490 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
491 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
492 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
493 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
495 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
497 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
499 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
500 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
501 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
502 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
503 them. (closes Bug#26948)
504 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
505 and should not be included in this Reference.
506 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
507 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
508 maintainer tools only!
509 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
510 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
511 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
512 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
513 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
514 * Little corrections here and there.
515 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
516 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
519 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
521 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
523 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
524 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
525 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
527 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
528 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
529 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
530 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
531 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
532 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
533 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
534 do prior to uploading
535 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
536 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
538 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
539 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
540 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
541 duties with respect to bugs
542 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
543 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
544 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
546 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
547 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
548 * grammar and markup changes throughout
549 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
550 explicit what is used to build this package
552 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
554 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
557 * version number and date are automatically populated now
558 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
559 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
560 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
561 * utilize the new URL tag
562 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
565 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
567 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
569 * non-maintainer release
570 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
571 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
572 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
573 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
574 text, it can't hurt you.)
575 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
576 reflect this packages version number
577 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
579 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
581 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
585 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
587 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
589 * New version numbering scheme:
591 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
592 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
593 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
596 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
597 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
598 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
599 differ between the manuals.
601 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
602 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
603 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
604 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
606 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
607 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
609 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
611 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
613 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
615 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
617 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
618 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
620 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
621 (as requested by James Troup)
623 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
625 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
627 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
629 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
631 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
633 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
635 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
637 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
638 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
639 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
640 the non-maintainer release
642 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
643 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
644 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
647 - Lots of typos fixed
649 * Compressed SGML source code
651 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
652 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
654 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
656 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
658 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
660 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
661 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
662 - Announcing package uploads
663 * New section about Debian Mentors
664 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
665 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
666 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
667 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
669 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
671 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
673 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
674 of our FTP server and the development process
675 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
676 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
677 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
679 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
680 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
681 debian-devel before they are uploaded
682 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
683 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
684 contacting the maintainer
685 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
686 a new manual released soon)
688 * Include SGML source in package
689 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
690 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
692 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
694 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
698 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
701 mode: debian-changelog