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
11 -- Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> Wed, 20 Aug 2014 18:43:04 -0700
13 developers-reference (3.4.13) unstable; urgency=medium
16 * Fix typo in NMU section s/blocking/block/. Closes: #755515
19 * Fix typo in Vcs-Git:. Closes: #756491
20 * resources: Mention that some of the goodies also apply to DMs.
21 Thanks Philipp Kaluza for the patch. Closes: #581603
22 * Clarify type of changes accepted in NMUs. Thanks to Chris Knadle for the
23 patch! Closes: #672198
24 * Add Steam subscriptions to the list of goodies. Thanks to Paul Wise
25 for the patch. Closes: #736381
26 * Replace 'Debian GNU/Linux' with 'Debian' (except at one place). Thanks
27 to 'victory' for the patch. Closes: #708665
28 * Add pointer to debian-experimental-changes@l.d.o, where uploads to
29 experimental are sent. Thanks to Guo Yixuan for the patch! Closes: #671705
30 * Recommend git-bp instead of cvs-bp, and cowbuilder instead of pbuilder-uml.
31 Thanks to Osamu Aoki and Andreas Rönnquist for the patch! Closes: #741269
32 * Update for jessie. Thanks Fabien Givors for the patch! Closes: #719888
34 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jul 2014 17:52:15 +0200
36 developers-reference (3.4.12) unstable; urgency=medium
39 * Update preferred contact method for the security team. Closes: #738607
40 Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the patch.
43 * Removed mention of Gandi's discontinued discount.
46 * Move maintenance to Git & collab-maint. Update Vcs-*.
47 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.5 (no change required).
49 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Tue, 08 Jul 2014 15:54:19 +0200
51 developers-reference (3.4.11) unstable; urgency=low
56 * Update versioning advice for security uploads as well. Closes: #709218
57 Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the patch.
59 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:06:40 +0200
61 developers-reference (3.4.10) unstable; urgency=low
66 * Add recommendations to re-introduce packages. Thanks to Paul Wise for the
67 patch. Closes: #685039
68 * Drop paragraph about vanilla debian/rules files which mainly points to a
69 no-longer working link.
72 * Introduce epub support. Closes: #652044
75 * Update versioning advice for uploads to stable/testing. Closes: #685646
76 * Advise to use codename-security instead of stable-security.
79 [ Translation updates ]
80 * French by David Prévot.
81 * Japanese by victory.
82 * German by Chris Leick.
86 - Update Standards-Version to 3.9.4 (no change required).
87 - Use canonical URL for Vcs-Svn.
89 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2013 18:35:23 -0400
91 developers-reference (3.4.9) unstable; urgency=low
96 * Clarify that removals from testing are possible. Closes: #678710
97 Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
98 * Reword various parts to be gender-neutral. Closes: #678712
99 Thanks to Per Andersson and Steve Langasek for the patch.
100 * Recommend usage of gender-neutral formulations in README-contrib.
101 * Fix Vcs-Browser URL. Thanks to Charles Plessy who spotted it.
102 * Document the existence of "hints" that release managers can
103 use to tweak the conditions of testing migration. Closes: #679562
104 Thanks to Paul Gevers <paul@climbing.nl> for the patch.
106 [ Translation updates ]
107 * Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
108 * French by David Prévot.
109 * German by Chris Leick.
112 * Fix typo: Freenodes -> Freenode. Closes: #679735
114 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:34:59 -0400
116 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
119 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
120 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
121 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
122 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
123 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
124 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
125 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
128 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
129 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
131 * Translation updates (complete)
132 - French by David Prévot.
133 - German by Chris Leick.
136 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
137 * Switch to xz compression for source.
138 * Clean up debian/rules by using dh (with compat level 8).
139 * Drop build-dependency on latex-cjk-xcjk since xeCJK.sty is provided
140 by texlive-xetex directly.
