1 developers-reference (2.5.0.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
3 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
4 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
5 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
7 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
8 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
10 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
11 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
13 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Nov 1998 00:31:43 -0500
15 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
17 * move to 3-level version number:
18 top-level version number probably won't change for a whil, it is the
19 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
20 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
21 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
22 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
25 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
26 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
27 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
29 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
31 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
32 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
33 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
34 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
35 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
36 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
38 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
40 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
41 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
42 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
43 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
44 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
45 - "The CVS server": new section added
46 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
48 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
49 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
50 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
51 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
52 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
54 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
55 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
56 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
57 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
58 a canonical location?)
59 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
60 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
61 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
62 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
64 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
66 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
67 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
68 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
69 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
71 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
73 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
75 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
76 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
77 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
78 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
79 them. (closes Bug#26948)
80 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
81 and should not be included in this Reference.
82 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
83 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
84 maintainer tools only!
85 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
86 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
87 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
88 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
89 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
90 * Little corrections here and there.
91 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
92 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
95 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
97 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
99 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
100 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
101 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
103 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
104 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
105 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
106 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
107 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
108 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
109 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
110 do prior to uploading
111 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
112 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
114 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
115 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
116 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
117 duties with respect to bugs
118 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
119 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
120 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
122 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
123 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
124 * grammar and markup changes throughout
125 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
126 explicit what is used to build this package
128 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
130 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
133 * version number and date are automatically populated now
134 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
135 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
136 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
137 * utilize the new URL tag
138 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
141 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
143 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
145 * non-maintainer release
146 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
147 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
148 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
149 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
150 text, it can't hurt you.)
151 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
152 reflect this packages version number
153 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
155 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
157 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
161 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
163 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
165 * New version numbering scheme:
167 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
168 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
169 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
172 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
173 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
174 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
175 differ between the manuals.
177 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
178 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
179 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
180 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
182 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
183 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
185 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
187 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
189 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
191 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
193 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
194 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
196 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
197 (as requested by James Troup)
199 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
201 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
203 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
205 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
207 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
209 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
211 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
213 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
214 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
215 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
216 the non-maintainer release
218 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
219 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
220 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
223 - Lots of typos fixed
225 * Compressed SGML source code
227 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
228 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
230 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
232 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
234 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
236 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
237 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
238 - Announcing package uploads
239 * New section about Debian Mentors
240 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
241 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
242 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
243 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
245 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
247 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
249 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
250 of our FTP server and the development process
251 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
252 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
253 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
255 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
256 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
257 debian-devel before they are uploaded
258 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
259 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
260 contacting the maintainer
261 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
262 a new manual released soon)
264 * Include SGML source in package
265 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
266 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
268 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
270 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
274 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
277 mode: debian-changelog