1 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
4 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
5 - madison is on merkel.
6 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
7 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
8 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
9 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
10 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
11 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
13 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
14 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
15 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
16 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
17 - sync NM rules with reality.
19 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
21 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
23 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
26 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
27 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
28 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
29 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
30 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
31 - spelling, grammer fixes.
32 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
33 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
34 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
35 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
36 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
37 - add myself to uploaders.
38 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
39 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
40 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
41 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
42 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
43 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
44 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
45 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
46 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
47 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
48 - rewrote the NMU section, and
49 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
50 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
51 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
52 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
53 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
54 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
55 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
56 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
58 - Security uploads get urgency=high
59 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
61 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
63 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
65 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
68 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
69 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
70 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
71 - documented Alioth, somewhat
73 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
74 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
76 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
77 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
78 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
79 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
83 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
85 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
86 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
87 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
88 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
91 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
93 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
96 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
98 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
99 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
100 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
102 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
103 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
104 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
105 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
108 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
110 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
111 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
112 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
113 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
114 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
116 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
117 it clear these are special cases
118 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
120 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
122 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
124 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
127 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
128 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
130 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
132 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
134 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
137 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
139 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
140 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
141 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
143 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
144 - the synopsis formula changed to either
145 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
147 <package-name> is <synopsis>
149 <package-name> are <synopsis>
151 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
152 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
153 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
154 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
155 package; closes: #187143
157 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
159 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
162 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
163 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
165 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
167 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
168 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
169 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
170 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
171 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
172 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
173 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
174 right places in the document, closes: #172897
175 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
179 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
181 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
182 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
183 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
184 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
185 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
186 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
187 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
189 - editorial changes on material added in this version
190 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
191 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
192 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
193 closes: #139957, #108416
194 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
195 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
197 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
199 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
202 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
204 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
205 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
206 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
207 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
209 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
210 for best practices for documentation
211 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
212 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
213 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
214 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
216 - spell-checking pass
218 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
220 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
223 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
224 descriptions" moved under there
225 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
226 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
227 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
228 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
229 the document where these tools are discussed
230 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
231 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
232 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
233 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
234 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
235 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
237 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
238 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
239 that can be fixed by DDP folks
240 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
241 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
242 - simply PS and PDF building rules
244 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
246 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
249 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
250 section and adjusted links
251 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
253 - ChangeLog attribution updates
254 - fix typos, closes: #171781
255 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
256 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
257 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
258 for debian/rules", and write an intro
259 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
260 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
261 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
262 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
263 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
264 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
265 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
266 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
267 "Internationalization"
268 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
269 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
270 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
271 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
272 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
273 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
274 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
275 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
276 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
278 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
279 rather useless and broken
280 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
281 names and the first word
282 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
283 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
284 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
286 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
287 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
288 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
290 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
292 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
295 - DDP publishing update
297 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
298 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
299 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
300 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
302 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
304 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
307 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
308 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
309 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
311 - added myself as co-author
312 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
314 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
315 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
317 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
318 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
320 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
322 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
325 - Corrected several errors with —
326 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
327 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
328 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
329 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
330 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
331 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
332 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
334 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
335 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
336 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
337 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
338 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
339 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
340 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
341 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
342 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
344 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
345 descriptions". closes: #158609
346 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
347 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
348 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
349 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
350 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
352 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
353 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
354 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
355 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
356 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
357 - updated the mailing lists section
359 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
360 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
363 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
365 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
368 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
369 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
371 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
373 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
374 Ch "The Debian Archive"
376 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
378 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
379 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
380 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
381 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
382 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
384 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
385 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
386 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
387 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
388 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
389 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
390 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
392 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
393 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
396 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
397 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
398 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
399 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
400 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
401 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
402 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
403 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
404 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
405 work-around with <...>
406 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
407 - update copyright date
408 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
409 - spell check and grammar corrections
413 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
415 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
416 recompile"; closes: #102626
417 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
418 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
419 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
420 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
421 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
423 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
424 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
425 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
427 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
429 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
430 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
431 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
432 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
433 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
434 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
435 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
436 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
437 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
439 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
441 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
443 - updated the list of available architectures.
