1 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
4 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
5 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
6 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
7 them. (closes Bug#26948)
8 * Add an introductory "Scope" section which helps delineate what should
9 and should not be included in this Reference.
10 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
11 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
12 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
13 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
14 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
15 * Little corrections here and there.
16 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
17 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
20 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:24:19 -0400
22 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
24 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
25 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
26 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
28 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
29 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
30 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
31 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
32 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
33 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
34 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
36 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
37 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
39 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
40 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
41 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
42 duties with respect to bugs
43 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
44 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
45 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
47 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
48 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
49 * grammar and markup changes throughout
50 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
51 explicit what is used to build this package
53 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
55 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
58 * version number and date are automatically populated now
59 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
60 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
61 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
62 * utilize the new URL tag
63 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
66 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
68 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
70 * non-maintainer release
71 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
72 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
73 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
74 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
75 text, it can't hurt you.)
76 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
77 reflect this packages version number
78 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
80 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
82 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
86 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
88 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
90 * New version numbering scheme:
92 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
93 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
94 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
97 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
98 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
99 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
100 differ between the manuals.
102 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
103 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
104 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
105 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
107 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
108 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
110 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
112 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
114 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
116 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
118 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
119 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
121 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
122 (as requested by James Troup)
124 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
126 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
128 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
130 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
132 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
134 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
136 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
138 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
139 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
140 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
141 the non-maintainer release
143 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
144 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
145 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
148 - Lots of typos fixed
150 * Compressed SGML source code
152 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
153 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
155 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
157 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
159 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
161 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
162 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
163 - Announcing package uploads
164 * New section about Debian Mentors
165 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
166 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
167 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
168 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
170 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
172 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
174 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
175 of our FTP server and the development process
176 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
177 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
178 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
180 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
181 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
182 debian-devel before they are uploaded
183 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
184 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
185 contacting the maintainer
186 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
187 a new manual released soon)
189 * Include SGML source in package
190 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
191 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
193 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
195 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
199 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
202 mode: debian-changelog