1 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
4 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
5 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
6 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
7 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
8 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
9 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
11 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
13 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
15 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
17 - non-us discontinued.
18 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
20 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
21 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
22 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
23 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
24 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
25 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
26 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
27 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
28 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
29 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
30 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
31 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
33 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 25 Jun 2005 06:04:20 -0600
35 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
38 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
39 - madison is on merkel.
40 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
41 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
42 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
43 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
44 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
45 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
47 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
48 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
49 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
50 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
51 - sync NM rules with reality.
53 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
55 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
57 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
60 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
61 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
62 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
63 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
64 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
65 - spelling, grammer fixes.
66 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
67 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
68 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
69 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
70 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
71 - add myself to uploaders.
72 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
73 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
74 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
75 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
76 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
77 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
78 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
79 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
80 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
81 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
82 - rewrote the NMU section, and
83 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
84 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
85 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
86 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
87 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
88 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
89 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
90 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
92 - Security uploads get urgency=high
93 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
95 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
97 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
99 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
102 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
103 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
104 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
105 - documented Alioth, somewhat
107 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
108 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
110 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
111 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
112 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
113 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
117 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
119 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
120 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
121 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
122 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
125 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
127 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
130 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
132 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
133 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
134 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
136 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
137 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
138 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
139 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
142 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
144 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
145 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
146 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
147 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
148 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
150 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
151 it clear these are special cases
152 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
154 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
156 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
158 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
161 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
162 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
164 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
166 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
168 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
171 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
173 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
174 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
175 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
177 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
178 - the synopsis formula changed to either
179 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
181 <package-name> is <synopsis>
183 <package-name> are <synopsis>
185 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
186 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
187 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
188 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
189 package; closes: #187143
191 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
193 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
196 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
197 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
199 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
201 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
202 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
203 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
204 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
205 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
206 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
207 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
208 right places in the document, closes: #172897
209 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
213 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
215 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
216 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
217 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
218 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
219 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
220 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
221 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
223 - editorial changes on material added in this version
224 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
225 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
226 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
227 closes: #139957, #108416
228 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
229 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
231 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
233 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
236 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
238 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
239 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
240 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
241 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
243 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
244 for best practices for documentation
245 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
246 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
247 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
248 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
250 - spell-checking pass
252 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
254 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
257 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
258 descriptions" moved under there
259 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
260 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
261 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
262 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
263 the document where these tools are discussed
264 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
265 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
266 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
267 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
268 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
269 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
271 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
272 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
273 that can be fixed by DDP folks
274 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
275 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
276 - simply PS and PDF building rules
278 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
280 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
283 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
284 section and adjusted links
285 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
287 - ChangeLog attribution updates
288 - fix typos, closes: #171781
289 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
290 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
291 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
292 for debian/rules", and write an intro
293 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
294 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
295 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
296 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
297 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
298 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
299 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
300 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
301 "Internationalization"
302 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
303 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
304 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
305 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
306 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
307 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
308 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
309 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
310 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
312 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
313 rather useless and broken
314 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
315 names and the first word
316 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
317 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
318 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
320 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
321 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
322 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
324 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
326 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
329 - DDP publishing update
331 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
332 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
333 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
334 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
336 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
338 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
341 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
342 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
343 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
345 - added myself as co-author
346 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
348 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
349 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
351 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
352 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
354 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
356 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
359 - Corrected several errors with —
360 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
361 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
362 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
363 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
364 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
365 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
366 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
368 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
369 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
370 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
371 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
372 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
373 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
374 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
375 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
376 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
378 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
379 descriptions". closes: #158609
380 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
381 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
382 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
383 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
384 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
386 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
387 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
388 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
389 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
390 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
391 - updated the mailing lists section
393 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
394 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
397 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
399 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
402 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
403 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
405 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
407 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
408 Ch "The Debian Archive"
410 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
412 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
413 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
414 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
415 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
416 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
418 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
419 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
420 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
421 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
422 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
423 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
424 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
426 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
427 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
430 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
431 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
432 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
433 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
434 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
435 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
436 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
437 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
438 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
439 work-around with <...>
440 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
441 - update copyright date
442 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
443 - spell check and grammar corrections
447 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
449 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
450 recompile"; closes: #102626
451 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
452 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
453 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
454 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
455 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
457 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
458 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
459 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
461 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
463 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
464 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
465 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
466 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
467 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
468 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
469 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
470 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
471 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
473 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
475 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
477 - updated the list of available architectures.
