1 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
5 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
6 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
7 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
8 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
9 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
11 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
12 with intro; demoted server sections under that
13 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
14 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
16 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
17 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
18 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
19 a normal developer may have access.
21 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
23 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
25 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
26 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
27 step all over each other
29 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
31 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
33 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
34 address for PGP key updates
36 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
38 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
40 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
41 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
42 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
43 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
44 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
46 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
48 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
50 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
51 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
52 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
53 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
54 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
55 <keyring-maint> instead)
56 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
57 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
59 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
61 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
62 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
63 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
65 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
67 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
69 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
70 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
71 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
72 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
73 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
74 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
76 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
77 tighten up the language a bit
78 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
79 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
80 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
81 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
83 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
84 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
85 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
86 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
87 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
88 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
90 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
91 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
92 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
93 about how to depart Debian gracefully
94 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
95 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
96 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
97 number of available packages
98 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
99 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
101 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
103 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
105 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
108 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
110 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
112 * not officially released
113 * more spelling corrections
114 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
116 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
118 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
120 * not officially released
121 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
122 * some PGP-centricity removed
123 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
124 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
125 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
126 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
127 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
128 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
130 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
132 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
134 * not officially released
135 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
136 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
137 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
138 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
139 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
140 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
141 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
142 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
143 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
144 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
145 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
146 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
147 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
148 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
150 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
151 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
153 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
155 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
156 take a couple of weeks
157 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
158 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
159 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
160 excited about it and can't wait
161 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
162 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
164 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
165 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
167 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
168 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
169 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
171 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
173 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
175 * move to 3-level version number:
176 top-level version number probably won't change for a whil, it is the
177 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
178 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
179 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
180 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
183 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
184 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
185 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
187 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
189 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
190 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
191 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
192 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
193 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
194 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
196 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
198 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
199 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
200 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
201 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
202 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
203 - "The CVS server": new section added
204 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
206 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
207 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
208 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
209 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
210 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
212 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
213 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
214 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
215 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
216 a canonical location?)
217 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
218 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
219 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
220 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
222 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
224 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
225 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
226 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
227 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
229 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
231 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
233 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
234 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
235 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
236 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
237 them. (closes Bug#26948)
238 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
239 and should not be included in this Reference.
240 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
241 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
242 maintainer tools only!
243 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
244 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
245 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
246 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
247 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
248 * Little corrections here and there.
249 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
250 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
253 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
255 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
257 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
258 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
259 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
261 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
262 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
263 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
264 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
265 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
266 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
267 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
268 do prior to uploading
269 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
270 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
272 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
273 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
274 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
275 duties with respect to bugs
276 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
277 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
278 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
280 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
281 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
282 * grammar and markup changes throughout
283 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
284 explicit what is used to build this package
286 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
288 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
291 * version number and date are automatically populated now
292 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
293 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
294 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
295 * utilize the new URL tag
296 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
299 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
301 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
303 * non-maintainer release
304 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
305 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
306 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
307 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
308 text, it can't hurt you.)
309 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
310 reflect this packages version number
311 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
313 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
315 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
319 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
321 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
323 * New version numbering scheme:
325 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
326 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
327 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
330 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
331 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
332 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
333 differ between the manuals.
335 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
336 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
337 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
338 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
340 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
341 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
343 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
345 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
347 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
349 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
351 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
352 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
354 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
355 (as requested by James Troup)
357 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
359 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
361 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
363 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
365 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
367 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
369 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
371 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
372 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
373 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
374 the non-maintainer release
376 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
377 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
378 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
381 - Lots of typos fixed
383 * Compressed SGML source code
385 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
386 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
388 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
390 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
392 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
394 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
395 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
396 - Announcing package uploads
397 * New section about Debian Mentors
398 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
399 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
400 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
401 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
403 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
405 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
407 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
408 of our FTP server and the development process
409 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
410 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
411 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
413 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
414 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
415 debian-devel before they are uploaded
416 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
417 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
418 contacting the maintainer
419 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
420 a new manual released soon)
422 * Include SGML source in package
423 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
424 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
426 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
428 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
432 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
435 mode: debian-changelog