444 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
445 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
446 of the package and nothing more.
447 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
448 any pain to the ftpmasters.
449 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
450 the use of the delayed queue.
451 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
452 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
454 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
455 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
456 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
457 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
458 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
459 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
460 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
462 - new Sec "Documentation"
463 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
464 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
465 "Being kind to porter" too
466 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
467 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
468 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
469 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
470 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
472 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
473 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
476 - update French translation
478 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
480 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
483 - some grammar corrections
484 - update French translation
486 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
487 anymore; closes: #135559
488 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
490 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
492 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
493 that would be welcome)
494 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
495 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
496 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
497 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
498 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
499 - other minor wording changes
500 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
501 - Ch "Package uploads":
502 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
503 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
504 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
505 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
506 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
507 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
508 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
510 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
512 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
514 * from Martin Michlmayr
515 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
516 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
517 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
519 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
521 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
523 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
525 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
526 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
527 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
530 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
532 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
535 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
537 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
540 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
542 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
543 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
544 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
545 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
546 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
547 talking about uploading to distributions
548 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
549 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
550 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
552 - French translation updated
554 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
555 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
556 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
558 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
560 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
563 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
564 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
567 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
569 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
572 * fix a typo in a link
573 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
574 update documentation accordingly
576 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
577 forwarding bugs upstream
579 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
580 entities which should be used
581 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
582 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
584 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
586 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
588 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
589 * French version: completely up-to-date now
590 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
591 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
593 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
596 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
598 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
600 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
602 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
603 this translation needs updating
604 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
605 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
606 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
608 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
609 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
610 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
612 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
613 included yet, however
615 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
617 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
619 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
621 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
622 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
624 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
626 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
628 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
630 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
631 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
632 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
634 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
636 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
638 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
641 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
642 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
643 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
644 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
645 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
646 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
647 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
648 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
649 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
650 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
651 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
652 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
654 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
655 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
656 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
657 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
658 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
660 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
662 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
663 * update copyright notice for 2001
664 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
665 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
666 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
668 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
670 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
672 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
674 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
676 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
678 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
680 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
682 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
683 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
685 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
686 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
687 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
688 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
689 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
690 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
691 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
692 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
693 could be used if necessary
694 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
695 mention the rsync dupload method
696 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
698 * other small corrections
699 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
700 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
701 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
702 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
704 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
706 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
707 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
709 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
711 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
713 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
714 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
715 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
716 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
718 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
719 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
720 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
721 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
722 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
724 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
726 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
727 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
728 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
729 team (closes: Bug#52906)
730 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
731 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
732 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
734 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
735 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
736 - added a section about the LDAP database
737 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
738 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
740 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
741 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
743 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
745 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
747 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
748 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
749 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
751 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
752 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
753 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
754 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
755 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
756 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
757 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
758 description from developers-reference.sgml
760 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
762 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
764 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
765 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
767 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
769 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
770 releases are available at archive.debian.org
771 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
772 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
773 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
774 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
775 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
776 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
777 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
778 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
780 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
781 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
782 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
783 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
785 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
786 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
787 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
788 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
789 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
790 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
791 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
792 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
793 suggestion from James Troup
794 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
795 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
796 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
797 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
800 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
802 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
804 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
805 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
807 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
809 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
811 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
812 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
813 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
814 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
815 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
816 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
817 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
819 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
821 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
823 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
824 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
825 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
826 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
827 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
828 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
830 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
831 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
833 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
835 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
837 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
839 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
841 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
842 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
843 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
844 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
845 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
847 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
848 with intro; demoted server sections under that
849 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
850 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
852 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
853 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
854 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
855 a normal developer may have access.