142 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:57:23 +0200
144 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
149 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
150 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
151 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
152 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
153 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
154 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
155 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
156 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
157 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
158 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
159 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
160 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
161 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
162 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
163 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
164 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
165 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
166 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
167 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
168 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
171 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
172 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
173 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
174 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
177 * Translation updates (all completed)
178 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
179 - German by Chris Leick.
180 - French by David Prévot.
182 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
184 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
187 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
188 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
191 * Update my email address.
192 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
193 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
194 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
195 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
196 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
197 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
200 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
202 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
207 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
208 version tracking removed that requirement.
211 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
212 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
213 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
214 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
215 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
216 needed. Closes: #619990
217 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
218 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
221 * Initial German translation.
224 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
225 * Update French translation.
226 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
227 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
228 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
231 * Update Japanese translation.
233 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
235 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
238 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
239 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
242 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
243 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
244 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
245 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
246 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
247 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
248 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
249 patch. Closes: #540231
250 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
251 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
252 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
253 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
254 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
255 for the patch. Closes: #548823
256 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
257 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
258 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
259 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
260 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
261 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
262 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
263 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
264 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
265 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
266 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
267 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
268 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
269 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
271 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
272 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
273 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
275 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
276 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
277 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
278 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
279 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
281 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
283 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
284 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
285 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
286 patch. Closes: #573110
287 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
289 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
290 multi-lines substitution variables.
293 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
294 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
295 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
296 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
297 * Activate Japanese package.
298 * Handle addendum if it exists.
300 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
302 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
304 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
305 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
307 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
309 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
311 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
312 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
314 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
316 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
318 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
319 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
320 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
321 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
322 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
323 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
324 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
325 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
326 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
327 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
328 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
329 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
330 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
331 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
332 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
333 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
334 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
335 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
336 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
337 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
338 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
339 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
341 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
343 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
346 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
350 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
351 The most important changes are:
352 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
353 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
356 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
357 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
358 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
359 distinction. Closes: #464230.
360 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
361 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
362 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
363 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
364 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
365 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
367 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
368 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
370 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
371 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
373 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
374 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
376 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
378 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
379 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
381 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
382 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
383 Closes: #512620, #510783.
385 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
387 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
390 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
391 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
392 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
393 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
394 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
395 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
396 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
397 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
399 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
401 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
404 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
405 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
406 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
407 release codenames in <literal>
408 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
409 doesn't exist anymore.
410 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
411 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
412 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
413 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
414 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
415 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
416 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
417 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
418 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
419 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
420 team before upload. Closes: #459343
421 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
422 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
423 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
424 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
425 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
426 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
427 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
429 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
430 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
432 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
433 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
434 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
435 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
436 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
437 Thomas. Closes: #485837
439 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
440 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
442 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
444 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
448 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
449 - fix debian/copyright
450 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
451 - add pdf for French version.
452 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
453 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
454 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
455 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
456 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
457 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
458 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
459 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
460 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
462 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
463 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
465 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
467 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
468 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
469 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
470 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
471 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
472 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
474 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
477 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
478 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
479 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
480 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
481 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
482 * Update information concerning Alioth.
483 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
484 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
486 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
487 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
489 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
492 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
494 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
496 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
498 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
499 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
501 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
502 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
503 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
505 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
506 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
507 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
509 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
510 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
511 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
512 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
513 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
514 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
515 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
516 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
517 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
518 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
519 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
520 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
522 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
523 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
524 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
525 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
526 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
527 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
528 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
529 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
530 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
531 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
535 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
537 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
539 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
542 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
543 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
544 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
545 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
546 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
547 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
549 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
551 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
553 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
555 - non-us discontinued.
556 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
558 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
559 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
560 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
561 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
562 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
563 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
564 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
565 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
566 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
567 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
568 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
569 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
570 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
571 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
572 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
573 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
574 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
575 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
577 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
578 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
580 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
583 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
585 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
587 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
590 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
591 - madison is on merkel.
