1 developers-reference (3.4.14) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
4 * Update links from http to https where possible
7 * Drop section on goodies, point to wiki instead.
8 Closes: #751489, #586186
9 * dpkg-buildpackage now uses fakeroot automatically. Closes: #750988
10 * Drop section on debsums as this functionality is now integrated in
12 * Mention other types of checksums besides MD5. Closes: #750994
13 * Mention rationale for including the description in ITPs. Closes:
15 * Mention getting removed from e-mail aliases in retiring procedure.
18 -- Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> Wed, 20 Aug 2014 18:43:04 -0700
20 developers-reference (3.4.13) unstable; urgency=medium
23 * Fix typo in NMU section s/blocking/block/. Closes: #755515
26 * Fix typo in Vcs-Git:. Closes: #756491
27 * resources: Mention that some of the goodies also apply to DMs.
28 Thanks Philipp Kaluza for the patch. Closes: #581603
29 * Clarify type of changes accepted in NMUs. Thanks to Chris Knadle for the
30 patch! Closes: #672198
31 * Add Steam subscriptions to the list of goodies. Thanks to Paul Wise
32 for the patch. Closes: #736381
33 * Replace 'Debian GNU/Linux' with 'Debian' (except at one place). Thanks
34 to 'victory' for the patch. Closes: #708665
35 * Add pointer to debian-experimental-changes@l.d.o, where uploads to
36 experimental are sent. Thanks to Guo Yixuan for the patch! Closes: #671705
37 * Recommend git-bp instead of cvs-bp, and cowbuilder instead of pbuilder-uml.
38 Thanks to Osamu Aoki and Andreas Rönnquist for the patch! Closes: #741269
39 * Update for jessie. Thanks Fabien Givors for the patch! Closes: #719888
41 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jul 2014 17:52:15 +0200
43 developers-reference (3.4.12) unstable; urgency=medium
46 * Update preferred contact method for the security team. Closes: #738607
47 Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the patch.
50 * Removed mention of Gandi's discontinued discount.
53 * Move maintenance to Git & collab-maint. Update Vcs-*.
54 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.5 (no change required).
56 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Tue, 08 Jul 2014 15:54:19 +0200
58 developers-reference (3.4.11) unstable; urgency=low
63 * Update versioning advice for security uploads as well. Closes: #709218
64 Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the patch.
66 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:06:40 +0200
68 developers-reference (3.4.10) unstable; urgency=low
73 * Add recommendations to re-introduce packages. Thanks to Paul Wise for the
74 patch. Closes: #685039
75 * Drop paragraph about vanilla debian/rules files which mainly points to a
76 no-longer working link.
79 * Introduce epub support. Closes: #652044
82 * Update versioning advice for uploads to stable/testing. Closes: #685646
83 * Advise to use codename-security instead of stable-security.
86 [ Translation updates ]
87 * French by David Prévot.
88 * Japanese by victory.
89 * German by Chris Leick.
93 - Update Standards-Version to 3.9.4 (no change required).
94 - Use canonical URL for Vcs-Svn.
96 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2013 18:35:23 -0400
98 developers-reference (3.4.9) unstable; urgency=low
103 * Clarify that removals from testing are possible. Closes: #678710
104 Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
105 * Reword various parts to be gender-neutral. Closes: #678712
106 Thanks to Per Andersson and Steve Langasek for the patch.
107 * Recommend usage of gender-neutral formulations in README-contrib.
108 * Fix Vcs-Browser URL. Thanks to Charles Plessy who spotted it.
109 * Document the existence of "hints" that release managers can
110 use to tweak the conditions of testing migration. Closes: #679562
111 Thanks to Paul Gevers <paul@climbing.nl> for the patch.
113 [ Translation updates ]
114 * Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
115 * French by David Prévot.
116 * German by Chris Leick.
119 * Fix typo: Freenodes -> Freenode. Closes: #679735
121 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:34:59 -0400
123 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
126 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
127 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
128 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
129 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
130 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
131 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
132 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
135 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
136 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
138 * Translation updates (complete)
139 - French by David Prévot.
