1 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
4 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
5 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
6 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
7 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308105
8 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
9 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
11 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
14 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 25 Jun 2005 06:04:20 -0600
16 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
19 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
20 - madison is on merkel.
21 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
22 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
23 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
24 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
25 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
26 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
28 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
29 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
30 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
31 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
32 - sync NM rules with reality.
34 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
36 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
38 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
41 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
42 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
43 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
44 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
45 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
46 - spelling, grammer fixes.
47 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
48 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
49 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
50 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
51 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
52 - add myself to uploaders.
53 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
54 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
55 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
56 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
57 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
58 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
59 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
60 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
61 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
62 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
63 - rewrote the NMU section, and
64 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
65 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
66 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
67 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
68 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
69 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
70 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
71 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
73 - Security uploads get urgency=high
74 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
76 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
78 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
80 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
83 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
84 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
85 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
86 - documented Alioth, somewhat
88 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
89 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
91 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
92 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
93 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
94 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
98 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
100 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
101 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
102 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
103 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
106 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
108 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
111 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
113 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
114 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
115 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
117 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
118 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
119 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
120 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
123 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
125 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
126 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
127 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
128 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
129 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
131 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
132 it clear these are special cases
133 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
135 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
137 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
139 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
142 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
143 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
145 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
147 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
149 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
152 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
154 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
155 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
156 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
158 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
159 - the synopsis formula changed to either
160 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
162 <package-name> is <synopsis>
164 <package-name> are <synopsis>
166 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
167 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
168 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
169 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
170 package; closes: #187143
172 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
174 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
177 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
178 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
180 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
182 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
183 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
184 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
185 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
186 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
187 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
188 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
189 right places in the document, closes: #172897
190 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
194 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
196 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
197 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
198 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
199 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
200 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
201 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
202 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
204 - editorial changes on material added in this version
205 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
206 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
207 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
208 closes: #139957, #108416
209 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
210 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
212 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
214 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
217 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
219 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
220 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
221 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
222 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
224 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
225 for best practices for documentation
226 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
227 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
228 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
229 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
231 - spell-checking pass
233 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
235 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
238 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
239 descriptions" moved under there
240 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
241 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
242 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
243 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
244 the document where these tools are discussed
245 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
246 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
247 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
248 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
249 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
250 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
252 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
253 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
254 that can be fixed by DDP folks
255 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
256 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
257 - simply PS and PDF building rules
259 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
261 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
264 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
265 section and adjusted links
266 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
268 - ChangeLog attribution updates
269 - fix typos, closes: #171781
270 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
271 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
272 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
273 for debian/rules", and write an intro
274 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
275 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
276 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
277 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
278 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
279 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
280 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
281 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
282 "Internationalization"
283 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
284 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
285 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
286 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
287 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
288 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
289 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
290 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
291 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
293 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
294 rather useless and broken
295 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
296 names and the first word
297 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
298 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
299 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
301 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
302 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
303 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
305 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
307 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
310 - DDP publishing update
312 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
313 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
314 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
315 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
317 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
319 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
322 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
323 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
324 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
326 - added myself as co-author
327 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
329 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
330 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
332 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
333 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
335 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
337 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
340 - Corrected several errors with —
341 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
342 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
343 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
344 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
345 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
346 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
347 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
349 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
350 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
351 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
352 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
353 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
354 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
355 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
356 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
357 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
359 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
360 descriptions". closes: #158609
361 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
362 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
363 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
364 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
365 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
367 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
368 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
369 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
370 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
371 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
372 - updated the mailing lists section
374 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
375 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
378 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
380 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
383 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
384 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
386 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
388 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
389 Ch "The Debian Archive"
391 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
393 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
394 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
395 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
396 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
397 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
399 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
400 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
401 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
402 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
403 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
404 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
405 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
407 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
408 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
411 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
412 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
413 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
414 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
415 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
416 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
417 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
418 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
419 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
420 work-around with <...>
421 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
422 - update copyright date
423 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
424 - spell check and grammar corrections
428 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
430 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
431 recompile"; closes: #102626
432 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
433 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
434 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
435 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
436 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
438 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
439 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
440 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
442 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
444 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
445 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
446 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
447 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
448 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
449 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
450 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
451 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
452 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
454 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
456 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
458 - updated the list of available architectures.