592 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
593 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
594 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
595 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
596 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
597 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
599 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
600 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
601 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
602 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
603 - sync NM rules with reality.
605 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
607 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
609 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
612 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
613 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
614 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
615 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
616 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
617 - spelling, grammer fixes.
618 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
619 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
620 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
621 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
622 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
623 - add myself to uploaders.
624 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
625 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
626 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
627 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
628 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
629 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
630 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
631 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
632 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
633 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
634 - rewrote the NMU section, and
635 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
636 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
637 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
638 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
639 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
640 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
641 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
642 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
644 - Security uploads get urgency=high
645 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
647 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
649 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
651 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
654 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
655 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
656 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
657 - documented Alioth, somewhat
659 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
660 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
662 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
663 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
664 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
665 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
669 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
671 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
672 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
673 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
674 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
677 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
679 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
682 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
684 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
685 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
686 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
688 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
689 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
690 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
691 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
694 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
696 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
697 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
698 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
699 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
700 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
702 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
703 it clear these are special cases
704 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
706 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
708 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
710 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
713 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
714 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
716 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
718 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
720 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
723 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
725 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
726 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
727 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
729 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
730 - the synopsis formula changed to either
731 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
733 <package-name> is <synopsis>
735 <package-name> are <synopsis>
737 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
738 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
739 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
740 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
741 package; closes: #187143
743 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
745 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
748 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
749 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
751 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
753 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
754 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
755 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
756 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
757 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
758 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
759 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
760 right places in the document, closes: #172897
761 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
765 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
767 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
768 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
769 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
770 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
771 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
772 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
773 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
775 - editorial changes on material added in this version
776 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
777 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
778 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
779 closes: #139957, #108416
780 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
781 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
783 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
785 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
788 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
790 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
791 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
792 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
793 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
795 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
796 for best practices for documentation
797 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
798 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
799 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
800 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
802 - spell-checking pass
804 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
806 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
809 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
810 descriptions" moved under there
811 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
812 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
813 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
814 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
815 the document where these tools are discussed
816 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
817 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
818 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
819 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
820 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
821 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
823 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
824 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
825 that can be fixed by DDP folks
826 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
827 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
828 - simply PS and PDF building rules
830 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
832 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
835 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
836 section and adjusted links
837 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
839 - ChangeLog attribution updates
840 - fix typos, closes: #171781
841 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
842 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
843 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
844 for debian/rules", and write an intro
845 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
846 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
847 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
848 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
849 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
850 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
851 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
852 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
853 "Internationalization"
854 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
855 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
856 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
857 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
858 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
859 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
860 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
861 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
862 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
864 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
865 rather useless and broken
866 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
867 names and the first word
868 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
869 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
870 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
872 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
873 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
874 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
876 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
878 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
881 - DDP publishing update
883 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
884 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
885 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
886 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
888 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
890 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
893 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
894 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
895 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
897 - added myself as co-author
898 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
900 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
901 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
903 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
904 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
906 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
908 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
911 - Corrected several errors with —
912 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
913 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
914 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
915 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
916 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
917 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
918 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
920 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
921 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
922 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
923 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
924 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
925 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
926 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
927 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
928 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
930 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
931 descriptions". closes: #158609
932 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
933 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
934 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
935 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
936 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
938 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
939 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
940 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
941 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
942 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
943 - updated the mailing lists section
945 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
946 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
949 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
951 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
954 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
955 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
957 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
959 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
960 Ch "The Debian Archive"
962 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
964 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
965 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
966 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
967 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
968 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
970 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
971 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
972 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
973 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
974 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
975 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
976 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
978 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
979 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
982 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
983 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
984 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
985 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
986 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
987 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
988 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
989 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
990 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
991 work-around with <...>
992 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
993 - update copyright date
994 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
995 - spell check and grammar corrections
999 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
1001 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
1002 recompile"; closes: #102626
1003 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
1004 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
1005 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
1006 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
1007 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
1009 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
1010 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
1011 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
1013 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
1015 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
1016 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
1017 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
1018 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
1019 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
1020 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
1021 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
1022 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
1023 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
1025 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
1027 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
1029 - updated the list of available architectures.
