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.
15 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
17 - non-us discontinued.
19 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 25 Jun 2005 06:04:20 -0600
21 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
24 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
25 - madison is on merkel.
26 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
27 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
28 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
29 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
30 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
31 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
33 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
34 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
35 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
36 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
37 - sync NM rules with reality.
39 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
41 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
43 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
46 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
47 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
48 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
49 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
50 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
51 - spelling, grammer fixes.
52 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
53 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
54 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
55 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
56 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
57 - add myself to uploaders.
58 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
59 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
60 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
61 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
62 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
63 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
64 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
65 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
66 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
67 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
68 - rewrote the NMU section, and
69 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
70 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
71 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
72 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
73 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
74 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
75 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
76 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
78 - Security uploads get urgency=high
79 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
81 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
83 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
85 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
88 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
89 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
90 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
91 - documented Alioth, somewhat
93 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
94 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
96 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
97 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
98 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
99 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
103 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
105 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
106 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
107 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
108 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
111 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
113 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
116 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
118 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
119 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
120 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
122 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
123 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
124 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
125 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
128 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
130 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
131 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
132 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
133 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
134 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
136 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
137 it clear these are special cases
138 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
140 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
142 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
144 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
147 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
148 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
150 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
152 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
154 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
157 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
159 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
160 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
161 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
163 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
164 - the synopsis formula changed to either
165 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
167 <package-name> is <synopsis>
169 <package-name> are <synopsis>
171 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
172 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
173 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
174 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
175 package; closes: #187143
177 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
179 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
182 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
183 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
185 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
187 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
188 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
189 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
190 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
191 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
192 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
193 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
194 right places in the document, closes: #172897
195 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
199 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
201 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
202 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
203 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
204 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
205 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
206 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
207 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
209 - editorial changes on material added in this version
210 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
211 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
212 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
213 closes: #139957, #108416
214 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
215 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
217 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
219 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
222 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
224 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
225 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
226 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
227 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
229 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
230 for best practices for documentation
231 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
232 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
233 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
234 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
236 - spell-checking pass
238 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
240 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
243 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
244 descriptions" moved under there
245 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
246 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
247 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
248 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
249 the document where these tools are discussed
250 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
251 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
252 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
253 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
254 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
255 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
257 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
258 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
259 that can be fixed by DDP folks
260 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
261 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
262 - simply PS and PDF building rules
264 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
266 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
269 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
270 section and adjusted links
271 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
273 - ChangeLog attribution updates
274 - fix typos, closes: #171781
275 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
276 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
277 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
278 for debian/rules", and write an intro
279 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
280 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
281 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
282 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
283 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
284 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
285 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
286 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
287 "Internationalization"
288 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
289 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
290 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
291 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
292 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
293 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
294 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
295 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
296 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
298 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
299 rather useless and broken
300 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
301 names and the first word
302 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
303 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
304 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
306 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
307 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
308 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
310 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
312 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
315 - DDP publishing update
317 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
318 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
319 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
320 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
322 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
324 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
327 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
328 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
329 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
331 - added myself as co-author
332 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
334 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
335 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
337 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
338 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
340 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
342 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
345 - Corrected several errors with —
346 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
347 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
348 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
349 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
350 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
351 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
352 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
354 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
355 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
356 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
357 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
358 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
359 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
360 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
361 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
362 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
364 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
365 descriptions". closes: #158609
366 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
367 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
368 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
369 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
370 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
372 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
373 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
374 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
375 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
376 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
377 - updated the mailing lists section
379 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
380 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
383 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
385 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
388 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
389 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
391 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
393 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
394 Ch "The Debian Archive"
396 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
398 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
399 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
400 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
401 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
402 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
404 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
405 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
406 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
407 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
408 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
409 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
410 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
412 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
413 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
416 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
417 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
418 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
419 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
420 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
421 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
422 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
423 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
424 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
425 work-around with <...>
426 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
427 - update copyright date
428 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
429 - spell check and grammar corrections
433 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
435 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
436 recompile"; closes: #102626
437 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
438 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
439 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
440 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
441 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
443 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
444 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
445 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
447 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
449 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
450 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
451 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
452 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
453 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
454 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
455 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
456 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
457 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
459 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
461 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
463 - updated the list of available architectures.
