1 developers-reference (3.4.8) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
6 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
7 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
10 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
11 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
13 -- Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:54:05 +0900
15 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
20 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
21 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
22 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
23 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
24 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
25 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
26 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
27 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
28 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
29 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
30 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
31 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
32 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
33 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
34 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
35 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
36 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
37 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
38 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
39 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
42 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
43 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
44 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
45 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
48 * Translation updates (all completed)
49 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
50 - German by Chris Leick.
51 - French by David Prévot.
53 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
55 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
58 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
59 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
62 * Update my email address.
63 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
64 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
65 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
66 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
67 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
68 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
71 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
73 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
78 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
79 version tracking removed that requirement.
82 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
83 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
84 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
85 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
86 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
87 needed. Closes: #619990
88 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
89 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
92 * Initial German translation.
95 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
96 * Update French translation.
97 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
98 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
99 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
102 * Update Japanese translation.
104 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
106 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
109 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
110 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
113 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
114 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
115 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
116 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
117 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
118 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
119 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
120 patch. Closes: #540231
121 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
122 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
123 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
124 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
125 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
126 for the patch. Closes: #548823
127 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
128 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
129 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
130 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
131 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
132 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
133 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
134 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
135 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
136 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
137 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
138 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
139 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
140 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
142 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
143 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
144 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
146 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
147 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
148 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
149 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
150 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
152 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
154 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
155 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
156 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
157 patch. Closes: #573110
158 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
160 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
161 multi-lines substitution variables.
164 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
165 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
166 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
167 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
168 * Activate Japanese package.
169 * Handle addendum if it exists.
171 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
173 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
175 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
176 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
178 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
180 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
182 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
183 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
185 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
187 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
189 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
190 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
191 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
192 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
193 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
194 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
195 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
196 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
197 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
198 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
199 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
200 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
201 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
202 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
203 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
204 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
205 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
206 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
207 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
208 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
209 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
210 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
212 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
214 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
217 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
221 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
222 The most important changes are:
223 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
224 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
227 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
228 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
229 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
230 distinction. Closes: #464230.
231 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
232 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
233 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
234 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
235 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
236 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
238 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
239 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
241 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
242 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
244 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
245 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
247 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
249 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
250 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
252 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
253 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
254 Closes: #512620, #510783.
256 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
258 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
261 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
262 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
263 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
264 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
265 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
266 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
267 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
268 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
270 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
272 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
275 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
276 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
277 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
278 release codenames in <literal>
279 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
280 doesn't exist anymore.
281 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
282 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
283 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
284 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
285 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
286 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
287 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
288 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
289 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
290 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
291 team before upload. Closes: #459343
292 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
293 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
294 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
295 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
296 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
297 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
298 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
300 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
301 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
303 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
304 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
305 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
306 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
307 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
308 Thomas. Closes: #485837
310 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
311 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
313 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
315 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
319 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
320 - fix debian/copyright
321 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
322 - add pdf for French version.
323 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
324 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
325 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
326 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
327 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
328 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
329 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
330 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
331 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
333 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
334 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
336 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
338 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
339 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
340 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
341 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
342 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
343 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
345 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
348 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
349 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
350 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
351 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
352 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
353 * Update information concerning Alioth.
354 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
355 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
357 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
358 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
360 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
363 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
365 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
367 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
369 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
370 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
372 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
373 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
374 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
376 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
377 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
378 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
380 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
381 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
382 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
383 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
384 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
385 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
386 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
387 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
388 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
389 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
390 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
391 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
393 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
394 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
395 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
396 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
397 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
398 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
399 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
400 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
401 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
402 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
406 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
408 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
410 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
413 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
414 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
415 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
416 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
417 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
418 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
420 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
422 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
424 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
426 - non-us discontinued.
427 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
429 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
430 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
431 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
432 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
433 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
434 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
435 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
436 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
437 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
438 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
439 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
440 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
441 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
442 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
443 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
444 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
445 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
446 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
448 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
449 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
451 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
454 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
456 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
458 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
461 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
462 - madison is on merkel.
