1 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
4 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
5 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
6 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
7 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
8 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
9 - spelling, grammer fixes.
10 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
11 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
12 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
13 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
14 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
15 - add myself to uploaders.
16 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
17 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
18 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
19 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
20 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
21 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
22 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
23 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
24 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
25 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
26 - rewrote the NMU section, and
27 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
28 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
29 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
30 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
31 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
32 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
33 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
34 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
36 - Security uploads get urgency=high
37 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
39 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
41 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 7 Oct 2004 14:02:11 -0600
43 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
46 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
47 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
48 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
49 - documented Alioth, somewhat
51 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
52 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
54 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
55 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
56 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
57 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
61 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
63 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
64 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
65 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
66 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
69 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
71 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
74 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
76 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
77 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
78 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
80 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
81 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
82 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
83 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
86 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
88 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
89 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
90 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
91 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
92 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
94 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
95 it clear these are special cases
96 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
98 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
100 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
102 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
105 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
106 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
108 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
110 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
112 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
115 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
117 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
118 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
119 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
121 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
122 - the synopsis formula changed to either
123 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
125 <package-name> is <synopsis>
127 <package-name> are <synopsis>
129 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
130 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
131 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
132 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
133 package; closes: #187143
135 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
137 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
140 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
141 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
143 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
145 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
146 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
147 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
148 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
149 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
150 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
151 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
152 right places in the document, closes: #172897
153 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
157 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
159 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
160 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
161 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
162 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
163 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
164 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
165 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
167 - editorial changes on material added in this version
168 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
169 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
170 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
171 closes: #139957, #108416
172 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
173 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
175 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
177 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
180 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
182 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
183 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
184 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
185 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
187 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
188 for best practices for documentation
189 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
190 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
191 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
192 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
194 - spell-checking pass
196 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
198 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
201 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
202 descriptions" moved under there
203 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
204 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
205 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
206 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
207 the document where these tools are discussed
208 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
209 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
210 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
211 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
212 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
213 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
215 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
216 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
217 that can be fixed by DDP folks
218 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
219 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
220 - simply PS and PDF building rules
222 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
224 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
227 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
228 section and adjusted links
229 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
231 - ChangeLog attribution updates
232 - fix typos, closes: #171781
233 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
234 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
235 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
236 for debian/rules", and write an intro
237 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
238 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
239 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
240 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
241 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
242 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
243 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
244 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
245 "Internationalization"
246 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
247 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
248 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
249 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
250 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
251 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
252 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
253 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
254 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
256 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
257 rather useless and broken
258 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
259 names and the first word
260 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
261 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
262 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
264 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
265 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
266 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
268 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
270 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
273 - DDP publishing update
275 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
276 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
277 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
278 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
280 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
282 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
285 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
286 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
287 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
289 - added myself as co-author
290 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
292 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
293 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
295 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
296 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
298 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
300 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
303 - Corrected several errors with —
304 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
305 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
306 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
307 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
308 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
309 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
310 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
312 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
313 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
314 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
315 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
316 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
317 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
318 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
319 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
320 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
322 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
323 descriptions". closes: #158609
324 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
325 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
326 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
327 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
328 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
330 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
331 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
332 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
333 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
334 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
335 - updated the mailing lists section
337 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
338 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
341 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
343 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
346 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
347 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
349 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
351 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
352 Ch "The Debian Archive"
354 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
356 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
357 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
358 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
359 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
360 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
362 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
363 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
364 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
365 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
366 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
367 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
368 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
370 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
371 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
374 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
375 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
376 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
377 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
378 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
379 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
380 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
381 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
382 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
383 work-around with <...>
384 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
385 - update copyright date
386 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
387 - spell check and grammar corrections
391 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
393 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
394 recompile"; closes: #102626
395 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
396 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
397 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
398 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
399 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
401 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
402 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
403 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
405 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
407 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
408 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
409 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
410 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
411 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
412 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
413 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
414 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
415 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
417 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
419 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
421 - updated the list of available architectures.
422 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
423 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
424 of the package and nothing more.
425 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
426 any pain to the ftpmasters.
427 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
428 the use of the delayed queue.