1030 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
1031 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
1032 of the package and nothing more.
1033 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
1034 any pain to the ftpmasters.
1035 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
1036 the use of the delayed queue.
1037 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
1038 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
1040 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
1041 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
1042 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
1043 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
1044 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
1045 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
1046 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
1048 - new Sec "Documentation"
1049 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
1050 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
1051 "Being kind to porter" too
1052 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
1053 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
1054 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
1055 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
1056 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
1058 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
1059 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
1062 - update French translation
1064 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
1066 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
1069 - some grammar corrections
1070 - update French translation
1072 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
1073 anymore; closes: #135559
1074 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
1076 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
1078 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
1079 that would be welcome)
1080 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
1081 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
1082 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
1083 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
1084 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
1085 - other minor wording changes
1086 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
1087 - Ch "Package uploads":
1088 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
1089 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
1090 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
1091 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
1092 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
1093 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
1094 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
1096 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
1098 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1100 * from Martin Michlmayr
1101 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
1102 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
1103 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
1105 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
1107 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1109 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
1111 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
1112 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
1113 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
1114 - minor build tweaks
1116 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1117 * from Chris Tillman
1118 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1121 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1123 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1126 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1128 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1129 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1130 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1131 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1132 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1133 talking about uploading to distributions
1134 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1135 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1136 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1138 - French translation updated
1140 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1141 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1142 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1144 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1146 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1149 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1150 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1153 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1155 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1158 * fix a typo in a link
1159 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1160 update documentation accordingly
1162 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1163 forwarding bugs upstream
1165 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1166 entities which should be used
1167 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1168 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1170 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1172 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1174 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1175 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1176 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1177 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1179 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1182 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1184 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1186 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1188 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1189 this translation needs updating
1190 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1191 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1192 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1194 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1195 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1196 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1198 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1199 included yet, however
1201 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1203 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1205 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1207 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1208 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1210 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1212 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1214 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1216 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1217 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1218 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1220 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1222 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1224 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1227 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1228 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1229 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1230 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1231 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1232 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1233 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1234 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1235 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1236 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1237 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1238 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1240 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1241 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1242 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1243 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1244 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1246 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1248 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1249 * update copyright notice for 2001
1250 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1251 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1252 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1254 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1256 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1258 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1260 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1262 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1264 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1266 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1268 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1269 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1271 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1272 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1273 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1274 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1275 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1276 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1277 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1278 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1279 could be used if necessary
1280 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1281 mention the rsync dupload method
1282 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1284 * other small corrections
1285 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1286 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1287 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1288 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1290 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1292 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1293 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1295 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1297 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1299 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1300 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1301 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1302 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1304 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1305 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1306 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1307 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1308 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1310 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1312 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1313 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1314 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1315 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1316 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1317 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1318 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1320 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1321 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1322 - added a section about the LDAP database
1323 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1324 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1326 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1327 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1329 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1331 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1333 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1334 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1335 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1337 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1338 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1339 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1340 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1341 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1342 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1343 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1344 description from developers-reference.sgml
1346 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1348 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1350 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1351 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1353 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1355 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1356 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1357 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1358 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1359 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1360 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1361 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1362 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1363 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1364 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1366 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1367 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1368 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1369 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1371 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1372 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1373 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1374 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1375 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1376 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1377 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1378 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1379 suggestion from James Troup
1380 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1381 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1382 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1383 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1386 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1388 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1390 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1391 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1393 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1395 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1397 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1398 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1399 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1400 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1401 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1402 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1403 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1405 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1407 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1409 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1410 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1411 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1412 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1413 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1414 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1416 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1417 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1419 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1421 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1423 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1425 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1427 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1428 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1429 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1430 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1431 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1433 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1434 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1435 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1436 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1438 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1439 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1440 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1441 a normal developer may have access.
