1 developers-reference (3.4.12) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
4 * Update preferred contact method for the security team. Closes: #738607
5 Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the patch.
8 * Removed mention of Gandi's discontinued discount.
11 * Move maintenance to Git & collab-maint. Update Vcs-*.
13 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:25:00 +0100
15 developers-reference (3.4.11) unstable; urgency=low
20 * Update versioning advice for security uploads as well. Closes: #709218
21 Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the patch.
23 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:06:40 +0200
25 developers-reference (3.4.10) unstable; urgency=low
30 * Add recommendations to re-introduce packages. Thanks to Paul Wise for the
31 patch. Closes: #685039
32 * Drop paragraph about vanilla debian/rules files which mainly points to a
33 no-longer working link.
36 * Introduce epub support. Closes: #652044
39 * Update versioning advice for uploads to stable/testing. Closes: #685646
40 * Advise to use codename-security instead of stable-security.
43 [ Translation updates ]
44 * French by David Prévot.
45 * Japanese by victory.
46 * German by Chris Leick.
50 - Update Standards-Version to 3.9.4 (no change required).
51 - Use canonical URL for Vcs-Svn.
53 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2013 18:35:23 -0400
55 developers-reference (3.4.9) unstable; urgency=low
60 * Clarify that removals from testing are possible. Closes: #678710
61 Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
62 * Reword various parts to be gender-neutral. Closes: #678712
63 Thanks to Per Andersson and Steve Langasek for the patch.
64 * Recommend usage of gender-neutral formulations in README-contrib.
65 * Fix Vcs-Browser URL. Thanks to Charles Plessy who spotted it.
66 * Document the existence of "hints" that release managers can
67 use to tweak the conditions of testing migration. Closes: #679562
68 Thanks to Paul Gevers <paul@climbing.nl> for the patch.
70 [ Translation updates ]
71 * Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
72 * French by David Prévot.
73 * German by Chris Leick.
76 * Fix typo: Freenodes -> Freenode. Closes: #679735
78 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:34:59 -0400
80 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
83 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
84 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
85 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
86 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
87 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
88 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
89 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
92 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
93 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
95 * Translation updates (complete)
96 - French by David Prévot.
97 - German by Chris Leick.
100 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
101 * Switch to xz compression for source.
102 * Clean up debian/rules by using dh (with compat level 8).
103 * Drop build-dependency on latex-cjk-xcjk since xeCJK.sty is provided
104 by texlive-xetex directly.
106 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:57:23 +0200
108 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
113 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
114 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
115 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
116 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
117 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
118 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
119 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
120 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
121 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
122 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
123 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
124 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
125 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
126 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
127 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
128 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
129 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
130 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
131 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
132 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
135 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
136 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
137 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
138 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
141 * Translation updates (all completed)
142 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
143 - German by Chris Leick.
144 - French by David Prévot.
146 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
148 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
151 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
152 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
155 * Update my email address.
156 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
157 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
158 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
159 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
160 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
161 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
164 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
166 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
171 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
172 version tracking removed that requirement.
175 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
176 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
177 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
178 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
179 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
180 needed. Closes: #619990
181 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
182 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
185 * Initial German translation.
188 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
189 * Update French translation.
190 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
191 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
192 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
195 * Update Japanese translation.
197 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
199 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
202 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
203 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
206 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
207 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
208 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
209 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
210 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
211 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
212 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
213 patch. Closes: #540231
214 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
215 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
216 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
217 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
218 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
219 for the patch. Closes: #548823
220 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
221 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
222 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
223 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
224 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
225 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
226 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
227 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
228 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
229 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
230 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
231 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
232 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
233 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
235 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
236 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
237 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
239 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
240 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
241 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
242 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
243 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
245 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
247 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
248 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
249 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
250 patch. Closes: #573110
251 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
253 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
254 multi-lines substitution variables.
257 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
258 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
259 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
260 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
261 * Activate Japanese package.
262 * Handle addendum if it exists.
264 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
266 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
268 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
269 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
271 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
273 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
275 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
276 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
278 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
280 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
282 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
283 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
284 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
285 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
286 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
287 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
288 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
289 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
290 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
291 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
292 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
293 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
294 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
295 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
296 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
297 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
298 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
299 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
300 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
301 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
302 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
303 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
305 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
307 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
310 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
314 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
315 The most important changes are:
316 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
317 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
320 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
321 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
322 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
323 distinction. Closes: #464230.
