1 developers-reference (3.4.12) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
4 * Update preferred contact method for the security team. Closes: #738607
5 Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the patch.
8 * Removed mention of Gandi's discontinued discount.
10 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:25:00 +0100
12 developers-reference (3.4.11) unstable; urgency=low
17 * Update versioning advice for security uploads as well. Closes: #709218
18 Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the patch.
20 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:06:40 +0200
22 developers-reference (3.4.10) unstable; urgency=low
27 * Add recommendations to re-introduce packages. Thanks to Paul Wise for the
28 patch. Closes: #685039
29 * Drop paragraph about vanilla debian/rules files which mainly points to a
30 no-longer working link.
33 * Introduce epub support. Closes: #652044
36 * Update versioning advice for uploads to stable/testing. Closes: #685646
37 * Advise to use codename-security instead of stable-security.
40 [ Translation updates ]
41 * French by David Prévot.
42 * Japanese by victory.
43 * German by Chris Leick.
47 - Update Standards-Version to 3.9.4 (no change required).
48 - Use canonical URL for Vcs-Svn.
50 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2013 18:35:23 -0400
52 developers-reference (3.4.9) unstable; urgency=low
57 * Clarify that removals from testing are possible. Closes: #678710
58 Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
59 * Reword various parts to be gender-neutral. Closes: #678712
60 Thanks to Per Andersson and Steve Langasek for the patch.
61 * Recommend usage of gender-neutral formulations in README-contrib.
62 * Fix Vcs-Browser URL. Thanks to Charles Plessy who spotted it.
63 * Document the existence of "hints" that release managers can
64 use to tweak the conditions of testing migration. Closes: #679562
65 Thanks to Paul Gevers <paul@climbing.nl> for the patch.
67 [ Translation updates ]
68 * Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
69 * French by David Prévot.
70 * German by Chris Leick.
73 * Fix typo: Freenodes -> Freenode. Closes: #679735
75 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:34:59 -0400
77 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
80 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
81 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
82 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
83 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
84 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
85 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
86 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
89 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
90 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
92 * Translation updates (complete)
93 - French by David Prévot.
94 - German by Chris Leick.
97 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
98 * Switch to xz compression for source.
99 * Clean up debian/rules by using dh (with compat level 8).
100 * Drop build-dependency on latex-cjk-xcjk since xeCJK.sty is provided
101 by texlive-xetex directly.
103 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:57:23 +0200
105 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
110 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
111 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
112 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
113 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
114 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
115 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
116 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
117 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
118 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
119 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
120 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
121 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
122 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
123 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
124 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
125 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
126 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
127 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
128 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
129 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
132 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
133 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
134 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
135 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
138 * Translation updates (all completed)
139 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
140 - German by Chris Leick.
141 - French by David Prévot.
143 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
145 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
148 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
149 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
152 * Update my email address.
153 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
154 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
155 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
156 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
157 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
158 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
161 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
163 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
168 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
169 version tracking removed that requirement.
172 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
173 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
174 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
175 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
176 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
177 needed. Closes: #619990
178 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
179 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
182 * Initial German translation.
185 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
186 * Update French translation.
187 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
188 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
189 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
192 * Update Japanese translation.
194 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
196 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
199 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
200 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
203 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
204 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
205 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
206 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
207 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
208 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
209 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
210 patch. Closes: #540231
211 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
212 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
213 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
214 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
215 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
216 for the patch. Closes: #548823
217 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
218 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
219 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
220 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
221 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
222 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
223 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
224 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
225 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
226 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
227 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
228 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
229 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
230 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
232 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
233 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
234 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
236 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
237 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
238 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
239 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
240 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
242 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
244 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
245 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
246 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
247 patch. Closes: #573110
248 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
250 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
251 multi-lines substitution variables.
254 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
255 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
256 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
257 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
258 * Activate Japanese package.
259 * Handle addendum if it exists.
261 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
263 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
265 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
266 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
268 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
270 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
272 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
273 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
275 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
277 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
279 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
280 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
281 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
282 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
283 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
284 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
285 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
286 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
287 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
288 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
289 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
290 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
291 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
292 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
293 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
294 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
295 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
296 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
297 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
298 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
299 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
300 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
302 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
304 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
307 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
311 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
312 The most important changes are:
313 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
314 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
317 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
318 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
319 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
320 distinction. Closes: #464230.
