1 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
4 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
5 - madison is on merkel.
6 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584
7 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
8 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
9 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
10 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
11 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
13 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
15 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
17 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
19 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
22 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
23 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
24 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
25 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
26 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
27 - spelling, grammer fixes.
28 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
29 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
30 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
31 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
32 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
33 - add myself to uploaders.
34 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
35 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
36 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
37 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
38 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
39 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
40 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
41 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
42 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
43 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
44 - rewrote the NMU section, and
45 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
46 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
47 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
48 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
49 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
50 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
51 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
52 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
54 - Security uploads get urgency=high
55 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
57 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
59 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
61 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
64 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
65 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
66 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
67 - documented Alioth, somewhat
69 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
70 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
72 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
73 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
74 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
75 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
79 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
81 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
82 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
83 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
84 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
87 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
89 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
92 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
94 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
95 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
96 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
98 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
99 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
100 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
101 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
104 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
106 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
107 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
108 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
109 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
110 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
112 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
113 it clear these are special cases
114 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
116 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
118 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
120 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
123 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
124 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
126 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
128 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
130 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
133 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
135 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
136 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
137 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
139 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
140 - the synopsis formula changed to either
141 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
143 <package-name> is <synopsis>
145 <package-name> are <synopsis>
147 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
148 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
149 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
150 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
151 package; closes: #187143
153 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
155 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
158 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
159 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
161 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
163 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
164 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
165 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
166 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
167 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
168 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
169 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
170 right places in the document, closes: #172897
171 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
175 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
177 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
178 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
179 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
180 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
181 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
182 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
183 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
185 - editorial changes on material added in this version
186 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
187 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
188 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
189 closes: #139957, #108416
190 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
191 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
193 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
195 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
198 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
200 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
201 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
202 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
203 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
205 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
206 for best practices for documentation
207 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
208 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
209 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
210 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
212 - spell-checking pass
214 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
216 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
219 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
220 descriptions" moved under there
221 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
222 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
223 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
224 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
225 the document where these tools are discussed
226 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
227 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
228 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
229 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
230 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
231 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
233 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
234 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
235 that can be fixed by DDP folks
236 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
237 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
238 - simply PS and PDF building rules
240 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
242 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
245 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
246 section and adjusted links
247 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
249 - ChangeLog attribution updates
250 - fix typos, closes: #171781
251 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
252 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
253 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
254 for debian/rules", and write an intro
255 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
256 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
257 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
258 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
259 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
260 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
261 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
262 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
263 "Internationalization"
264 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
265 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
266 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
267 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
268 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
269 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
270 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
271 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
272 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
274 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
275 rather useless and broken
276 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
277 names and the first word
278 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
279 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
280 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
282 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
283 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
284 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
286 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
288 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
291 - DDP publishing update
293 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
294 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
295 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
296 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
298 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
300 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
303 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
304 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
305 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
307 - added myself as co-author
308 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
310 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
311 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
313 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
314 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
316 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
318 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
321 - Corrected several errors with —
322 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
323 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
324 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
325 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
326 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
327 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
328 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
330 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
331 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
332 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
333 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
334 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
335 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
336 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
337 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
338 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
340 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
341 descriptions". closes: #158609
342 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
343 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
344 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
345 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
346 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
348 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
349 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
350 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
351 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
352 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
353 - updated the mailing lists section
355 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
356 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
359 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
361 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
364 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
365 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
367 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
369 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
370 Ch "The Debian Archive"
372 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
374 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
375 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
376 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
377 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
378 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
380 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
381 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
382 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
383 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
384 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
385 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
386 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
388 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
389 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
392 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
393 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
394 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
395 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
396 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
397 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
398 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
399 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
400 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
401 work-around with <...>
402 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
403 - update copyright date
404 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
405 - spell check and grammar corrections
409 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
411 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
412 recompile"; closes: #102626
413 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
414 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
415 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
416 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
417 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
419 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
420 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
421 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
423 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
425 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
426 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
427 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
428 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
429 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
430 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
431 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
432 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
433 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
435 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
437 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
439 - updated the list of available architectures.
440 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
441 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
442 of the package and nothing more.
443 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
444 any pain to the ftpmasters.
445 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
446 the use of the delayed queue.