324 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
325 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
326 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
327 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
328 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
329 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
331 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
332 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
334 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
335 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
337 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
338 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
340 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
342 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
343 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
345 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
346 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
347 Closes: #512620, #510783.
349 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
351 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
354 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
355 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
356 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
357 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
358 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
359 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
360 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
361 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
363 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
365 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
368 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
369 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
370 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
371 release codenames in <literal>
372 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
373 doesn't exist anymore.
374 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
375 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
376 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
377 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
378 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
379 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
380 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
381 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
382 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
383 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
384 team before upload. Closes: #459343
385 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
386 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
387 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
388 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
389 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
390 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
391 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
393 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
394 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
396 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
397 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
398 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
399 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
400 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
401 Thomas. Closes: #485837
403 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
404 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
406 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
408 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
412 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
413 - fix debian/copyright
414 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
415 - add pdf for French version.
416 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
417 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
418 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
419 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
420 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
421 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
422 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
423 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
424 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
426 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
427 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
429 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
431 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
432 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
433 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
434 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
435 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
436 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
438 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
441 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
442 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
443 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
444 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
445 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
446 * Update information concerning Alioth.
447 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
448 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
450 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
451 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
453 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
456 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
458 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
460 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
462 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
463 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
465 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
466 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
467 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
469 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
470 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
471 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
473 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
474 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
475 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
476 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
477 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
478 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
479 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
480 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
481 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
482 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
483 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
484 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
486 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
487 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
488 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
489 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
490 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
491 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
492 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
493 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
494 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
495 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
499 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
501 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
503 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
506 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
507 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
508 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
509 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
510 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
511 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
513 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
515 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
517 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
519 - non-us discontinued.
520 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
522 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
523 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
524 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
525 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
526 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
527 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
528 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
529 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
530 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
531 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
532 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
533 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
534 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
535 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
536 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
537 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
538 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
539 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
541 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
542 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
544 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
547 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
549 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
551 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
554 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
555 - madison is on merkel.
556 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
557 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
558 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
559 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
560 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
561 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
563 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
564 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
565 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
566 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
567 - sync NM rules with reality.
569 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
571 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
573 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
576 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
577 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
578 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
579 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
580 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
581 - spelling, grammer fixes.
582 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
583 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
584 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
585 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
586 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
587 - add myself to uploaders.
588 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
589 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
590 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
591 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
592 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
593 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
594 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
595 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
596 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
597 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
598 - rewrote the NMU section, and
599 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
600 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
601 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
602 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
603 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
604 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
605 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
606 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
608 - Security uploads get urgency=high
609 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
611 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
613 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
615 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
618 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
619 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
620 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
621 - documented Alioth, somewhat
623 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
624 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
626 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
627 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
628 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
629 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
633 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
635 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
636 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
637 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
638 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
641 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
643 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
646 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
648 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
649 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
650 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
652 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
653 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
654 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
655 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
658 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
660 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
661 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
662 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
663 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
664 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
666 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
667 it clear these are special cases
668 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
670 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
672 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
674 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
677 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
678 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
680 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
682 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
684 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
687 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
689 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
690 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
691 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
693 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
694 - the synopsis formula changed to either
695 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
697 <package-name> is <synopsis>
699 <package-name> are <synopsis>
701 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
702 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
703 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
704 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
705 package; closes: #187143
707 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
709 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
712 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
713 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
715 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
717 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
718 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
719 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
720 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
721 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
722 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
723 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
724 right places in the document, closes: #172897
725 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
729 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
731 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
732 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
733 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
734 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
735 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
736 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
737 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
739 - editorial changes on material added in this version
740 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
741 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
742 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
743 closes: #139957, #108416
744 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
745 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
747 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
749 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
752 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
754 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
755 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
756 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
757 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
759 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
760 for best practices for documentation
761 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
762 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
763 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
764 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
766 - spell-checking pass
768 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
770 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
773 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
774 descriptions" moved under there
775 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
776 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
777 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
778 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
779 the document where these tools are discussed
780 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
781 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
782 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
783 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
784 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
785 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
787 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
788 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
789 that can be fixed by DDP folks
790 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
791 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
792 - simply PS and PDF building rules
794 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
796 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
799 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
800 section and adjusted links
801 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
803 - ChangeLog attribution updates
804 - fix typos, closes: #171781
805 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
806 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
807 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
808 for debian/rules", and write an intro
809 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
810 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
811 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
812 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
813 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
814 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
815 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
816 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
817 "Internationalization"
818 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
819 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
820 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
821 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
822 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
823 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
824 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
825 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
826 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
828 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
829 rather useless and broken
830 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
831 names and the first word
832 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
833 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
834 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
836 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
837 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
838 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
840 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
842 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
845 - DDP publishing update
847 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
848 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
849 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
850 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
852 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
854 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
857 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
858 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
859 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
861 - added myself as co-author
862 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
