1 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
4 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
5 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
6 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
7 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
8 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
9 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
11 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
13 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
16 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 25 Jun 2005 06:04:20 -0600
18 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
21 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
22 - madison is on merkel.
23 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
24 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
25 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
26 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
27 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
28 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
30 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
31 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
32 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
33 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
34 - sync NM rules with reality.
36 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
38 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
40 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
43 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
44 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
45 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
46 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
47 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
48 - spelling, grammer fixes.
49 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
50 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
51 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
52 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
53 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
54 - add myself to uploaders.
55 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
56 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
57 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
58 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
59 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
60 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
61 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
62 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
63 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
64 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
65 - rewrote the NMU section, and
66 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
67 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
68 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
69 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
70 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
71 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
72 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
73 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
75 - Security uploads get urgency=high
76 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
78 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
80 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
82 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
85 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
86 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
87 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
88 - documented Alioth, somewhat
90 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
91 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
93 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
94 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
95 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
96 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
100 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
102 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
103 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
104 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
105 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
108 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
110 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
113 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
115 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
116 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
117 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
119 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
120 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
121 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
122 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
125 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
127 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
128 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
129 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
130 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
131 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
133 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
134 it clear these are special cases
135 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
137 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
139 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
141 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
144 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
145 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
147 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
149 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
151 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
154 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
156 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
157 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
158 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
160 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
161 - the synopsis formula changed to either
162 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
164 <package-name> is <synopsis>
166 <package-name> are <synopsis>
168 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
169 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
170 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
171 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
172 package; closes: #187143
174 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
176 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
179 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
180 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
182 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
184 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
185 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
186 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
187 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
188 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
189 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
190 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
191 right places in the document, closes: #172897
192 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
196 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
198 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
199 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
200 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
201 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
202 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
203 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
204 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
206 - editorial changes on material added in this version
207 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
208 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
209 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
210 closes: #139957, #108416
211 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
212 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
214 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
216 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
219 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
221 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
222 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
223 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
224 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
226 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
227 for best practices for documentation
228 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
229 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
230 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
231 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
233 - spell-checking pass
235 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
237 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
240 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
241 descriptions" moved under there
242 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
243 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
244 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
245 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
246 the document where these tools are discussed
247 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
248 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
249 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
250 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
251 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
252 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
254 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
255 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
256 that can be fixed by DDP folks
257 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
258 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
259 - simply PS and PDF building rules
261 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
263 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
266 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
267 section and adjusted links
268 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
270 - ChangeLog attribution updates
271 - fix typos, closes: #171781
272 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
273 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
274 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
275 for debian/rules", and write an intro
276 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
277 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
278 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
279 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
280 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
281 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
282 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
283 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
284 "Internationalization"
285 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
286 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
287 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
288 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
289 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
290 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
291 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
292 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
293 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
295 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
296 rather useless and broken
297 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
298 names and the first word
299 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
300 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
301 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
303 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
304 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
305 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
307 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
309 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
312 - DDP publishing update
314 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
315 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
316 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
317 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
319 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
321 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
324 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
325 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
326 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
328 - added myself as co-author
329 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
331 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
332 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
334 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
335 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
337 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
339 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
342 - Corrected several errors with —
343 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
344 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
345 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
346 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
347 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
348 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
349 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
351 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
352 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
353 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
354 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
355 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
356 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
357 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
358 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
359 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
361 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
362 descriptions". closes: #158609
363 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
364 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
365 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
366 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
367 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
369 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
370 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
371 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
372 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
373 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
374 - updated the mailing lists section
376 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
377 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
380 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
382 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
385 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
386 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
388 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
390 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
391 Ch "The Debian Archive"
393 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
395 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
396 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
397 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
398 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
399 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
401 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
402 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
403 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
404 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
405 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
406 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
407 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
409 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
410 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
413 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
414 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
415 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
416 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
417 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
418 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
419 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
420 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
421 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
422 work-around with <...>
423 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
424 - update copyright date
425 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
426 - spell check and grammar corrections
430 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
432 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
433 recompile"; closes: #102626
434 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
435 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
436 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
437 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
438 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
440 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
441 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
442 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
444 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
446 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
447 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
448 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
449 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
450 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
451 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
452 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
453 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
454 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
456 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
458 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
460 - updated the list of available architectures.