447 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
448 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
450 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
451 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
452 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
453 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
454 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
455 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
456 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
458 - new Sec "Documentation"
459 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
460 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
461 "Being kind to porter" too
462 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
463 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
464 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
465 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
466 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
468 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
469 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
472 - update French translation
474 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
476 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
479 - some grammar corrections
480 - update French translation
482 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
483 anymore; closes: #135559
484 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
486 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
488 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
489 that would be welcome)
490 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
491 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
492 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
493 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
494 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
495 - other minor wording changes
496 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
497 - Ch "Package uploads":
498 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
499 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
500 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
501 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
502 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
503 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
504 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
506 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
508 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
510 * from Martin Michlmayr
511 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
512 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
513 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
515 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
517 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
519 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
521 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
522 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
523 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
526 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
528 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
531 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
533 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
536 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
538 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
539 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
540 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
541 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
542 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
543 talking about uploading to distributions
544 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
545 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
546 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
548 - French translation updated
550 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
551 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
552 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
554 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
556 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
559 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
560 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
563 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
565 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
568 * fix a typo in a link
569 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
570 update documentation accordingly
572 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
573 forwarding bugs upstream
575 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
576 entities which should be used
577 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
578 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
580 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
582 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
584 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
585 * French version: completely up-to-date now
586 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
587 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
589 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
592 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
594 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
596 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
598 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
599 this translation needs updating
600 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
601 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
602 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
604 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
605 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
606 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
608 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
609 included yet, however
611 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
613 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
615 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
617 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
618 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
620 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
622 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
624 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
626 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
627 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
628 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
630 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
632 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
634 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
637 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
638 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
639 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
640 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
641 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
642 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
643 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
644 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
645 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
646 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
647 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
648 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
650 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
651 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
652 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
653 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
654 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
656 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
658 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
659 * update copyright notice for 2001
660 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
661 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
662 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
664 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
666 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
668 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
670 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
672 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
674 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
676 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
678 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
679 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
681 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
682 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
683 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
684 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
685 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
686 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
687 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
688 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
689 could be used if necessary
690 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
691 mention the rsync dupload method
692 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
694 * other small corrections
695 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
696 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
697 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
698 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
700 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
702 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
703 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
705 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
707 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
709 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
710 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
711 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
712 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
714 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
715 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
716 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
717 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
718 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
720 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
722 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
723 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
724 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
725 team (closes: Bug#52906)
726 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
727 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
728 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
730 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
731 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
732 - added a section about the LDAP database
733 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
734 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
736 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
737 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
739 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
741 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
743 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
744 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
745 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
747 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
748 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
749 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
750 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
751 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
752 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
753 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
754 description from developers-reference.sgml
756 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
758 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
760 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
761 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
763 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
765 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
766 releases are available at archive.debian.org
767 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
768 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
769 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
770 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
771 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
772 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
773 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
774 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
776 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
777 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
778 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
779 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
781 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
782 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
783 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
784 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
785 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
786 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
787 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
788 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
789 suggestion from James Troup
790 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
791 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
792 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
793 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
796 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
798 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
800 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
801 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
803 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
805 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
807 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
808 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
809 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
810 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
811 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
812 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
813 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
815 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
817 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
819 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
820 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
821 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
822 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
823 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
824 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
826 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
827 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
829 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
831 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
833 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
835 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
837 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
838 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
839 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
840 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
841 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
843 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
844 with intro; demoted server sections under that
845 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
846 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
848 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
849 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
850 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
851 a normal developer may have access.
853 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
855 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
857 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
858 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
859 step all over each other
861 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
863 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
865 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
866 address for PGP key updates
868 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
870 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
872 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
873 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
874 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
875 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
876 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
878 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
880 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
882 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
883 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
884 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
885 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
886 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
887 <keyring-maint> instead)
888 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
889 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
891 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
893 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
894 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
895 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
897 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
899 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
901 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
902 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
903 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
904 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
905 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
906 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
908 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
909 tighten up the language a bit
910 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
911 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
912 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
913 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
915 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
916 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
917 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
918 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
919 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
920 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
922 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
923 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
924 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
925 about how to depart Debian gracefully
926 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
927 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
928 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
929 number of available packages
930 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
931 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
933 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
935 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
937 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
940 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
942 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
944 * not officially released
945 * more spelling corrections
946 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
948 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
950 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
952 * not officially released
953 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
954 * some PGP-centricity removed
955 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
956 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
957 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
958 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
959 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
960 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
962 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
964 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
966 * not officially released
967 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
968 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
969 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
970 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
971 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
972 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
973 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
974 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
975 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
976 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
977 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
978 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
979 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
980 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
982 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
983 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
985 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
987 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
988 take a couple of weeks
989 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
990 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
991 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
992 excited about it and can't wait
993 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
994 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
996 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
997 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
999 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1000 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1001 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1003 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1005 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1007 * move to 3-level version number:
1008 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1009 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1010 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1011 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1012 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1015 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1016 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1017 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1019 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1021 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1022 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1023 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1024 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1025 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1026 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1028 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1030 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1031 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1032 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1033 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1034 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1035 - "The CVS server": new section added
1036 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1038 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1039 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1040 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1041 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1042 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1043 with respect to GPG.
1044 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1045 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1046 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1047 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1048 a canonical location?)
1049 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1050 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1051 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1052 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1054 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1056 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1057 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1058 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1059 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1061 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1063 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1065 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1066 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1067 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1068 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1069 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1070 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1071 and should not be included in this Reference.
1072 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1073 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1074 maintainer tools only!
1075 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1076 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1077 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1078 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1079 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1080 * Little corrections here and there.
1081 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1082 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1085 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1087 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1089 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1090 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1091 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1093 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1094 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1095 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1096 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1097 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1098 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1099 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1100 do prior to uploading
1101 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1102 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1104 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1105 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1106 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1107 duties with respect to bugs
1108 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1109 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1110 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1112 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1113 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1114 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1115 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1116 explicit what is used to build this package
1118 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1120 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1123 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1124 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1125 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1126 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1127 * utilize the new URL tag
1128 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1131 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1133 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1135 * non-maintainer release
1136 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1137 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1138 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1139 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1140 text, it can't hurt you.)
1141 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1142 reflect this packages version number
1143 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1145 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1147 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1151 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1153 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1155 * New version numbering scheme:
1157 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1158 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1159 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1162 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1163 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1164 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1165 differ between the manuals.
1167 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1168 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1169 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1170 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1172 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1173 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1175 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1177 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1179 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1181 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1183 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1184 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1186 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1187 (as requested by James Troup)
1189 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1191 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1193 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1195 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1197 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1199 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1201 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1203 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1204 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1205 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1206 the non-maintainer release
1208 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1209 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1210 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1213 - Lots of typos fixed
1215 * Compressed SGML source code
1217 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1218 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1220 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1222 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1224 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1226 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1227 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1228 - Announcing package uploads
1229 * New section about Debian Mentors
1230 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1231 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1232 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1233 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1235 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1237 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1239 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1240 of our FTP server and the development process
1241 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1242 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1243 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1245 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1246 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1247 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1248 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1249 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1250 contacting the maintainer
1251 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1252 a new manual released soon)
1253 * Some minor changes
1254 * Include SGML source in package
1255 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1256 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1258 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1260 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1264 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200