140 - German by Chris Leick.
143 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
144 * Switch to xz compression for source.
145 * Clean up debian/rules by using dh (with compat level 8).
146 * Drop build-dependency on latex-cjk-xcjk since xeCJK.sty is provided
147 by texlive-xetex directly.
149 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:57:23 +0200
151 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
156 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
157 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
158 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
159 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
160 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
161 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
162 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
163 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
164 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
165 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
166 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
167 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
168 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
169 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
170 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
171 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
172 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
173 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
174 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
175 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
178 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
179 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
180 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
181 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
184 * Translation updates (all completed)
185 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
186 - German by Chris Leick.
187 - French by David Prévot.
189 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
191 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
194 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
195 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
198 * Update my email address.
199 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
200 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
201 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
202 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
203 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
204 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
207 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
209 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
214 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
215 version tracking removed that requirement.
218 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
219 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
220 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
221 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
222 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
223 needed. Closes: #619990
224 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
225 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
228 * Initial German translation.
231 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
232 * Update French translation.
233 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
234 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
235 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
238 * Update Japanese translation.
240 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
242 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
245 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
246 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
249 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
250 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
251 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
252 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
253 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
254 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
255 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
256 patch. Closes: #540231
257 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
258 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
259 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
260 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
261 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
262 for the patch. Closes: #548823
263 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
264 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
265 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
266 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
267 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
268 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
269 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
270 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
271 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
272 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
273 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
274 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
275 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
276 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
278 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
279 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
280 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
282 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
283 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
284 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
285 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
286 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
288 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
290 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
291 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
292 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
293 patch. Closes: #573110
294 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
296 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
297 multi-lines substitution variables.
300 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
301 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
302 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
303 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
304 * Activate Japanese package.
305 * Handle addendum if it exists.
307 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
309 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
311 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
312 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
314 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
316 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
318 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
319 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
321 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
323 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
325 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
326 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
327 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
328 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
329 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
330 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
331 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
332 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
333 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
334 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
335 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
336 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
337 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
338 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
339 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
340 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
341 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
342 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
343 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
344 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
345 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
346 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
348 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
350 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
353 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
357 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
358 The most important changes are:
359 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
360 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
363 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
364 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
365 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
366 distinction. Closes: #464230.
367 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
368 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
369 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
370 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
371 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
372 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
374 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
375 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
377 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
378 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
380 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
381 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
383 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
385 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
386 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
388 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
389 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
390 Closes: #512620, #510783.
392 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
394 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
397 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
398 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
399 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
400 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
401 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
402 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
403 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
404 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
406 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
408 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
411 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
412 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
413 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
414 release codenames in <literal>
415 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
416 doesn't exist anymore.
417 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
418 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
419 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
420 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
421 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
422 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
423 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
424 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
425 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
426 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
427 team before upload. Closes: #459343
428 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
429 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
430 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
431 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
432 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
433 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
434 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
436 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
437 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
439 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
440 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
441 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
442 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
443 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
444 Thomas. Closes: #485837
446 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
447 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
449 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
451 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
455 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
456 - fix debian/copyright
457 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
458 - add pdf for French version.
459 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
460 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
461 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
462 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
463 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
464 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
465 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
466 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
467 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
469 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
470 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
472 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
474 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
475 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
476 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
477 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
478 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
479 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
481 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
484 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
485 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
486 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
487 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
488 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
489 * Update information concerning Alioth.
490 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
491 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
493 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
494 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
496 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
499 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
501 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
503 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
505 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
506 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
508 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
509 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
510 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
512 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
513 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
514 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
516 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
517 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
518 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
519 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
520 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
521 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
522 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
523 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
524 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
525 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
526 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
527 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
529 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
530 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
531 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
532 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
533 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
534 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
535 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
536 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
537 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
538 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
542 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
544 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
546 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
549 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
550 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
551 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
552 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
553 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
554 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
556 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
558 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
560 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
562 - non-us discontinued.