461 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
462 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
463 of the package and nothing more.
464 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
465 any pain to the ftpmasters.
466 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
467 the use of the delayed queue.
468 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
469 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
471 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
472 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
473 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
474 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
475 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
476 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
477 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
479 - new Sec "Documentation"
480 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
481 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
482 "Being kind to porter" too
483 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
484 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
485 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
486 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
487 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
489 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
490 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
493 - update French translation
495 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
497 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
500 - some grammar corrections
501 - update French translation
503 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
504 anymore; closes: #135559
505 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
507 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
509 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
510 that would be welcome)
511 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
512 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
513 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
514 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
515 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
516 - other minor wording changes
517 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
518 - Ch "Package uploads":
519 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
520 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
521 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
522 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
523 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
524 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
525 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
527 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
529 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
531 * from Martin Michlmayr
532 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
533 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
534 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
536 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
538 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
540 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
542 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
543 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
544 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
547 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
549 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
552 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
554 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
557 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
559 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
560 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
561 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
562 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
563 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
564 talking about uploading to distributions
565 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
566 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
567 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
569 - French translation updated
571 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
572 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
573 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
575 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
577 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
580 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
581 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
584 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
586 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
589 * fix a typo in a link
590 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
591 update documentation accordingly
593 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
594 forwarding bugs upstream
596 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
597 entities which should be used
598 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
599 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
601 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
603 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
605 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
606 * French version: completely up-to-date now
607 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
608 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
610 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
613 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
615 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
617 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
619 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
620 this translation needs updating
621 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
622 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
623 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
625 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
626 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
627 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
629 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
630 included yet, however
632 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
634 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
636 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
638 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
639 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
641 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
643 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
645 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
647 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
648 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
649 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
651 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
653 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
655 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
658 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
659 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
660 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
661 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
662 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
663 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
664 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
665 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
666 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
667 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
668 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
669 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
671 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
672 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
673 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
674 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
675 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
677 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
679 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
680 * update copyright notice for 2001
681 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
682 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
683 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
685 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
687 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
689 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
691 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
693 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
695 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
697 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
699 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
700 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
702 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
703 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
704 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
705 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
706 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
707 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
708 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
709 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
710 could be used if necessary
711 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
712 mention the rsync dupload method
713 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
715 * other small corrections
716 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
717 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
718 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
719 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
721 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
723 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
724 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
726 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
728 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
730 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
731 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
732 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
733 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
735 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
736 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
737 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
738 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
739 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
741 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
743 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
744 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
745 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
746 team (closes: Bug#52906)
747 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
748 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
749 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
751 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
752 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
753 - added a section about the LDAP database
754 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
755 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
757 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
758 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
760 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
762 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
764 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
765 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
766 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
768 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
769 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
770 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
771 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
772 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
773 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
774 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
775 description from developers-reference.sgml
777 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
779 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
781 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
782 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
784 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
786 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
787 releases are available at archive.debian.org
788 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
789 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
790 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
791 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
792 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
793 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
794 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
795 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
797 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
798 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
799 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
800 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
802 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
803 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
804 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
805 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
806 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
807 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
808 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
809 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
810 suggestion from James Troup
811 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
812 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
813 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
814 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
817 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
819 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
821 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
822 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
824 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
826 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
828 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
829 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
830 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
831 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
832 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
833 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
834 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
836 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
838 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
840 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
841 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
842 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
843 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
844 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
845 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
847 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
848 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
850 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
852 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
854 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
856 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
858 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
859 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
860 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
861 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
862 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
864 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
865 with intro; demoted server sections under that
866 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
867 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
869 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
870 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
871 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
872 a normal developer may have access.
