1 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
4 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
5 - madison is on merkel.
7 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Wed, 8 Dec 2004 03:03:01 -0700
9 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
12 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
13 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
14 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
15 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
16 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
17 - spelling, grammer fixes.
18 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
19 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
20 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
21 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
22 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
23 - add myself to uploaders.
24 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
25 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
26 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
27 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
28 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
29 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
30 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
31 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
32 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
33 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
34 - rewrote the NMU section, and
35 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
36 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
37 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
38 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
39 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
40 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
41 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
42 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
44 - Security uploads get urgency=high
45 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
47 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
49 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
51 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
54 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
55 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
56 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
57 - documented Alioth, somewhat
59 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
60 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
62 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
63 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
64 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
65 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
69 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
71 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
72 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
73 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
74 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
77 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
79 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
82 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
84 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
85 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
86 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
88 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
89 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
90 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
91 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
94 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
96 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
97 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
98 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
99 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
100 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
102 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
103 it clear these are special cases
104 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
106 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
108 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
110 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
113 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
114 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
116 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
118 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
120 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
123 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
125 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
126 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
127 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
129 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
130 - the synopsis formula changed to either
131 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
133 <package-name> is <synopsis>
135 <package-name> are <synopsis>
137 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
138 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
139 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
140 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
141 package; closes: #187143
143 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
145 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
148 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
149 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
151 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
153 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
154 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
155 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
156 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
157 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
158 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
159 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
160 right places in the document, closes: #172897
161 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
165 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
167 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
168 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
169 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
170 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
171 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
172 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
173 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
175 - editorial changes on material added in this version
176 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
177 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
178 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
179 closes: #139957, #108416
180 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
181 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
183 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
185 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
188 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
190 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
191 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
192 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
193 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
195 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
196 for best practices for documentation
197 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
198 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
199 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
200 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
202 - spell-checking pass
204 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
206 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
209 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
210 descriptions" moved under there
211 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
212 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
213 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
214 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
215 the document where these tools are discussed
216 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
217 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
218 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
219 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
220 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
221 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
223 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
224 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
225 that can be fixed by DDP folks
226 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
227 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
228 - simply PS and PDF building rules
230 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
232 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
235 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
236 section and adjusted links
237 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
239 - ChangeLog attribution updates
240 - fix typos, closes: #171781
241 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
242 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
243 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
244 for debian/rules", and write an intro
245 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
246 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
247 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
248 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
249 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
250 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
251 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
252 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
253 "Internationalization"
254 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
255 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
256 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
257 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
258 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
259 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
260 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
261 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
262 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
264 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
265 rather useless and broken
266 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
267 names and the first word
268 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
269 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
270 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
272 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
273 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
274 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
276 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
278 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
281 - DDP publishing update
283 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
284 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
285 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
286 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
288 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
290 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
293 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
294 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
295 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
297 - added myself as co-author
298 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
300 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
301 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
303 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
304 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
306 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
308 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
311 - Corrected several errors with —
312 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
313 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
314 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
315 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
316 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
317 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
318 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
320 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
321 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
322 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
323 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
324 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
325 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
326 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
327 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
328 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
330 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
331 descriptions". closes: #158609
332 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
333 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
334 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
335 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
336 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
338 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
339 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
340 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
341 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
342 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
343 - updated the mailing lists section
345 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
346 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
349 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
351 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
354 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
355 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
357 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
359 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
360 Ch "The Debian Archive"
362 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
364 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
365 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
366 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
367 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
368 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
370 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
371 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
372 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
373 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
374 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
375 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
376 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
378 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
379 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
382 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
383 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
384 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
385 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
386 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
387 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
388 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
389 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
390 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
391 work-around with <...>
392 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
393 - update copyright date
394 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
395 - spell check and grammar corrections
399 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
401 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
402 recompile"; closes: #102626
403 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
404 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
405 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
406 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
407 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
409 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
410 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
411 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
413 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
415 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
416 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
417 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
418 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
419 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
420 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
421 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
422 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
423 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
425 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
427 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
429 - updated the list of available architectures.
430 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
431 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
432 of the package and nothing more.
433 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
434 any pain to the ftpmasters.
435 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
436 the use of the delayed queue.