563 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
565 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
566 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
567 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
568 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
569 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
570 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
571 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
572 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
573 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
574 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
575 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
576 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
577 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
578 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
579 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
580 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
581 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
582 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
584 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
585 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
587 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
590 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
592 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
594 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
597 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
598 - madison is on merkel.
599 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
600 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
601 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
602 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
603 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
604 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
606 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
607 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
608 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
609 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
610 - sync NM rules with reality.
612 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
614 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
616 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
619 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
620 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
621 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
622 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
623 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
624 - spelling, grammer fixes.
625 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
626 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
627 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
628 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
629 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
630 - add myself to uploaders.
631 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
632 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
633 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
634 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
635 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
636 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
637 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
638 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
639 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
640 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
641 - rewrote the NMU section, and
642 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
643 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
644 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
645 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
646 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
647 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
648 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
649 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
651 - Security uploads get urgency=high
652 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
654 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
656 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
658 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
661 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
662 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
663 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
664 - documented Alioth, somewhat
666 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
667 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
669 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
670 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
671 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
672 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
676 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
678 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
679 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
680 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
681 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
684 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
686 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
689 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
691 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
692 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
693 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
695 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
696 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
697 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
698 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
701 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
703 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
704 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
705 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
706 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
707 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
709 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
710 it clear these are special cases
711 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
713 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
715 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
717 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
720 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
721 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
723 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
725 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
727 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
730 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
732 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
733 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
734 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
736 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
737 - the synopsis formula changed to either
738 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
740 <package-name> is <synopsis>
742 <package-name> are <synopsis>
744 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
745 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
746 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
747 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
748 package; closes: #187143
750 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
752 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
755 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
756 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
758 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
760 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
761 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
762 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
763 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
764 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
765 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
766 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
767 right places in the document, closes: #172897
768 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
772 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
774 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
775 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
776 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
777 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
778 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
779 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
780 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
782 - editorial changes on material added in this version
783 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
784 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
785 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
786 closes: #139957, #108416
787 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
788 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
790 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
792 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
795 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
797 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
798 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
799 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
800 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
802 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
803 for best practices for documentation
804 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
805 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
806 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
807 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
809 - spell-checking pass
811 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
813 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
816 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
817 descriptions" moved under there
818 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
819 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
820 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
821 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
822 the document where these tools are discussed
823 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
824 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
825 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
826 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
827 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
828 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
830 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
831 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
832 that can be fixed by DDP folks
833 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
834 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
835 - simply PS and PDF building rules
837 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
839 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
842 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
843 section and adjusted links
844 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
846 - ChangeLog attribution updates
847 - fix typos, closes: #171781
848 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
849 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
850 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
851 for debian/rules", and write an intro
852 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
853 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
854 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
855 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
856 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
857 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
858 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
859 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
860 "Internationalization"
861 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
862 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
863 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
864 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
865 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
866 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
867 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
868 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
869 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
871 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
872 rather useless and broken
873 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
874 names and the first word
875 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
876 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
877 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
879 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
880 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
881 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
883 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
885 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
888 - DDP publishing update
890 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
891 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
892 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
893 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
895 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
897 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
900 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
901 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
902 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
904 - added myself as co-author
905 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
907 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
908 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
910 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
911 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
913 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
915 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
918 - Corrected several errors with —
919 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
920 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
921 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
922 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
923 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
924 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
925 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
927 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
928 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
929 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
930 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
931 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
932 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
933 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
934 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
935 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
937 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
938 descriptions". closes: #158609
939 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
940 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
941 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
942 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
943 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
945 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
946 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
947 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
948 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
949 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
950 - updated the mailing lists section
952 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
953 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
956 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
958 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
961 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
962 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
964 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
966 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
967 Ch "The Debian Archive"
969 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
971 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
972 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
973 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
974 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
975 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
977 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
978 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
979 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
980 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
981 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
982 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
983 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
985 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
986 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
989 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
990 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
991 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
992 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
993 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
994 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
995 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
996 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
997 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
998 work-around with <...>
999 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
1000 - update copyright date
1001 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
1002 - spell check and grammar corrections
1006 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
1008 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
1009 recompile"; closes: #102626
1010 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
1011 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
1012 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
1013 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
1014 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
1016 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
1017 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
1018 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
1020 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
1022 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
1023 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
1024 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
1025 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
1026 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
1027 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
1028 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
1029 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
1030 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
1032 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
1034 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
1036 - updated the list of available architectures.
