1 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
3 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
4 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
5 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
6 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
7 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
8 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
10 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
11 tighten up the language a bit
12 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
13 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
14 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
15 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
17 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
18 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
19 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
20 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
21 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
22 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
24 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
25 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
26 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
27 about how to depart Debian gracefully
28 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
29 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
30 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
31 number of available packages
32 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
33 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
35 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
37 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
39 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
42 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
44 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
46 * not officially released
47 * more spelling corrections
48 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
50 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
52 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
54 * not officially released
55 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
56 * some PGP-centricity removed
57 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
58 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
59 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
60 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
61 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
62 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
64 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
66 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
68 * not officially released
69 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
70 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
71 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
72 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
73 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
74 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
75 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
76 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
77 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
78 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
79 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
80 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
81 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
82 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
84 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
85 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
87 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
89 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
90 take a couple of weeks
91 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
92 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
93 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
94 excited about it and can't wait
95 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
96 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
98 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
99 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
101 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
102 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
103 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
105 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
107 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
109 * move to 3-level version number:
110 top-level version number probably won't change for a whil, it is the
111 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
112 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
113 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
114 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
117 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
118 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
119 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
121 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
123 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
124 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
125 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
126 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
127 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
128 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
130 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
132 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
133 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
134 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
135 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
136 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
137 - "The CVS server": new section added
138 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
140 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
141 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
142 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
143 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
144 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
146 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
147 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
148 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
149 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
150 a canonical location?)
151 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
152 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
153 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
154 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
156 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
158 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
159 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
160 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
161 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
163 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
165 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
167 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
168 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
169 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
170 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
171 them. (closes Bug#26948)
172 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
173 and should not be included in this Reference.
174 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
175 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
176 maintainer tools only!
177 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
178 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
179 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
180 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
181 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
182 * Little corrections here and there.
183 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
184 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
187 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
189 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
191 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
192 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
193 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
195 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
196 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
197 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
198 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
199 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
200 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
201 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
202 do prior to uploading
203 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
204 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
206 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
207 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
208 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
209 duties with respect to bugs
210 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
211 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
212 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
214 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
215 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
216 * grammar and markup changes throughout
217 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
218 explicit what is used to build this package
220 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
222 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
225 * version number and date are automatically populated now
226 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
227 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
228 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
229 * utilize the new URL tag
230 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
233 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
235 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
237 * non-maintainer release
238 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
239 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
240 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
241 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
242 text, it can't hurt you.)
243 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
244 reflect this packages version number
245 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
247 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
249 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
253 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
255 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
257 * New version numbering scheme:
259 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
260 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
261 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
264 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
265 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
266 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
267 differ between the manuals.
269 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
270 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
271 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
272 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
274 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
275 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
277 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
279 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
281 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
283 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
285 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
286 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
288 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
289 (as requested by James Troup)
291 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
293 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
295 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
297 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
299 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
301 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
303 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
305 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
306 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
307 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
308 the non-maintainer release
310 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
311 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
312 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
315 - Lots of typos fixed
317 * Compressed SGML source code
319 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
320 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
322 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
324 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
326 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
328 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
329 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
330 - Announcing package uploads
331 * New section about Debian Mentors
332 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
333 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
334 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
335 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
337 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
339 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
341 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
342 of our FTP server and the development process
343 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
344 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
345 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
347 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
348 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
349 debian-devel before they are uploaded
350 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
351 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
352 contacting the maintainer
353 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
354 a new manual released soon)
356 * Include SGML source in package
357 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
358 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
360 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
362 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
366 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
369 mode: debian-changelog