Uploaded developers-reference 2.4.1.4 (source all) to master
This version contains some major textual additions and changes. I
have not really gone over it for wording or grammar, so I'm sure there
are some grevious typo problems.
I still need to add a "Scope" section talking about the scope of this
document. Many people find it confusing how our core documentation is
broken up. I sympathize with this, although I do think the current
breakup has merit. Richard Braakman has asked me to put pointers to
other tools likely to be of interest to maintainers, which I think is
a bit off-scope but I'm amenable to do so.
At any rate, I'd gladly accept emails or bugs for problems and missing
features. It's up to us, the more experienced developers, to make
Debian a bit more friendly for new maintainers. Documentation such as
this can also help cut down on FAQs to the mailing lists, and help us
turn around release more quickly.
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Format: 1.5
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
Source: developers-reference
Binary: developers-reference
Architecture: source all
Version: 2.4.1.4
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org>
Description:
developers-reference - Debian Developer's Reference
Changes:
developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
.
* fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
* in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
'proposed-updates'
* in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
* in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
* in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
* add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
"Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
do prior to uploading
* add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
override file a bit
* add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
* add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
duties with respect to bugs
* add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
pages
* clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
* grammar and markup changes throughout
* debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
explicit what is used to build this package
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