459 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
460 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
461 of the package and nothing more.
462 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
463 any pain to the ftpmasters.
464 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
465 the use of the delayed queue.
466 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
467 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
469 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
470 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
471 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
472 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
473 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
474 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
475 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
477 - new Sec "Documentation"
478 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
479 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
480 "Being kind to porter" too
481 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
482 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
483 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
484 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
485 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
487 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
488 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
491 - update French translation
493 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
495 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
498 - some grammar corrections
499 - update French translation
501 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
502 anymore; closes: #135559
503 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
505 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
507 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
508 that would be welcome)
509 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
510 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
511 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
512 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
513 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
514 - other minor wording changes
515 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
516 - Ch "Package uploads":
517 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
518 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
519 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
520 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
521 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
522 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
523 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
525 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
527 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
529 * from Martin Michlmayr
530 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
531 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
532 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
534 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
536 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
538 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
540 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
541 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
542 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
545 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
547 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
550 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
552 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
555 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
557 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
558 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
559 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
560 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
561 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
562 talking about uploading to distributions
563 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
564 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
565 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
567 - French translation updated
569 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
570 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
571 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
573 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
575 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
578 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
579 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
582 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
584 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
587 * fix a typo in a link
588 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
589 update documentation accordingly
591 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
592 forwarding bugs upstream
594 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
595 entities which should be used
596 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
597 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
599 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
601 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
603 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
604 * French version: completely up-to-date now
605 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
606 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
608 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
611 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
613 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
615 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
617 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
618 this translation needs updating
619 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
620 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
621 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
623 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
624 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
625 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
627 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
628 included yet, however
630 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
632 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
634 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
636 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
637 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
639 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
641 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
643 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
645 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
646 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
647 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
649 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
651 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
653 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
656 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
657 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
658 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
659 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
660 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
661 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
662 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
663 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
664 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
665 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
666 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
667 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
669 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
670 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
671 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
672 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
673 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
675 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
677 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
678 * update copyright notice for 2001
679 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
680 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
681 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
683 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
685 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
687 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
689 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
691 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
693 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
695 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
697 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
698 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
700 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
701 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
702 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
703 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
704 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
705 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
706 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
707 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
708 could be used if necessary
709 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
710 mention the rsync dupload method
711 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
713 * other small corrections
714 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
715 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
716 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
717 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
719 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
721 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
722 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
724 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
726 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
728 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
729 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
730 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
731 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
733 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
734 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
735 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
736 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
737 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
739 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
741 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
742 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
743 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
744 team (closes: Bug#52906)
745 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
746 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
747 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
749 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
750 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
751 - added a section about the LDAP database
752 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
753 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
755 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
756 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
758 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
760 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
762 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
763 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
764 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
766 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
767 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
768 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
769 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
770 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
771 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
772 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
773 description from developers-reference.sgml
775 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
777 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
779 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
780 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
782 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
784 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
785 releases are available at archive.debian.org
786 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
787 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
788 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
789 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
790 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
791 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
792 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
793 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
795 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
796 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
797 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
798 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
800 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
801 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
802 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
803 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
804 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
805 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
806 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
807 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
808 suggestion from James Troup
809 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
810 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
811 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
812 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
815 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
817 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
819 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
820 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
822 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
824 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
826 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
827 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
828 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
829 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
830 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
831 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
832 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
834 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
836 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
838 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
839 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
840 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
841 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
842 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
843 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
845 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
846 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
848 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
850 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
852 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
854 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
856 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
857 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
858 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
859 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
860 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
862 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
863 with intro; demoted server sections under that
864 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
865 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
867 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
868 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
869 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
870 a normal developer may have access.