1037 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
1038 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
1039 of the package and nothing more.
1040 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
1041 any pain to the ftpmasters.
1042 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
1043 the use of the delayed queue.
1044 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
1045 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
1047 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
1048 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
1049 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
1050 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
1051 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
1052 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
1053 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
1055 - new Sec "Documentation"
1056 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
1057 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
1058 "Being kind to porter" too
1059 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
1060 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
1061 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
1062 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
1063 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
1065 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
1066 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
1069 - update French translation
1071 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
1073 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
1076 - some grammar corrections
1077 - update French translation
1079 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
1080 anymore; closes: #135559
1081 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
1083 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
1085 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
1086 that would be welcome)
1087 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
1088 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
1089 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
1090 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
1091 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
1092 - other minor wording changes
1093 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
1094 - Ch "Package uploads":
1095 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
1096 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
1097 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
1098 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
1099 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
1100 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
1101 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
1103 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
1105 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1107 * from Martin Michlmayr
1108 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
1109 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
1110 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
1112 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
1114 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1116 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
1118 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
1119 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
1120 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
1121 - minor build tweaks
1123 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1124 * from Chris Tillman
1125 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1128 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1130 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1133 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1135 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1136 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1137 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1138 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1139 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1140 talking about uploading to distributions
1141 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1142 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1143 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1145 - French translation updated
1147 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1148 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1149 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1151 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1153 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1156 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1157 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1160 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1162 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1165 * fix a typo in a link
1166 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1167 update documentation accordingly
1169 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1170 forwarding bugs upstream
1172 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1173 entities which should be used
1174 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1175 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1177 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1179 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1181 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1182 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1183 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1184 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1186 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1189 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1191 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1193 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1195 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1196 this translation needs updating
1197 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1198 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1199 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1201 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1202 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1203 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1205 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1206 included yet, however
1208 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1210 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1212 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1214 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1215 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1217 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1219 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1221 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1223 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1224 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1225 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1227 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1229 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1231 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1234 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1235 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1236 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1237 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1238 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1239 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1240 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1241 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1242 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1243 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1244 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1245 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1247 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1248 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1249 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1250 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1251 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1253 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1255 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1256 * update copyright notice for 2001
1257 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1258 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1259 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1261 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1263 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1265 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1267 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1269 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1271 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1273 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1275 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1276 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1278 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1279 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1280 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1281 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1282 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1283 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1284 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1285 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1286 could be used if necessary
1287 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1288 mention the rsync dupload method
1289 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1291 * other small corrections
1292 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1293 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1294 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1295 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1297 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1299 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1300 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1302 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1304 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1306 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1307 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1308 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1309 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1311 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1312 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1313 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1314 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1315 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1317 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1319 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1320 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1321 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1322 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1323 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1324 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1325 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1327 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1328 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1329 - added a section about the LDAP database
1330 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1331 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1333 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1334 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1336 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1338 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1340 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1341 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1342 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1344 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1345 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1346 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1347 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1348 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1349 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1350 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1351 description from developers-reference.sgml
1353 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1355 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1357 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1358 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1360 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1362 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1363 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1364 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1365 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1366 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1367 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1368 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1369 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1370 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1371 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1373 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1374 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1375 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1376 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1378 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1379 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1380 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1381 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1382 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1383 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1384 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1385 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1386 suggestion from James Troup
1387 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1388 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1389 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1390 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1393 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1395 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1397 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1398 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1400 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1402 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1404 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1405 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1406 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1407 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1408 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1409 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1410 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1412 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1414 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1416 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1417 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1418 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1419 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1420 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1421 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1423 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1424 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1426 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1428 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1430 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1432 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1434 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1435 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1436 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1437 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1438 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1440 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1441 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1442 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1443 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1445 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1446 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1447 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1448 a normal developer may have access.