857 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
859 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
861 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
862 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
863 step all over each other
865 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
867 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
869 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
870 address for PGP key updates
872 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
874 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
876 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
877 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
878 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
879 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
880 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
882 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
884 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
886 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
887 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
888 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
889 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
890 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
891 <keyring-maint> instead)
892 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
893 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
895 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
897 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
898 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
899 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
901 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
903 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
905 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
906 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
907 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
908 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
909 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
910 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
912 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
913 tighten up the language a bit
914 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
915 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
916 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
917 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
919 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
920 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
921 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
922 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
923 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
924 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
926 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
927 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
928 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
929 about how to depart Debian gracefully
930 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
931 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
932 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
933 number of available packages
934 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
935 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
937 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
939 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
941 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
944 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
946 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
948 * not officially released
949 * more spelling corrections
950 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
952 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
954 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
956 * not officially released
957 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
958 * some PGP-centricity removed
959 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
960 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
961 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
962 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
963 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
964 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
966 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
968 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
970 * not officially released
971 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
972 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
973 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
974 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
975 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
976 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
977 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
978 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
979 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
980 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
981 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
982 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
983 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
984 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
986 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
987 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
989 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
991 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
992 take a couple of weeks
993 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
994 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
995 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
996 excited about it and can't wait
997 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
998 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1000 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1001 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1003 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1004 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1005 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1007 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1009 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1011 * move to 3-level version number:
1012 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1013 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1014 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1015 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1016 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1019 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1020 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1021 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1023 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1025 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1026 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1027 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1028 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1029 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1030 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1032 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1034 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1035 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1036 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1037 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1038 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1039 - "The CVS server": new section added
1040 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1042 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1043 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1044 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1045 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1046 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1047 with respect to GPG.
1048 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1049 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1050 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1051 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1052 a canonical location?)
1053 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1054 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1055 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1056 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1058 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1060 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1061 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1062 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1063 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1065 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1067 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1069 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1070 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1071 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1072 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1073 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1074 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1075 and should not be included in this Reference.
1076 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1077 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1078 maintainer tools only!
1079 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1080 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1081 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1082 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1083 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1084 * Little corrections here and there.
1085 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1086 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1089 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1091 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1093 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1094 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1095 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1097 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1098 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1099 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1100 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1101 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1102 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1103 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1104 do prior to uploading
1105 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1106 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1108 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1109 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1110 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1111 duties with respect to bugs
1112 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1113 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1114 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1116 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1117 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1118 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1119 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1120 explicit what is used to build this package
1122 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1124 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1127 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1128 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1129 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1130 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1131 * utilize the new URL tag
1132 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1135 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1137 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1139 * non-maintainer release
1140 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1141 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1142 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1143 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1144 text, it can't hurt you.)
1145 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1146 reflect this packages version number
1147 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1149 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1151 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1155 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1157 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1159 * New version numbering scheme:
1161 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1162 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1163 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1166 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1167 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1168 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1169 differ between the manuals.
1171 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1172 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1173 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1174 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1176 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1177 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1179 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1181 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1183 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1185 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1187 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1188 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1190 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1191 (as requested by James Troup)
1193 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1195 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1197 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1199 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1201 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1203 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1205 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1207 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1208 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1209 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1210 the non-maintainer release
1212 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1213 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1214 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1217 - Lots of typos fixed
1219 * Compressed SGML source code
1221 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1222 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1224 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1226 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1228 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1230 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1231 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1232 - Announcing package uploads
1233 * New section about Debian Mentors
1234 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1235 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1236 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1237 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1239 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1241 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1243 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1244 of our FTP server and the development process
1245 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1246 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1247 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1249 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1250 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1251 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1252 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1253 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1254 contacting the maintainer
1255 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1256 a new manual released soon)
1257 * Some minor changes
1258 * Include SGML source in package
1259 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1260 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1262 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1264 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1268 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200