321 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
322 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
323 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
324 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
325 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
326 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
328 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
329 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
331 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
332 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
334 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
335 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
337 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
339 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
340 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
342 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
343 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
344 Closes: #512620, #510783.
346 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
348 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
351 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
352 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
353 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
354 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
355 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
356 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
357 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
358 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
360 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
362 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
365 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
366 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
367 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
368 release codenames in <literal>
369 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
370 doesn't exist anymore.
371 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
372 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
373 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
374 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
375 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
376 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
377 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
378 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
379 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
380 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
381 team before upload. Closes: #459343
382 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
383 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
384 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
385 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
386 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
387 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
388 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
390 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
391 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
393 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
394 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
395 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
396 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
397 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
398 Thomas. Closes: #485837
400 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
401 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
403 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
405 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
409 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
410 - fix debian/copyright
411 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
412 - add pdf for French version.
413 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
414 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
415 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
416 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
417 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
418 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
419 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
420 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
421 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
423 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
424 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
426 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
428 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
429 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
430 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
431 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
432 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
433 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
435 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
438 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
439 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
440 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
441 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
442 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
443 * Update information concerning Alioth.
444 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
445 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
447 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
448 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
450 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
453 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
455 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
457 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
459 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
460 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
462 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
463 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
464 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
466 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
467 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
468 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
470 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
471 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
472 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
473 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
474 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
475 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
476 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
477 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
478 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
479 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
480 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
481 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
483 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
484 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
485 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
486 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
487 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
488 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
489 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
490 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
491 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
492 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
496 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
498 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
500 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
503 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
504 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
505 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
506 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
507 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
508 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
510 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
512 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
514 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
516 - non-us discontinued.
517 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
519 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
520 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
521 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
522 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
523 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
524 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
525 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
526 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
527 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
528 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
529 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
530 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
531 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
532 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
533 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
534 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
535 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
536 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
538 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
539 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
541 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
544 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
546 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
548 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
551 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
552 - madison is on merkel.
553 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
554 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
555 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
556 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
557 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
558 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
560 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
561 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
562 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
563 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
564 - sync NM rules with reality.
566 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
568 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
570 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
573 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
574 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
575 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
576 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
577 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
578 - spelling, grammer fixes.
579 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
580 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
581 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
582 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
583 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
584 - add myself to uploaders.
585 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
586 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
587 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
588 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
589 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
590 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
591 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
592 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
593 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
594 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
595 - rewrote the NMU section, and
596 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
597 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
598 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
599 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
600 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
601 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
602 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
603 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
605 - Security uploads get urgency=high
606 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
608 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
610 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
612 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
615 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
616 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
617 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
618 - documented Alioth, somewhat
620 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
621 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
623 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
624 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
625 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
626 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
630 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
632 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
633 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
634 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
635 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
638 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
640 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
643 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
645 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
646 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
647 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
649 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
650 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
651 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
652 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
655 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
657 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
658 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
659 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
660 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
661 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
663 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
664 it clear these are special cases
665 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
667 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
669 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
671 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
674 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
675 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
677 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
679 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
681 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
684 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
686 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
687 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
688 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
690 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
691 - the synopsis formula changed to either
692 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
694 <package-name> is <synopsis>
696 <package-name> are <synopsis>
698 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
699 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
700 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
701 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
702 package; closes: #187143
704 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
706 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
709 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
710 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
712 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
714 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
715 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
716 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
717 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
718 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
719 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
720 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
721 right places in the document, closes: #172897
722 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
726 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
728 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
729 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
730 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
731 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
732 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
733 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
734 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
736 - editorial changes on material added in this version
737 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
738 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
739 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
740 closes: #139957, #108416
741 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
742 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
744 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
746 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
749 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
751 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
752 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
753 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
754 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
756 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
757 for best practices for documentation
758 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
759 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
760 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
761 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
763 - spell-checking pass
765 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
767 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
770 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
771 descriptions" moved under there
772 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
773 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
774 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
775 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
776 the document where these tools are discussed
777 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
778 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
779 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
780 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
781 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
782 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
784 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
785 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
786 that can be fixed by DDP folks
787 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
788 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
789 - simply PS and PDF building rules
791 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
793 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
796 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
797 section and adjusted links
798 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
800 - ChangeLog attribution updates
801 - fix typos, closes: #171781
802 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
803 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
804 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
805 for debian/rules", and write an intro
806 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
807 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
808 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
809 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
810 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
811 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
812 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
813 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
814 "Internationalization"
815 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
816 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
817 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
818 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
819 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
820 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
821 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
822 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
823 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
825 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
826 rather useless and broken
827 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
828 names and the first word
829 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
830 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
831 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
833 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
834 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
835 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
837 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
839 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
842 - DDP publishing update
844 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
845 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
846 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
847 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
849 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
851 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
854 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
855 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
856 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
858 - added myself as co-author
859 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