874 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
876 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
878 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
879 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
880 step all over each other
882 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
884 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
886 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
887 address for PGP key updates
889 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
891 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
893 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
894 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
895 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
896 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
897 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
899 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
901 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
903 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
904 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
905 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
906 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
907 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
908 <keyring-maint> instead)
909 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
910 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
912 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
914 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
915 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
916 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
918 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
920 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
922 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
923 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
924 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
925 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
926 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
927 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
929 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
930 tighten up the language a bit
931 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
932 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
933 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
934 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
936 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
937 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
938 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
939 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
940 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
941 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
943 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
944 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
945 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
946 about how to depart Debian gracefully
947 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
948 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
949 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
950 number of available packages
951 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
952 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
954 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
956 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
958 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
961 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
963 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
965 * not officially released
966 * more spelling corrections
967 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
969 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
971 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
973 * not officially released
974 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
975 * some PGP-centricity removed
976 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
977 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
978 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
979 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
980 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
981 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
983 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
985 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
987 * not officially released
988 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
989 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
990 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
991 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
992 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
993 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
994 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
995 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
996 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
997 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
998 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
999 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1000 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1001 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1003 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1004 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1006 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1008 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1009 take a couple of weeks
1010 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1011 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1012 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1013 excited about it and can't wait
1014 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1015 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1017 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1018 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1020 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1021 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1022 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1024 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1026 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1028 * move to 3-level version number:
1029 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1030 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1031 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1032 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1033 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1036 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1037 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1038 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1040 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1042 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1043 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1044 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1045 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1046 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1047 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1049 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1051 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1052 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1053 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1054 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1055 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1056 - "The CVS server": new section added
1057 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1059 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1060 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1061 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1062 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1063 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1064 with respect to GPG.
1065 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1066 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1067 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1068 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1069 a canonical location?)
1070 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1071 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1072 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1073 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1075 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1077 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1078 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1079 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1080 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1082 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1084 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1086 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1087 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1088 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1089 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1090 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1091 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1092 and should not be included in this Reference.
1093 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1094 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1095 maintainer tools only!
1096 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1097 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1098 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1099 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1100 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1101 * Little corrections here and there.
1102 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1103 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1106 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1108 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1110 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1111 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1112 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1114 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1115 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1116 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1117 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1118 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1119 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1120 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1121 do prior to uploading
1122 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1123 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1125 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1126 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1127 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1128 duties with respect to bugs
1129 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1130 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1131 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1133 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1134 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1135 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1136 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1137 explicit what is used to build this package
1139 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1141 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1144 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1145 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1146 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1147 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1148 * utilize the new URL tag
1149 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1152 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1154 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1156 * non-maintainer release
1157 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1158 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1159 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1160 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1161 text, it can't hurt you.)
1162 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1163 reflect this packages version number
1164 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1166 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1168 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1172 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1174 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1176 * New version numbering scheme:
1178 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1179 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1180 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1183 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1184 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1185 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1186 differ between the manuals.
1188 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1189 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1190 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1191 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1193 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1194 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1196 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1198 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1200 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1202 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1204 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1205 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1207 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1208 (as requested by James Troup)
1210 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1212 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1214 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1216 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1218 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1220 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1222 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1224 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1225 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1226 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1227 the non-maintainer release
1229 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1230 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1231 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1234 - Lots of typos fixed
1236 * Compressed SGML source code
1238 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1239 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1241 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1243 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1245 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1247 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1248 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1249 - Announcing package uploads
1250 * New section about Debian Mentors
1251 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1252 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1253 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1254 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1256 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1258 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1260 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1261 of our FTP server and the development process
1262 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1263 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1264 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1266 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1267 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1268 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1269 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1270 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1271 contacting the maintainer
1272 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1273 a new manual released soon)
1274 * Some minor changes
1275 * Include SGML source in package
1276 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1277 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1279 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1281 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1285 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200