1 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
3 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
5 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
7 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
9 * not officially released
10 * more spelling corrections
11 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
13 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
15 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
17 * not officially released
18 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
19 * some PGP-centricity removed
20 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
21 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
22 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
23 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
24 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
25 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
27 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
29 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
31 * not officially released
32 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
33 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
34 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
35 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
36 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
37 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
38 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
39 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
40 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
41 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
42 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
43 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
44 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
45 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
47 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
48 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
50 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
52 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
53 take a couple of weeks
54 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
55 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
56 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
57 excited about it and can't wait
58 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
59 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
61 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
62 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
64 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
65 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
66 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
68 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
70 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
72 * move to 3-level version number:
73 top-level version number probably won't change for a whil, it is the
74 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
75 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
76 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
77 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
80 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
81 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
82 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
84 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
86 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
87 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
88 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
89 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
90 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
91 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
93 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
95 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
96 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
97 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
98 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
99 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
100 - "The CVS server": new section added
101 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
103 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
104 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
105 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
106 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
107 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
109 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
110 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
111 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
112 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
113 a canonical location?)
114 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
115 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
116 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
117 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
119 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
121 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
122 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
123 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
124 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
126 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
128 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
130 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
131 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
132 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
133 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
134 them. (closes Bug#26948)
135 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
136 and should not be included in this Reference.
137 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
138 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
139 maintainer tools only!
140 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
141 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
142 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
143 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
144 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
145 * Little corrections here and there.
146 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
147 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
150 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
152 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
154 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
155 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
156 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
158 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
159 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
160 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
161 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
162 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
163 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
164 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
165 do prior to uploading
166 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
167 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
169 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
170 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
171 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
172 duties with respect to bugs
173 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
174 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
175 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
177 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
178 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
179 * grammar and markup changes throughout
180 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
181 explicit what is used to build this package
183 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
185 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
188 * version number and date are automatically populated now
189 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
190 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
191 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
192 * utilize the new URL tag
193 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
196 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
198 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
200 * non-maintainer release
201 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
202 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
203 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
204 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
205 text, it can't hurt you.)
206 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
207 reflect this packages version number
208 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
210 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
212 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
216 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
218 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
220 * New version numbering scheme:
222 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
223 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
224 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
227 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
228 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
229 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
230 differ between the manuals.
232 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
233 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
234 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
235 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
237 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
238 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
240 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
242 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
244 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
246 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
248 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
249 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
251 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
252 (as requested by James Troup)
254 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
256 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
258 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
260 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
262 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
264 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
266 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
268 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
269 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
270 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
271 the non-maintainer release
273 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
274 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
275 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
278 - Lots of typos fixed
280 * Compressed SGML source code
282 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
283 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
285 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
287 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
289 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
291 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
292 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
293 - Announcing package uploads
294 * New section about Debian Mentors
295 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
296 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
297 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
298 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
300 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
302 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
304 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
305 of our FTP server and the development process
306 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
307 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
308 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
310 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
311 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
312 debian-devel before they are uploaded
313 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
314 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
315 contacting the maintainer
316 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
317 a new manual released soon)
319 * Include SGML source in package
320 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
321 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
323 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
325 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
329 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
332 mode: debian-changelog