1443 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1445 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1447 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1448 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1449 step all over each other
1451 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1453 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1455 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1456 address for PGP key updates
1458 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1460 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1462 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1463 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1464 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1465 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1466 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1468 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1470 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1472 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1473 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1474 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1475 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1476 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1477 <keyring-maint> instead)
1478 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1479 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1481 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1483 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1484 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1485 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1487 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1489 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1491 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1492 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1493 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1494 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1495 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1496 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1498 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1499 tighten up the language a bit
1500 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1501 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1502 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1503 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1505 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1506 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1507 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1508 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1509 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1510 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1512 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1513 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1514 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1515 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1516 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1517 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1518 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1519 number of available packages
1520 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1521 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1523 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1525 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1527 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1530 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1532 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1534 * not officially released
1535 * more spelling corrections
1536 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1538 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1540 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1542 * not officially released
1543 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1544 * some PGP-centricity removed
1545 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1546 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1547 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1548 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1549 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1550 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1552 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1554 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1556 * not officially released
1557 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1558 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1559 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1560 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1561 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1562 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1563 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1564 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1565 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1566 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1567 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1568 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1569 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1570 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1572 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1573 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1575 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1577 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1578 take a couple of weeks
1579 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1580 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1581 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1582 excited about it and can't wait
1583 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1584 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1586 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1587 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1589 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1590 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1591 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1593 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1595 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1597 * move to 3-level version number:
1598 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1599 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1600 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1601 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1602 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1605 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1606 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1607 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1609 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1611 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1612 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1613 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1614 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1615 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1616 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1618 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1620 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1621 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1622 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1623 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1624 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1625 - "The CVS server": new section added
1626 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1628 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1629 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1630 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1631 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1632 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1633 with respect to GPG.
1634 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1635 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1636 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1637 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1638 a canonical location?)
1639 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1640 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1641 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1642 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1644 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1646 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1647 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1648 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1649 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1651 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1653 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1655 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1656 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1657 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1658 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1659 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1660 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1661 and should not be included in this Reference.
1662 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1663 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1664 maintainer tools only!
1665 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1666 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1667 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1668 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1669 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1670 * Little corrections here and there.
1671 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1672 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1675 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1677 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1679 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1680 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1681 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1683 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1684 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1685 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1686 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1687 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1688 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1689 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1690 do prior to uploading
1691 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1692 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1694 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1695 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1696 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1697 duties with respect to bugs
1698 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1699 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1700 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1702 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1703 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1704 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1705 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1706 explicit what is used to build this package
1708 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1710 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1713 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1714 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1715 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1716 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1717 * utilize the new URL tag
1718 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1721 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1723 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1725 * non-maintainer release
1726 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1727 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1728 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1729 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1730 text, it can't hurt you.)
1731 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1732 reflect this packages version number
1733 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1735 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1737 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1741 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1743 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1745 * New version numbering scheme:
1747 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1748 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1749 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1752 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1753 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1754 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1755 differ between the manuals.
1757 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1758 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1759 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1760 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1762 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1763 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1765 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1767 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1769 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1771 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1773 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1774 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1776 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1777 (as requested by James Troup)
1779 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1781 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1783 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1785 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1787 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1789 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1791 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1793 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1794 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1795 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1796 the non-maintainer release
1798 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1799 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1800 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1803 - Lots of typos fixed
1805 * Compressed SGML source code
1807 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1808 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1810 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1812 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1814 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1816 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1817 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1818 - Announcing package uploads
1819 * New section about Debian Mentors
1820 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1821 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1822 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1823 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1825 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1827 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1829 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1830 of our FTP server and the development process
1831 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1832 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1833 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1835 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1836 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1837 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1838 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1839 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1840 contacting the maintainer
1841 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1842 a new manual released soon)
1843 * Some minor changes
1844 * Include SGML source in package
1845 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1846 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1848 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1850 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1854 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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