464 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
465 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
466 of the package and nothing more.
467 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
468 any pain to the ftpmasters.
469 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
470 the use of the delayed queue.
471 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
472 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
474 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
475 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
476 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
477 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
478 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
479 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
480 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
482 - new Sec "Documentation"
483 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
484 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
485 "Being kind to porter" too
486 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
487 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
488 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
489 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
490 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
492 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
493 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
496 - update French translation
498 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
500 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
503 - some grammar corrections
504 - update French translation
506 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
507 anymore; closes: #135559
508 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
510 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
512 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
513 that would be welcome)
514 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
515 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
516 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
517 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
518 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
519 - other minor wording changes
520 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
521 - Ch "Package uploads":
522 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
523 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
524 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
525 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
526 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
527 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
528 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
530 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
532 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
534 * from Martin Michlmayr
535 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
536 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
537 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
539 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
541 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
543 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
545 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
546 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
547 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
550 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
552 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
555 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
557 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
560 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
562 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
563 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
564 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
565 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
566 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
567 talking about uploading to distributions
568 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
569 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
570 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
572 - French translation updated
574 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
575 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
576 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
578 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
580 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
583 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
584 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
587 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
589 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
592 * fix a typo in a link
593 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
594 update documentation accordingly
596 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
597 forwarding bugs upstream
599 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
600 entities which should be used
601 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
602 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
604 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
606 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
608 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
609 * French version: completely up-to-date now
610 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
611 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
613 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
616 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
618 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
620 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
622 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
623 this translation needs updating
624 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
625 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
626 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
628 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
629 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
630 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
632 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
633 included yet, however
635 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
637 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
639 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
641 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
642 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
644 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
646 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
648 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
650 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
651 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
652 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
654 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
656 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
658 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
661 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
662 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
663 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
664 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
665 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
666 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
667 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
668 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
669 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
670 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
671 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
672 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
674 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
675 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
676 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
677 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
678 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
680 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
682 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
683 * update copyright notice for 2001
684 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
685 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
686 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
688 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
690 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
692 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
694 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
696 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
698 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
700 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
702 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
703 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
705 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
706 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
707 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
708 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
709 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
710 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
711 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
712 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
713 could be used if necessary
714 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
715 mention the rsync dupload method
716 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
718 * other small corrections
719 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
720 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
721 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
722 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
724 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
726 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
727 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
729 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
731 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
733 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
734 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
735 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
736 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
738 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
739 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
740 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
741 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
742 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
744 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
746 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
747 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
748 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
749 team (closes: Bug#52906)
750 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
751 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
752 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
754 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
755 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
756 - added a section about the LDAP database
757 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
758 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
760 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
761 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
763 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
765 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
767 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
768 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
769 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
771 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
772 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
773 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
774 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
775 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
776 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
777 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
778 description from developers-reference.sgml
780 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
782 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
784 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
785 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
787 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
789 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
790 releases are available at archive.debian.org
791 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
792 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
793 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
794 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
795 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
796 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
797 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
798 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
800 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
801 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
802 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
803 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
805 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
806 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
807 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
808 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
809 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
810 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
811 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
812 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
813 suggestion from James Troup
814 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
815 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
816 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
817 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
820 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
822 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
824 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
825 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
827 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
829 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
831 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
832 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
833 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
834 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
835 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
836 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
837 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
839 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
841 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
843 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
844 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
845 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
846 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
847 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
848 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
850 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
851 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
853 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
855 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
857 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
859 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
861 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
862 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
863 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
864 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
865 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
867 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
868 with intro; demoted server sections under that
869 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
870 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
872 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
873 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
874 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
875 a normal developer may have access.