429 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
430 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
432 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
433 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
434 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
435 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
436 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
437 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
438 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
440 - new Sec "Documentation"
441 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
442 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
443 "Being kind to porter" too
444 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
445 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
446 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
447 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
448 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
450 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
451 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
454 - update French translation
456 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
458 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
461 - some grammar corrections
462 - update French translation
464 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
465 anymore; closes: #135559
466 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
468 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
470 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
471 that would be welcome)
472 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
473 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
474 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
475 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
476 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
477 - other minor wording changes
478 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
479 - Ch "Package uploads":
480 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
481 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
482 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
483 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
484 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
485 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
486 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
488 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
490 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
492 * from Martin Michlmayr
493 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
494 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
495 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
497 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
499 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
501 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
503 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
504 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
505 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
508 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
510 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
513 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
515 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
518 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
520 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
521 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
522 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
523 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
524 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
525 talking about uploading to distributions
526 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
527 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
528 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
530 - French translation updated
532 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
533 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
534 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
536 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
538 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
541 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
542 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
545 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
547 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
550 * fix a typo in a link
551 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
552 update documentation accordingly
554 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
555 forwarding bugs upstream
557 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
558 entities which should be used
559 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
560 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
562 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
564 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
566 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
567 * French version: completely up-to-date now
568 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
569 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
571 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
574 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
576 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
578 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
580 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
581 this translation needs updating
582 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
583 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
584 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
586 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
587 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
588 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
590 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
591 included yet, however
593 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
595 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
597 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
599 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
600 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
602 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
604 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
606 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
608 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
609 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
610 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
612 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
614 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
616 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
619 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
620 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
621 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
622 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
623 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
624 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
625 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
626 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
627 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
628 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
629 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
630 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
632 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
633 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
634 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
635 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
636 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
638 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
640 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
641 * update copyright notice for 2001
642 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
643 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
644 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
646 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
648 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
650 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
652 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
654 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
656 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
658 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
660 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
661 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
663 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
664 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
665 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
666 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
667 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
668 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
669 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
670 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
671 could be used if necessary
672 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
673 mention the rsync dupload method
674 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
676 * other small corrections
677 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
678 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
679 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
680 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
682 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
684 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
685 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
687 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
689 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
691 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
692 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
693 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
694 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
696 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
697 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
698 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
699 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
700 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
702 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
704 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
705 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
706 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
707 team (closes: Bug#52906)
708 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
709 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
710 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
712 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
713 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
714 - added a section about the LDAP database
715 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
716 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
718 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
719 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
721 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
723 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
725 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
726 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
727 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
729 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
730 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
731 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
732 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
733 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
734 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
735 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
736 description from developers-reference.sgml
738 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
740 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
742 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
743 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
745 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
747 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
748 releases are available at archive.debian.org
749 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
750 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
751 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
752 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
753 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
754 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
755 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
756 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
758 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
759 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
760 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
761 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
763 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
764 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
765 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
766 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
767 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
768 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
769 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
770 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
771 suggestion from James Troup
772 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
773 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
774 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
775 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
778 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
780 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
782 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
783 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
785 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
787 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
789 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
790 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
791 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
792 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
793 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
794 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
795 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
797 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
799 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
801 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
802 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
803 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
804 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
805 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
806 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
808 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
809 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
811 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
813 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
815 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
817 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
819 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
820 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
821 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
822 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
823 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
825 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
826 with intro; demoted server sections under that
827 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
828 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
830 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
831 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
832 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
833 a normal developer may have access.
835 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
837 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
839 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
840 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
841 step all over each other
843 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
845 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
847 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
848 address for PGP key updates
850 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
852 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
854 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
855 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
856 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
857 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
858 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
860 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
862 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
864 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
865 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
866 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
867 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
868 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
869 <keyring-maint> instead)
870 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
871 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
873 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
875 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
876 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
877 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
879 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
881 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
883 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
884 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
885 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
886 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
887 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
888 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
890 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
891 tighten up the language a bit
892 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
893 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
894 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
895 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
897 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
898 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
899 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
900 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
901 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
902 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
904 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
905 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
906 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
907 about how to depart Debian gracefully
908 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
909 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
910 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
911 number of available packages
912 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
913 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
915 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
917 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
919 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
922 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
924 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
926 * not officially released
927 * more spelling corrections
928 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
930 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
932 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
934 * not officially released
935 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
936 * some PGP-centricity removed
937 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
938 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
939 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
940 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
941 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
942 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
944 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
946 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
948 * not officially released
949 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
950 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
951 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
952 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
953 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
954 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
955 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
956 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
957 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
958 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
959 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
960 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
961 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
962 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
964 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
965 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
967 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
969 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
970 take a couple of weeks
971 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
972 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
973 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
974 excited about it and can't wait
975 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
976 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
978 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
979 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
981 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
982 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
983 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
985 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
987 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
989 * move to 3-level version number:
990 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
991 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
992 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
993 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
994 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
997 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
998 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
999 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1001 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1003 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1004 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1005 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1006 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1007 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1008 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1010 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1012 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1013 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1014 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1015 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1016 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1017 - "The CVS server": new section added
1018 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1020 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1021 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1022 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1023 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1024 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1025 with respect to GPG.
1026 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1027 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1028 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1029 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1030 a canonical location?)
1031 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1032 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1033 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1034 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1036 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1038 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1039 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1040 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1041 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1043 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1045 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1047 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1048 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1049 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1050 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1051 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1052 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1053 and should not be included in this Reference.
1054 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1055 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1056 maintainer tools only!
1057 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1058 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1059 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1060 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1061 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1062 * Little corrections here and there.
1063 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1064 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1067 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1069 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1071 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1072 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1073 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1075 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1076 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1077 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1078 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1079 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1080 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1081 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1082 do prior to uploading
1083 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1084 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1086 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1087 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1088 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1089 duties with respect to bugs
1090 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1091 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1092 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1094 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1095 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1096 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1097 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1098 explicit what is used to build this package
1100 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1102 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1105 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1106 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1107 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1108 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1109 * utilize the new URL tag
1110 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1113 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1115 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1117 * non-maintainer release
1118 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1119 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1120 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1121 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1122 text, it can't hurt you.)
1123 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1124 reflect this packages version number
1125 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1127 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1129 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1133 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1135 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1137 * New version numbering scheme:
1139 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1140 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1141 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1144 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1145 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1146 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1147 differ between the manuals.
1149 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1150 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1151 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1152 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1154 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1155 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1157 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1159 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1161 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1163 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1165 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1166 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1168 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1169 (as requested by James Troup)
1171 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1173 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1175 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1177 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1179 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1181 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1183 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1185 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1186 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1187 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1188 the non-maintainer release
1190 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1191 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1192 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1195 - Lots of typos fixed
1197 * Compressed SGML source code
1199 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1200 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1202 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1204 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1206 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1208 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1209 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1210 - Announcing package uploads
1211 * New section about Debian Mentors
1212 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1213 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1214 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1215 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1217 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1219 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1221 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1222 of our FTP server and the development process
1223 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1224 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1225 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1227 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1228 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1229 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1230 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1231 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1232 contacting the maintainer
1233 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1234 a new manual released soon)
1235 * Some minor changes
1236 * Include SGML source in package
1237 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1238 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1240 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1242 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1246 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200