478 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
479 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
480 of the package and nothing more.
481 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
482 any pain to the ftpmasters.
483 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
484 the use of the delayed queue.
485 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
486 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
488 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
489 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
490 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
491 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
492 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
493 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
494 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
496 - new Sec "Documentation"
497 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
498 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
499 "Being kind to porter" too
500 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
501 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
502 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
503 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
504 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
506 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
507 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
510 - update French translation
512 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
514 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
517 - some grammar corrections
518 - update French translation
520 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
521 anymore; closes: #135559
522 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
524 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
526 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
527 that would be welcome)
528 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
529 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
530 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
531 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
532 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
533 - other minor wording changes
534 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
535 - Ch "Package uploads":
536 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
537 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
538 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
539 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
540 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
541 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
542 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
544 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
546 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
548 * from Martin Michlmayr
549 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
550 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
551 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
553 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
555 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
557 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
559 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
560 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
561 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
564 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
566 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
569 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
571 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
574 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
576 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
577 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
578 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
579 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
580 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
581 talking about uploading to distributions
582 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
583 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
584 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
586 - French translation updated
588 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
589 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
590 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
592 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
594 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
597 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
598 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
601 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
603 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
606 * fix a typo in a link
607 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
608 update documentation accordingly
610 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
611 forwarding bugs upstream
613 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
614 entities which should be used
615 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
616 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
618 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
620 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
622 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
623 * French version: completely up-to-date now
624 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
625 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
627 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
630 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
632 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
634 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
636 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
637 this translation needs updating
638 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
639 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
640 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
642 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
643 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
644 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
646 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
647 included yet, however
649 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
651 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
653 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
655 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
656 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
658 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
660 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
662 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
664 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
665 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
666 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
668 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
670 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
672 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
675 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
676 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
677 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
678 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
679 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
680 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
681 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
682 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
683 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
684 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
685 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
686 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
688 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
689 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
690 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
691 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
692 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
694 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
696 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
697 * update copyright notice for 2001
698 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
699 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
700 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
702 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
704 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
706 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
708 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
710 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
712 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
714 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
716 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
717 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
719 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
720 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
721 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
722 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
723 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
724 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
725 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
726 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
727 could be used if necessary
728 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
729 mention the rsync dupload method
730 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
732 * other small corrections
733 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
734 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
735 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
736 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
738 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
740 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
741 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
743 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
745 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
747 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
748 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
749 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
750 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
752 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
753 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
754 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
755 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
756 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
758 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
760 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
761 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
762 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
763 team (closes: Bug#52906)
764 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
765 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
766 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
768 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
769 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
770 - added a section about the LDAP database
771 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
772 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
774 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
775 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
777 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
779 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
781 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
782 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
783 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
785 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
786 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
787 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
788 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
789 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
790 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
791 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
792 description from developers-reference.sgml
794 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
796 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
798 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
799 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
801 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
803 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
804 releases are available at archive.debian.org
805 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
806 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
807 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
808 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
809 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
810 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
811 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
812 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
814 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
815 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
816 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
817 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
819 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
820 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
821 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
822 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
823 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
824 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
825 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
826 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
827 suggestion from James Troup
828 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
829 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
830 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
831 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
834 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
836 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
838 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
839 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
841 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
843 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
845 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
846 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
847 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
848 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
849 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
850 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
851 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
853 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
855 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
857 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
858 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
859 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
860 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
861 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
862 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
864 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
865 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
867 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
869 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
871 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
873 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
875 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
876 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
877 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
878 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
879 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
881 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
882 with intro; demoted server sections under that
883 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
884 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
886 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
887 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
888 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
889 a normal developer may have access.