877 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
879 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
881 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
882 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
883 step all over each other
885 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
887 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
889 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
890 address for PGP key updates
892 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
894 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
896 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
897 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
898 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
899 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
900 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
902 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
904 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
906 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
907 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
908 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
909 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
910 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
911 <keyring-maint> instead)
912 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
913 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
915 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
917 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
918 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
919 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
921 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
923 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
925 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
926 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
927 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
928 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
929 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
930 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
932 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
933 tighten up the language a bit
934 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
935 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
936 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
937 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
939 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
940 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
941 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
942 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
943 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
944 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
946 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
947 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
948 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
949 about how to depart Debian gracefully
950 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
951 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
952 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
953 number of available packages
954 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
955 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
957 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
959 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
961 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
964 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
966 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
968 * not officially released
969 * more spelling corrections
970 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
972 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
974 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
976 * not officially released
977 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
978 * some PGP-centricity removed
979 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
980 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
981 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
982 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
983 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
984 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
986 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
988 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
990 * not officially released
991 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
992 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
993 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
994 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
995 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
996 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
997 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
998 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
999 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1000 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1001 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1002 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1003 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1004 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1006 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1007 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1009 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1011 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1012 take a couple of weeks
1013 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1014 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1015 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1016 excited about it and can't wait
1017 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1018 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1020 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1021 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1023 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1024 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1025 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1027 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1029 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1031 * move to 3-level version number:
1032 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1033 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1034 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1035 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1036 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1039 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1040 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1041 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1043 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1045 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1046 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1047 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1048 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1049 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1050 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1052 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1054 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1055 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1056 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1057 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1058 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1059 - "The CVS server": new section added
1060 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1062 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1063 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1064 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1065 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1066 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1067 with respect to GPG.
1068 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1069 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1070 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1071 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1072 a canonical location?)
1073 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1074 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1075 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1076 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1078 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1080 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1081 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1082 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1083 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1085 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1087 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1089 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1090 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1091 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1092 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1093 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1094 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1095 and should not be included in this Reference.
1096 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1097 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1098 maintainer tools only!
1099 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1100 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1101 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1102 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1103 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1104 * Little corrections here and there.
1105 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1106 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1109 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1111 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1113 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1114 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1115 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1117 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1118 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1119 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1120 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1121 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1122 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1123 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1124 do prior to uploading
1125 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1126 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1128 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1129 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1130 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1131 duties with respect to bugs
1132 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1133 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1134 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1136 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1137 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1138 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1139 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1140 explicit what is used to build this package
1142 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1144 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1147 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1148 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1149 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1150 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1151 * utilize the new URL tag
1152 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1155 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1157 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1159 * non-maintainer release
1160 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1161 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1162 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1163 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1164 text, it can't hurt you.)
1165 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1166 reflect this packages version number
1167 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1169 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1171 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1175 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1177 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1179 * New version numbering scheme:
1181 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1182 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1183 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1186 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1187 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1188 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1189 differ between the manuals.
1191 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1192 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1193 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1194 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1196 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1197 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1199 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1201 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1203 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1205 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1207 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1208 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1210 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1211 (as requested by James Troup)
1213 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1215 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1217 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1219 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1221 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1223 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1225 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1227 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1228 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1229 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1230 the non-maintainer release
1232 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1233 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1234 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1237 - Lots of typos fixed
1239 * Compressed SGML source code
1241 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1242 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1244 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1246 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1248 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1250 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1251 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1252 - Announcing package uploads
1253 * New section about Debian Mentors
1254 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1255 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1256 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1257 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1259 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1261 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1263 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1264 of our FTP server and the development process
1265 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1266 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1267 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1269 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1270 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1271 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1272 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1273 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1274 contacting the maintainer
1275 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1276 a new manual released soon)
1277 * Some minor changes
1278 * Include SGML source in package
1279 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1280 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1282 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1284 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1288 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200