861 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
862 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
864 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
865 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
867 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
869 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
872 - Corrected several errors with —
873 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
874 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
875 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
876 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
877 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
878 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
879 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
881 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
882 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
883 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
884 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
885 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
886 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
887 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
888 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
889 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
891 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
892 descriptions". closes: #158609
893 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
894 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
895 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
896 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
897 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
899 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
900 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
901 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
902 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
903 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
904 - updated the mailing lists section
906 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
907 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
910 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
912 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
915 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
916 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
918 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
920 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
921 Ch "The Debian Archive"
923 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
925 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
926 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
927 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
928 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
929 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
931 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
932 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
933 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
934 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
935 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
936 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
937 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
939 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
940 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
943 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
944 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
945 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
946 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
947 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
948 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
949 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
950 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
951 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
952 work-around with <...>
953 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
954 - update copyright date
955 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
956 - spell check and grammar corrections
960 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
962 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
963 recompile"; closes: #102626
964 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
965 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
966 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
967 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
968 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
970 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
971 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
972 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
974 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
976 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
977 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
978 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
979 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
980 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
981 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
982 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
983 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
984 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
986 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
988 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
990 - updated the list of available architectures.
991 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
992 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
993 of the package and nothing more.
994 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
995 any pain to the ftpmasters.
996 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
997 the use of the delayed queue.
998 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
999 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
1001 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
1002 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
1003 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
1004 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
1005 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
1006 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
1007 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
1009 - new Sec "Documentation"
1010 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
1011 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
1012 "Being kind to porter" too
1013 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
1014 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
1015 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
1016 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
1017 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
1019 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
1020 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
1023 - update French translation
1025 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
1027 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
1030 - some grammar corrections
1031 - update French translation
1033 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
1034 anymore; closes: #135559
1035 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
1037 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
1039 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
1040 that would be welcome)
1041 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
1042 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
1043 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
1044 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
1045 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
1046 - other minor wording changes
1047 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
1048 - Ch "Package uploads":
1049 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
1050 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
1051 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
1052 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
1053 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
1054 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
1055 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
1057 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
1059 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1061 * from Martin Michlmayr
1062 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
1063 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
1064 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
1066 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
1068 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1070 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
1072 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
1073 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
1074 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
1075 - minor build tweaks
1077 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1078 * from Chris Tillman
1079 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1082 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1084 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1087 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1089 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1090 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1091 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1092 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1093 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1094 talking about uploading to distributions
1095 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1096 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1097 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1099 - French translation updated
1101 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1102 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1103 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1105 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1107 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1110 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1111 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1114 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1116 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1119 * fix a typo in a link
1120 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1121 update documentation accordingly
1123 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1124 forwarding bugs upstream
1126 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1127 entities which should be used
1128 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1129 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1131 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1133 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1135 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1136 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1137 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1138 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1140 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1143 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1145 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1147 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1149 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1150 this translation needs updating
1151 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1152 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1153 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1155 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1156 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1157 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1159 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1160 included yet, however
1162 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1164 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1166 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1168 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1169 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1171 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1173 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1175 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1177 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1178 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1179 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1181 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1183 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1185 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1188 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1189 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1190 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1191 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1192 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1193 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1194 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1195 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1196 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1197 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1198 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1199 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1201 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1202 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1203 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1204 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1205 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1207 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1209 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1210 * update copyright notice for 2001
1211 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1212 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1213 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1215 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1217 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1219 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1221 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1223 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1225 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1227 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1229 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1230 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1232 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1233 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1234 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1235 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1236 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1237 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1238 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1239 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1240 could be used if necessary
1241 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1242 mention the rsync dupload method
1243 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1245 * other small corrections
1246 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1247 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1248 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1249 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1251 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1253 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1254 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1256 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1258 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1260 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1261 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1262 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1263 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1265 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1266 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1267 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1268 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1269 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1271 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1273 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1274 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1275 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1276 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1277 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1278 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1279 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1281 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1282 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1283 - added a section about the LDAP database
1284 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1285 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1287 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1288 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1290 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1292 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1294 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1295 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1296 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1298 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1299 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1300 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1301 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1302 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1303 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1304 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1305 description from developers-reference.sgml
1307 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1309 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1311 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1312 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1314 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1316 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1317 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1318 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1319 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1320 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1321 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1322 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1323 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1324 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1325 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1327 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1328 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1329 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1330 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1332 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1333 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1334 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1335 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1336 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1337 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1338 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1339 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1340 suggestion from James Troup
1341 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1342 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1343 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1344 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1347 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1349 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1351 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1352 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1354 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1356 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1358 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1359 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1360 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1361 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1362 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1363 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1364 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1366 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1368 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1370 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1371 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1372 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1373 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1374 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1375 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1377 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1378 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1380 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1382 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1384 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1386 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1388 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1389 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1390 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1391 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1392 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1394 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1395 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1396 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1397 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1399 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1400 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1401 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1402 a normal developer may have access.