864 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
865 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
867 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
868 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
870 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
872 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
875 - Corrected several errors with —
876 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
877 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
878 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
879 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
880 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
881 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
882 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
884 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
885 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
886 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
887 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
888 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
889 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
890 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
891 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
892 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
894 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
895 descriptions". closes: #158609
896 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
897 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
898 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
899 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
900 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
902 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
903 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
904 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
905 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
906 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
907 - updated the mailing lists section
909 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
910 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
913 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
915 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
918 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
919 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
921 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
923 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
924 Ch "The Debian Archive"
926 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
928 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
929 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
930 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
931 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
932 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
934 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
935 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
936 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
937 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
938 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
939 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
940 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
942 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
943 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
946 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
947 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
948 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
949 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
950 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
951 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
952 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
953 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
954 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
955 work-around with <...>
956 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
957 - update copyright date
958 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
959 - spell check and grammar corrections
963 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
965 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
966 recompile"; closes: #102626
967 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
968 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
969 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
970 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
971 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
973 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
974 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
975 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
977 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
979 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
980 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
981 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
982 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
983 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
984 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
985 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
986 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
987 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
989 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
991 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
993 - updated the list of available architectures.
994 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
995 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
996 of the package and nothing more.
997 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
998 any pain to the ftpmasters.
999 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
1000 the use of the delayed queue.
1001 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
1002 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
1004 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
1005 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
1006 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
1007 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
1008 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
1009 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
1010 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
1012 - new Sec "Documentation"
1013 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
1014 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
1015 "Being kind to porter" too
1016 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
1017 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
1018 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
1019 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
1020 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
1022 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
1023 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
1026 - update French translation
1028 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
1030 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
1033 - some grammar corrections
1034 - update French translation
1036 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
1037 anymore; closes: #135559
1038 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
1040 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
1042 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
1043 that would be welcome)
1044 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
1045 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
1046 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
1047 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
1048 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
1049 - other minor wording changes
1050 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
1051 - Ch "Package uploads":
1052 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
1053 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
1054 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
1055 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
1056 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
1057 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
1058 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
1060 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
1062 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1064 * from Martin Michlmayr
1065 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
1066 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
1067 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
1069 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
1071 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1073 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
1075 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
1076 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
1077 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
1078 - minor build tweaks
1080 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1081 * from Chris Tillman
1082 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1085 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1087 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1090 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1092 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1093 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1094 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1095 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1096 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1097 talking about uploading to distributions
1098 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1099 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1100 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1102 - French translation updated
1104 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1105 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1106 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1108 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1110 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1113 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1114 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1117 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1119 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1122 * fix a typo in a link
1123 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1124 update documentation accordingly
1126 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1127 forwarding bugs upstream
1129 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1130 entities which should be used
1131 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1132 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1134 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1136 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1138 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1139 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1140 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1141 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1143 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1146 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1148 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1150 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1152 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1153 this translation needs updating
1154 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1155 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1156 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1158 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1159 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1160 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1162 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1163 included yet, however
1165 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1167 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1169 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1171 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1172 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1174 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1176 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1178 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1180 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1181 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1182 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1184 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1186 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1188 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1191 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1192 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1193 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1194 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1195 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1196 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1197 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1198 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1199 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1200 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1201 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1202 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1204 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1205 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1206 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1207 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1208 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1210 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1212 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1213 * update copyright notice for 2001
1214 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1215 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1216 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1218 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1220 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1222 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1224 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1226 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1228 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1230 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1232 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1233 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1235 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1236 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1237 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1238 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1239 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1240 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1241 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1242 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1243 could be used if necessary
1244 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1245 mention the rsync dupload method
1246 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1248 * other small corrections
1249 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1250 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1251 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1252 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1254 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1256 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1257 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1259 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1261 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1263 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1264 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1265 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1266 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1268 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1269 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1270 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1271 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1272 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1274 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1276 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1277 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1278 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1279 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1280 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1281 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1282 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1284 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1285 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1286 - added a section about the LDAP database
1287 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1288 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1290 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1291 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1293 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1295 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1297 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1298 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1299 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1301 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1302 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1303 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1304 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1305 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1306 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1307 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1308 description from developers-reference.sgml
1310 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1312 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1314 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1315 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1317 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1319 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1320 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1321 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1322 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1323 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1324 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1325 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1326 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1327 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1328 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1330 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1331 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1332 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1333 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1335 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1336 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1337 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1338 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1339 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1340 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1341 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1342 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1343 suggestion from James Troup
1344 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1345 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1346 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1347 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1350 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1352 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1354 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1355 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1357 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1359 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1361 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1362 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1363 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1364 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1365 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1366 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1367 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1369 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1371 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1373 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1374 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1375 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1376 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1377 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1378 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1380 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1381 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1383 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1385 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1387 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1389 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1391 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1392 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1393 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1394 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1395 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1397 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1398 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1399 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1400 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1402 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1403 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1404 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1405 a normal developer may have access.