891 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
893 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
895 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
896 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
897 step all over each other
899 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
901 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
903 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
904 address for PGP key updates
906 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
908 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
910 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
911 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
912 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
913 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
914 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
916 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
918 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
920 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
921 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
922 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
923 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
924 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
925 <keyring-maint> instead)
926 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
927 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
929 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
931 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
932 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
933 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
935 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
937 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
939 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
940 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
941 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
942 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
943 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
944 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
946 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
947 tighten up the language a bit
948 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
949 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
950 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
951 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
953 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
954 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
955 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
956 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
957 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
958 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
960 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
961 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
962 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
963 about how to depart Debian gracefully
964 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
965 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
966 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
967 number of available packages
968 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
969 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
971 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
973 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
975 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
978 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
980 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
982 * not officially released
983 * more spelling corrections
984 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
986 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
988 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
990 * not officially released
991 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
992 * some PGP-centricity removed
993 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
994 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
995 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
996 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
997 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
998 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1000 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1002 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1004 * not officially released
1005 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1006 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1007 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1008 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1009 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1010 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1011 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1012 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1013 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1014 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1015 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1016 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1017 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1018 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1020 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1021 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1023 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1025 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1026 take a couple of weeks
1027 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1028 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1029 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1030 excited about it and can't wait
1031 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1032 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1034 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1035 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1037 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1038 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1039 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1041 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1043 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1045 * move to 3-level version number:
1046 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1047 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1048 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1049 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1050 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1053 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1054 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1055 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1057 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1059 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1060 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1061 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1062 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1063 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1064 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1066 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1068 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1069 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1070 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1071 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1072 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1073 - "The CVS server": new section added
1074 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1076 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1077 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1078 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1079 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1080 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1081 with respect to GPG.
1082 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1083 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1084 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1085 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1086 a canonical location?)
1087 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1088 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1089 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1090 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1092 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1094 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1095 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1096 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1097 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1099 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1101 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1103 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1104 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1105 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1106 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1107 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1108 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1109 and should not be included in this Reference.
1110 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1111 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1112 maintainer tools only!
1113 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1114 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1115 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1116 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1117 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1118 * Little corrections here and there.
1119 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1120 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1123 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1125 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1127 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1128 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1129 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1131 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1132 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1133 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1134 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1135 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1136 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1137 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1138 do prior to uploading
1139 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1140 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1142 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1143 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1144 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1145 duties with respect to bugs
1146 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1147 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1148 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1150 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1151 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1152 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1153 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1154 explicit what is used to build this package
1156 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1158 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1161 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1162 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1163 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1164 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1165 * utilize the new URL tag
1166 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1169 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1171 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1173 * non-maintainer release
1174 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1175 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1176 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1177 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1178 text, it can't hurt you.)
1179 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1180 reflect this packages version number
1181 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1183 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1185 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1189 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1191 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1193 * New version numbering scheme:
1195 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1196 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1197 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1200 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1201 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1202 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1203 differ between the manuals.
1205 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1206 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1207 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1208 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1210 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1211 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1213 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1215 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1217 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1219 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1221 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1222 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1224 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1225 (as requested by James Troup)
1227 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1229 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1231 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1233 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1235 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1237 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1239 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1241 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1242 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1243 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1244 the non-maintainer release
1246 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1247 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1248 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1251 - Lots of typos fixed
1253 * Compressed SGML source code
1255 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1256 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1258 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1260 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1262 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1264 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1265 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1266 - Announcing package uploads
1267 * New section about Debian Mentors
1268 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1269 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1270 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1271 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1273 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1275 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1277 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1278 of our FTP server and the development process
1279 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1280 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1281 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1283 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1284 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1285 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1286 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1287 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1288 contacting the maintainer
1289 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1290 a new manual released soon)
1291 * Some minor changes
1292 * Include SGML source in package
1293 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1294 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1296 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1298 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1302 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200