437 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
438 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
440 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
441 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
442 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
443 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
444 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
445 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
446 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
448 - new Sec "Documentation"
449 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
450 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
451 "Being kind to porter" too
452 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
453 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
454 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
455 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
456 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
458 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
459 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
462 - update French translation
464 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
466 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
469 - some grammar corrections
470 - update French translation
472 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
473 anymore; closes: #135559
474 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
476 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
478 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
479 that would be welcome)
480 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
481 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
482 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
483 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
484 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
485 - other minor wording changes
486 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
487 - Ch "Package uploads":
488 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
489 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
490 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
491 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
492 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
493 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
494 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
496 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
498 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
500 * from Martin Michlmayr
501 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
502 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
503 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
505 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
507 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
509 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
511 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
512 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
513 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
516 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
518 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
521 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
523 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
526 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
528 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
529 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
530 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
531 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
532 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
533 talking about uploading to distributions
534 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
535 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
536 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
538 - French translation updated
540 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
541 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
542 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
544 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
546 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
549 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
550 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
553 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
555 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
558 * fix a typo in a link
559 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
560 update documentation accordingly
562 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
563 forwarding bugs upstream
565 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
566 entities which should be used
567 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
568 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
570 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
572 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
574 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
575 * French version: completely up-to-date now
576 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
577 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
579 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
582 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
584 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
586 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
588 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
589 this translation needs updating
590 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
591 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
592 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
594 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
595 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
596 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
598 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
599 included yet, however
601 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
603 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
605 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
607 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
608 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
610 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
612 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
614 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
616 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
617 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
618 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
620 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
622 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
624 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
627 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
628 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
629 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
630 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
631 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
632 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
633 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
634 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
635 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
636 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
637 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
638 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
640 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
641 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
642 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
643 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
644 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
646 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
648 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
649 * update copyright notice for 2001
650 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
651 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
652 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
654 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
656 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
658 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
660 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
662 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
664 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
666 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
668 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
669 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
671 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
672 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
673 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
674 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
675 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
676 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
677 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
678 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
679 could be used if necessary
680 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
681 mention the rsync dupload method
682 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
684 * other small corrections
685 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
686 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
687 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
688 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
690 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
692 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
693 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
695 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
697 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
699 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
700 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
701 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
702 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
704 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
705 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
706 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
707 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
708 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
710 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
712 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
713 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
714 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
715 team (closes: Bug#52906)
716 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
717 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
718 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
720 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
721 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
722 - added a section about the LDAP database
723 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
724 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
726 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
727 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
729 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
731 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
733 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
734 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
735 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
737 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
738 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
739 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
740 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
741 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
742 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
743 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
744 description from developers-reference.sgml
746 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
748 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
750 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
751 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
753 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
755 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
756 releases are available at archive.debian.org
757 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
758 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
759 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
760 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
761 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
762 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
763 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
764 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
766 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
767 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
768 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
769 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
771 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
772 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
773 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
774 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
775 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
776 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
777 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
778 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
779 suggestion from James Troup
780 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
781 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
782 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
783 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
786 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
788 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
790 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
791 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
793 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
795 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
797 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
798 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
799 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
800 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
801 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
802 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
803 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
805 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
807 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
809 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
810 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
811 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
812 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
813 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
814 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
816 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
817 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
819 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
821 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
823 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
825 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
827 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
828 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
829 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
830 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
831 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
833 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
834 with intro; demoted server sections under that
835 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
836 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
838 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
839 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
840 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
841 a normal developer may have access.
843 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
845 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
847 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
848 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
849 step all over each other
851 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
853 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
855 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
856 address for PGP key updates
858 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
860 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
862 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
863 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
864 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
865 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
866 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
868 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
870 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
872 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
873 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
874 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
875 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
876 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
877 <keyring-maint> instead)
878 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
879 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
881 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
883 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
884 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
885 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
887 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
889 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
891 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
892 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
893 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
894 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
895 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
896 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
898 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
899 tighten up the language a bit
900 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
901 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
902 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
903 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
905 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
906 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
907 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
908 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
909 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
910 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
912 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
913 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
914 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
915 about how to depart Debian gracefully
916 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
917 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
918 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
919 number of available packages
920 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
921 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
923 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
925 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
927 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
930 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
932 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
934 * not officially released
935 * more spelling corrections
936 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
938 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
940 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
942 * not officially released
943 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
944 * some PGP-centricity removed
945 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
946 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
947 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
948 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
949 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
950 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
952 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
954 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
956 * not officially released
957 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
958 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
959 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
960 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
961 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
962 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
963 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
964 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
965 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
966 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
967 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
968 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
969 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
970 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
972 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
973 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
975 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
977 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
978 take a couple of weeks
979 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
980 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
981 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
982 excited about it and can't wait
983 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
984 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
986 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
987 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
989 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
990 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
991 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
993 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
995 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
997 * move to 3-level version number:
998 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
999 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1000 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1001 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1002 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1005 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1006 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1007 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1009 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1011 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1012 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1013 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1014 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1015 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1016 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1018 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1020 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1021 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1022 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1023 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1024 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1025 - "The CVS server": new section added
1026 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1028 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1029 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1030 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1031 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1032 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1033 with respect to GPG.
1034 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1035 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1036 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1037 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1038 a canonical location?)
1039 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1040 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1041 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1042 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1044 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1046 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1047 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1048 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1049 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1051 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1053 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1055 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1056 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1057 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1058 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1059 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1060 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1061 and should not be included in this Reference.
1062 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1063 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1064 maintainer tools only!
1065 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1066 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1067 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1068 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1069 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1070 * Little corrections here and there.
1071 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1072 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1075 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1077 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1079 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1080 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1081 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1083 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1084 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1085 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1086 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1087 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1088 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1089 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1090 do prior to uploading
1091 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1092 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1094 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1095 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1096 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1097 duties with respect to bugs
1098 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1099 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1100 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1102 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1103 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1104 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1105 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1106 explicit what is used to build this package
1108 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1110 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1113 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1114 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1115 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1116 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1117 * utilize the new URL tag
1118 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1121 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1123 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1125 * non-maintainer release
1126 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1127 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1128 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1129 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1130 text, it can't hurt you.)
1131 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1132 reflect this packages version number
1133 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1135 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1137 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1141 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1143 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1145 * New version numbering scheme:
1147 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1148 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1149 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1152 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1153 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1154 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1155 differ between the manuals.
1157 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1158 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1159 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1160 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1162 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1163 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1165 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1167 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1169 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1171 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1173 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1174 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1176 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1177 (as requested by James Troup)
1179 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1181 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1183 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1185 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1187 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1189 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1191 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1193 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1194 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1195 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1196 the non-maintainer release
1198 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1199 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1200 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1203 - Lots of typos fixed
1205 * Compressed SGML source code
1207 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1208 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1210 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1212 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1214 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1216 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1217 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1218 - Announcing package uploads
1219 * New section about Debian Mentors
1220 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1221 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1222 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1223 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1225 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1227 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1229 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1230 of our FTP server and the development process
1231 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1232 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1233 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1235 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1236 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1237 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1238 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1239 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1240 contacting the maintainer
1241 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1242 a new manual released soon)
1243 * Some minor changes
1244 * Include SGML source in package
1245 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1246 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1248 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1250 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1254 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200