1 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
4 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
5 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
6 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
7 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
9 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
11 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
13 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
14 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
15 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
16 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
17 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
18 <keyring-maint> instead)
19 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
20 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
22 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
24 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
25 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
26 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
28 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
30 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
32 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
33 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
34 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
35 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
36 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
37 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
39 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
40 tighten up the language a bit
41 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
42 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
43 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
44 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
46 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
47 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
48 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
49 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
50 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
51 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
53 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
54 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
55 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
56 about how to depart Debian gracefully
57 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
58 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
59 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
60 number of available packages
61 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
62 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
64 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
66 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
68 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
71 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
73 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
75 * not officially released
76 * more spelling corrections
77 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
79 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
81 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
83 * not officially released
84 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
85 * some PGP-centricity removed
86 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
87 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
88 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
89 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
90 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
91 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
93 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
95 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
97 * not officially released
98 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
99 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
100 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
101 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
102 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
103 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
104 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
105 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
106 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
107 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
108 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
109 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
110 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
111 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
113 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
114 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
116 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
118 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
119 take a couple of weeks
120 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
121 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
122 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
123 excited about it and can't wait
124 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
125 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
127 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
128 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
130 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
131 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
132 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
134 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
136 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
138 * move to 3-level version number:
139 top-level version number probably won't change for a whil, it is the
140 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
141 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
142 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
143 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
146 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
147 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
148 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
150 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
152 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
153 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
154 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
155 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
156 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
157 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
159 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
161 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
162 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
163 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
164 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
165 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
166 - "The CVS server": new section added
167 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
169 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
170 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
171 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
172 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
173 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
175 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
176 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
177 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
178 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
179 a canonical location?)
180 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
181 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
182 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
183 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
185 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
187 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
188 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
189 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
190 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
192 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
194 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
196 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
197 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
198 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
199 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
200 them. (closes Bug#26948)
201 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
202 and should not be included in this Reference.
203 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
204 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
205 maintainer tools only!
206 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
207 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
208 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
209 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
210 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
211 * Little corrections here and there.
212 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
213 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
216 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
218 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
220 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
221 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
222 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
224 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
225 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
226 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
227 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
228 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
229 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
230 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
231 do prior to uploading
232 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
233 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
235 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
236 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
237 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
238 duties with respect to bugs
239 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
240 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
241 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
243 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
244 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
245 * grammar and markup changes throughout
246 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
247 explicit what is used to build this package
249 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
251 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
254 * version number and date are automatically populated now
255 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
256 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
257 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
258 * utilize the new URL tag
259 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
262 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
264 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
266 * non-maintainer release
267 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
268 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
269 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
270 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
271 text, it can't hurt you.)
272 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
273 reflect this packages version number
274 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
276 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
278 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
282 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
284 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
286 * New version numbering scheme:
288 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
289 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
290 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
293 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
294 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
295 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
296 differ between the manuals.
298 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
299 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
300 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
301 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
303 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
304 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
306 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
308 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
310 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
312 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
314 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
315 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
317 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
318 (as requested by James Troup)
320 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
322 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
324 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
326 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
328 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
330 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
332 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
334 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
335 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
336 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
337 the non-maintainer release
339 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
340 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
341 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
344 - Lots of typos fixed
346 * Compressed SGML source code
348 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
349 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
351 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
353 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
355 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
357 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
358 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
359 - Announcing package uploads
360 * New section about Debian Mentors
361 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
362 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
363 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
364 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
366 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
368 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
370 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
371 of our FTP server and the development process
372 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
373 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
374 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
376 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
377 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
378 debian-devel before they are uploaded
379 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
380 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
381 contacting the maintainer
382 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
383 a new manual released soon)
385 * Include SGML source in package
386 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
387 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
389 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
391 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
395 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
398 mode: debian-changelog