1407 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1409 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1411 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1412 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1413 step all over each other
1415 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1417 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1419 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1420 address for PGP key updates
1422 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1424 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1426 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1427 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1428 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1429 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1430 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1432 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1434 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1436 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1437 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1438 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1439 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1440 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1441 <keyring-maint> instead)
1442 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1443 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1445 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1447 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1448 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1449 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1451 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1453 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1455 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1456 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1457 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1458 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1459 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1460 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1462 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1463 tighten up the language a bit
1464 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1465 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1466 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1467 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1469 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1470 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1471 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1472 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1473 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1474 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1476 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1477 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1478 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1479 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1480 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1481 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1482 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1483 number of available packages
1484 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1485 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1487 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1489 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1491 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1494 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1496 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1498 * not officially released
1499 * more spelling corrections
1500 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1502 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1504 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1506 * not officially released
1507 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1508 * some PGP-centricity removed
1509 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1510 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1511 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1512 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1513 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1514 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1516 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1518 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1520 * not officially released
1521 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1522 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1523 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1524 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1525 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1526 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1527 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1528 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1529 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1530 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1531 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1532 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1533 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1534 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1536 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1537 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1539 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1541 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1542 take a couple of weeks
1543 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1544 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1545 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1546 excited about it and can't wait
1547 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1548 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1550 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1551 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1553 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1554 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1555 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1557 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1559 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1561 * move to 3-level version number:
1562 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1563 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1564 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1565 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1566 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1569 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1570 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1571 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1573 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1575 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1576 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1577 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1578 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1579 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1580 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1582 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1584 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1585 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1586 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1587 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1588 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1589 - "The CVS server": new section added
1590 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1592 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1593 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1594 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1595 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1596 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1597 with respect to GPG.
1598 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1599 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1600 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1601 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1602 a canonical location?)
1603 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1604 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1605 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1606 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1608 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1610 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1611 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1612 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1613 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1615 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1617 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1619 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1620 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1621 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1622 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1623 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1624 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1625 and should not be included in this Reference.
1626 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1627 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1628 maintainer tools only!
1629 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1630 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1631 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1632 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1633 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1634 * Little corrections here and there.
1635 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1636 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1639 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1641 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1643 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1644 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1645 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1647 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1648 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1649 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1650 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1651 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1652 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1653 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1654 do prior to uploading
1655 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1656 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1658 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1659 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1660 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1661 duties with respect to bugs
1662 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1663 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1664 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1666 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1667 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1668 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1669 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1670 explicit what is used to build this package
1672 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1674 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1677 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1678 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1679 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1680 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1681 * utilize the new URL tag
1682 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1685 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1687 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1689 * non-maintainer release
1690 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1691 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1692 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1693 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1694 text, it can't hurt you.)
1695 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1696 reflect this packages version number
1697 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1699 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1701 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1705 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1707 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1709 * New version numbering scheme:
1711 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1712 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1713 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1716 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1717 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1718 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1719 differ between the manuals.
1721 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1722 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1723 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1724 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1726 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1727 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1729 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1731 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1733 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1735 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1737 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1738 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1740 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1741 (as requested by James Troup)
1743 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1745 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1747 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1749 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1751 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1753 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1755 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1757 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1758 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1759 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1760 the non-maintainer release
1762 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1763 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1764 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1767 - Lots of typos fixed
1769 * Compressed SGML source code
1771 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1772 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1774 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1776 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1778 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1780 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1781 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1782 - Announcing package uploads
1783 * New section about Debian Mentors
1784 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1785 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1786 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1787 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1789 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1791 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1793 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1794 of our FTP server and the development process
1795 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1796 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1797 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1799 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1800 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1801 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1802 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1803 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1804 contacting the maintainer
1805 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1806 a new manual released soon)
1807 * Some minor changes
1808 * Include SGML source in package
1809 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1810 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1812 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1814 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1818 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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