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