1404 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1406 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1408 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1409 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1410 step all over each other
1412 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1414 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1416 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1417 address for PGP key updates
1419 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1421 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1423 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1424 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1425 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1426 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1427 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1429 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1431 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1433 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1434 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1435 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1436 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1437 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1438 <keyring-maint> instead)
1439 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1440 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1442 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1444 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1445 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1446 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1448 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1450 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1452 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1453 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1454 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1455 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1456 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1457 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1459 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1460 tighten up the language a bit
1461 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1462 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1463 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1464 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1466 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1467 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1468 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1469 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1470 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1471 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1473 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1474 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1475 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1476 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1477 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1478 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1479 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1480 number of available packages
1481 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1482 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1484 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1486 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1488 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1491 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1493 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1495 * not officially released
1496 * more spelling corrections
1497 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1499 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1501 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1503 * not officially released
1504 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1505 * some PGP-centricity removed
1506 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1507 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1508 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1509 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1510 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1511 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1513 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1515 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1517 * not officially released
1518 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1519 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1520 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1521 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1522 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1523 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1524 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1525 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1526 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1527 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1528 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1529 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1530 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1531 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1533 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1534 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1536 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1538 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1539 take a couple of weeks
1540 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1541 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1542 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1543 excited about it and can't wait
1544 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1545 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1547 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1548 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1550 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1551 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1552 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1554 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1556 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1558 * move to 3-level version number:
1559 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1560 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1561 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1562 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1563 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1566 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1567 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1568 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1570 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1572 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1573 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1574 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1575 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1576 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1577 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1579 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1581 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1582 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1583 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1584 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1585 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1586 - "The CVS server": new section added
1587 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1589 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1590 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1591 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1592 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1593 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1594 with respect to GPG.
1595 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1596 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1597 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1598 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1599 a canonical location?)
1600 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1601 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1602 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1603 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1605 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1607 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1608 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1609 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1610 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1612 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1614 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1616 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1617 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1618 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1619 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1620 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1621 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1622 and should not be included in this Reference.
1623 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1624 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1625 maintainer tools only!
1626 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1627 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1628 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1629 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1630 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1631 * Little corrections here and there.
1632 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1633 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1636 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1638 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1640 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1641 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1642 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1644 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1645 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1646 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1647 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1648 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1649 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1650 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1651 do prior to uploading
1652 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1653 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1655 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1656 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1657 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1658 duties with respect to bugs
1659 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1660 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1661 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1663 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1664 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1665 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1666 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1667 explicit what is used to build this package
1669 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1671 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1674 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1675 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1676 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1677 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1678 * utilize the new URL tag
1679 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1682 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1684 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1686 * non-maintainer release
1687 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1688 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1689 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1690 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1691 text, it can't hurt you.)
1692 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1693 reflect this packages version number
1694 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1696 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1698 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1702 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1704 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1706 * New version numbering scheme:
1708 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1709 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1710 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1713 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1714 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1715 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1716 differ between the manuals.
1718 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1719 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1720 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1721 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1723 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1724 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1726 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1728 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1730 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1732 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1734 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1735 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1737 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1738 (as requested by James Troup)
1740 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1742 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1744 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1746 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1748 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1750 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1752 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1754 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1755 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1756 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1757 the non-maintainer release
1759 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1760 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1761 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1764 - Lots of typos fixed
1766 * Compressed SGML source code
1768 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1769 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1771 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1773 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1775 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1777 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1778 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1779 - Announcing package uploads
1780 * New section about Debian Mentors
1781 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1782 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1783 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1784 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1786 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1788 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1790 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1791 of our FTP server and the development process
1792 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1793 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1794 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1796 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1797 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1798 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1799 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1800 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1801 contacting the maintainer
1802 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1803 a new manual released soon)
1804 * Some minor changes
1805 * Include SGML source in package
1806 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1807 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1809 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1811 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1815 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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