1450 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1452 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1454 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1455 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1456 step all over each other
1458 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1460 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1462 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1463 address for PGP key updates
1465 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1467 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1469 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1470 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1471 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1472 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1473 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1475 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1477 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1479 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1480 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1481 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1482 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1483 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1484 <keyring-maint> instead)
1485 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1486 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1488 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1490 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1491 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1492 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1494 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1496 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1498 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1499 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1500 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1501 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1502 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1503 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1505 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1506 tighten up the language a bit
1507 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1508 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1509 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1510 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1512 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1513 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1514 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1515 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1516 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1517 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1519 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1520 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1521 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1522 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1523 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1524 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1525 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1526 number of available packages
1527 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1528 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1530 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1532 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1534 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1537 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1539 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1541 * not officially released
1542 * more spelling corrections
1543 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1545 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1547 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1549 * not officially released
1550 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1551 * some PGP-centricity removed
1552 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1553 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1554 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1555 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1556 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1557 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1559 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1561 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1563 * not officially released
1564 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1565 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1566 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1567 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1568 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1569 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1570 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1571 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1572 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1573 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1574 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1575 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1576 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1577 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1579 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1580 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1582 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1584 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1585 take a couple of weeks
1586 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1587 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1588 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1589 excited about it and can't wait
1590 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1591 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1593 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1594 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1596 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1597 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1598 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1600 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1602 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1604 * move to 3-level version number:
1605 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1606 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1607 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1608 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1609 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1612 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1613 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1614 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1616 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1618 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1619 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1620 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1621 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1622 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1623 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1625 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1627 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1628 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1629 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1630 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1631 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1632 - "The CVS server": new section added
1633 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1635 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1636 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1637 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1638 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1639 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1640 with respect to GPG.
1641 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1642 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1643 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1644 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1645 a canonical location?)
1646 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1647 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1648 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1649 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1651 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1653 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1654 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1655 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1656 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1658 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1660 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1662 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1663 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1664 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1665 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1666 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1667 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1668 and should not be included in this Reference.
1669 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1670 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1671 maintainer tools only!
1672 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1673 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1674 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1675 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1676 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1677 * Little corrections here and there.
1678 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1679 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1682 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1684 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1686 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1687 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1688 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1690 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1691 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1692 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1693 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1694 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1695 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1696 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1697 do prior to uploading
1698 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1699 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1701 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1702 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1703 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1704 duties with respect to bugs
1705 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1706 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1707 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1709 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1710 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1711 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1712 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1713 explicit what is used to build this package
1715 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1717 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1720 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1721 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1722 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1723 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1724 * utilize the new URL tag
1725 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1728 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1730 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1732 * non-maintainer release
1733 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1734 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1735 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1736 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1737 text, it can't hurt you.)
1738 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1739 reflect this packages version number
1740 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1742 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1744 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1748 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1750 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1752 * New version numbering scheme:
1754 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1755 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1756 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1759 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1760 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1761 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1762 differ between the manuals.
1764 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1765 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1766 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1767 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1769 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1770 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1772 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1774 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1776 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1778 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1780 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1781 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1783 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1784 (as requested by James Troup)
1786 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1788 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1790 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1792 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1794 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1796 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1798 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1800 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1801 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1802 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1803 the non-maintainer release
1805 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1806 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1807 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1810 - Lots of typos fixed
1812 * Compressed SGML source code
1814 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1815 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1817 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1819 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1821 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1823 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1824 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1825 - Announcing package uploads
1826 * New section about Debian Mentors
1827 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1828 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1829 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1830 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1832 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1834 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1836 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1837 of our FTP server and the development process
1838 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1839 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1840 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1842 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1843 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1844 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1845 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1846 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1847 contacting the maintainer
1848 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1849 a new manual released soon)
1850 * Some minor changes
1851 * Include SGML source in package
1852 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1853 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1855 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1857 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1861 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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