872 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
874 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
876 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
877 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
878 step all over each other
880 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
882 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
884 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
885 address for PGP key updates
887 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
889 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
891 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
892 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
893 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
894 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
895 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
897 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
899 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
901 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
902 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
903 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
904 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
905 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
906 <keyring-maint> instead)
907 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
908 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
910 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
912 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
913 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
914 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
916 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
918 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
920 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
921 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
922 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
923 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
924 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
925 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
927 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
928 tighten up the language a bit
929 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
930 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
931 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
932 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
934 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
935 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
936 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
937 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
938 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
939 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
941 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
942 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
943 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
944 about how to depart Debian gracefully
945 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
946 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
947 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
948 number of available packages
949 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
950 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
952 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
954 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
956 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
959 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
961 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
963 * not officially released
964 * more spelling corrections
965 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
967 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
969 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
971 * not officially released
972 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
973 * some PGP-centricity removed
974 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
975 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
976 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
977 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
978 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
979 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
981 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
983 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
985 * not officially released
986 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
987 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
988 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
989 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
990 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
991 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
992 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
993 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
994 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
995 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
996 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
997 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
998 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
999 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1001 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1002 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1004 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1006 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1007 take a couple of weeks
1008 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1009 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1010 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1011 excited about it and can't wait
1012 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1013 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1015 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1016 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1018 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1019 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1020 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1022 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1024 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1026 * move to 3-level version number:
1027 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1028 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1029 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1030 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1031 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1034 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1035 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1036 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1038 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1040 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1041 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1042 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1043 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1044 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1045 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1047 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1049 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1050 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1051 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1052 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1053 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1054 - "The CVS server": new section added
1055 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1057 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1058 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1059 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1060 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1061 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1062 with respect to GPG.
1063 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1064 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1065 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1066 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1067 a canonical location?)
1068 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1069 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1070 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1071 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1073 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1075 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1076 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1077 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1078 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1080 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1082 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1084 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1085 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1086 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1087 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1088 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1089 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1090 and should not be included in this Reference.
1091 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1092 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1093 maintainer tools only!
1094 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1095 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1096 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1097 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1098 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1099 * Little corrections here and there.
1100 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1101 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1104 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1106 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1108 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1109 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1110 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1112 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1113 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1114 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1115 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1116 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1117 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1118 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1119 do prior to uploading
1120 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1121 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1123 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1124 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1125 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1126 duties with respect to bugs
1127 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1128 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1129 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1131 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1132 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1133 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1134 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1135 explicit what is used to build this package
1137 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1139 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1142 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1143 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1144 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1145 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1146 * utilize the new URL tag
1147 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1150 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1152 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1154 * non-maintainer release
1155 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1156 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1157 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1158 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1159 text, it can't hurt you.)
1160 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1161 reflect this packages version number
1162 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1164 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1166 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1170 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1172 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1174 * New version numbering scheme:
1176 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1177 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1178 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1181 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1182 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1183 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1184 differ between the manuals.
1186 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1187 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1188 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1189 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1191 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1192 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1194 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1196 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1198 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1200 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1202 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1203 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1205 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1206 (as requested by James Troup)
1208 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1210 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1212 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1214 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1216 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1218 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1220 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1222 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1223 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1224 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1225 the non-maintainer release
1227 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1228 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1229 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1232 - Lots of typos fixed
1234 * Compressed SGML source code
1236 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1237 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1239 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1241 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1243 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1245 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1246 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1247 - Announcing package uploads
1248 * New section about Debian Mentors
1249 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1250 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1251 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1252 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1254 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1256 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1258 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1259 of our FTP server and the development process
1260 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1261 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1262 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1264 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1265 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1266 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1267 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1268 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1269 contacting the maintainer
1270 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1271 a new manual released soon)
1272 * Some minor changes
1273 * Include SGML source in package
1274 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1275 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1277 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1279 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1283 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200