463 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
464 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
465 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
466 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
467 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
468 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
470 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
471 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
472 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
473 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
474 - sync NM rules with reality.
476 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
478 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
480 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
483 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
484 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
485 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
486 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
487 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
488 - spelling, grammer fixes.
489 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
490 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
491 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
492 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
493 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
494 - add myself to uploaders.
495 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
496 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
497 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
498 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
499 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
500 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
501 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
502 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
503 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
504 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
505 - rewrote the NMU section, and
506 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
507 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
508 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
509 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
510 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
511 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
512 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
513 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
515 - Security uploads get urgency=high
516 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
518 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
520 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
522 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
525 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
526 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
527 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
528 - documented Alioth, somewhat
530 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
531 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
533 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
534 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
535 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
536 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
540 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
542 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
543 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
544 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
545 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
548 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
550 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
553 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
555 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
556 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
557 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
559 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
560 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
561 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
562 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
565 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
567 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
568 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
569 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
570 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
571 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
573 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
574 it clear these are special cases
575 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
577 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
579 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
581 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
584 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
585 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
587 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
589 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
591 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
594 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
596 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
597 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
598 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
600 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
601 - the synopsis formula changed to either
602 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
604 <package-name> is <synopsis>
606 <package-name> are <synopsis>
608 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
609 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
610 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
611 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
612 package; closes: #187143
614 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
616 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
619 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
620 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
622 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
624 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
625 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
626 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
627 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
628 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
629 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
630 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
631 right places in the document, closes: #172897
632 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
636 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
638 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
639 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
640 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
641 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
642 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
643 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
644 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
646 - editorial changes on material added in this version
647 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
648 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
649 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
650 closes: #139957, #108416
651 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
652 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
654 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
656 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
659 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
661 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
662 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
663 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
664 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
666 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
667 for best practices for documentation
668 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
669 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
670 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
671 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
673 - spell-checking pass
675 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
677 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
680 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
681 descriptions" moved under there
682 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
683 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
684 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
685 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
686 the document where these tools are discussed
687 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
688 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
689 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
690 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
691 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
692 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
694 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
695 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
696 that can be fixed by DDP folks
697 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
698 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
699 - simply PS and PDF building rules
701 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
703 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
706 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
707 section and adjusted links
708 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
710 - ChangeLog attribution updates
711 - fix typos, closes: #171781
712 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
713 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
714 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
715 for debian/rules", and write an intro
716 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
717 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
718 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
719 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
720 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
721 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
722 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
723 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
724 "Internationalization"
725 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
726 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
727 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
728 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
729 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
730 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
731 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
732 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
733 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
735 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
736 rather useless and broken
737 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
738 names and the first word
739 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
740 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
741 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
743 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
744 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
745 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
747 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
749 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
752 - DDP publishing update
754 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
755 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
756 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
757 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
759 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
761 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
764 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
765 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
766 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
768 - added myself as co-author
769 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
771 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
772 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
774 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
775 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
777 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
779 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
782 - Corrected several errors with —
783 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
784 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
785 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
786 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
787 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
788 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
789 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
791 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
792 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
793 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
794 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
795 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
796 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
797 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
798 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
799 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
801 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
802 descriptions". closes: #158609
803 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
804 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
805 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
806 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
807 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
809 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
810 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
811 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
812 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
813 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
814 - updated the mailing lists section
816 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
817 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
820 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
822 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
825 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
826 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
828 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
830 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
831 Ch "The Debian Archive"
833 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
835 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
836 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
837 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
838 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
839 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
841 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
842 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
843 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
844 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
845 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
846 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
847 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
849 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
850 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
853 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
854 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
855 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
856 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
857 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
858 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
859 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
860 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
861 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
862 work-around with <...>
863 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
864 - update copyright date
865 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
866 - spell check and grammar corrections
870 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
872 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
873 recompile"; closes: #102626
874 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
875 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
876 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
877 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
878 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
880 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
881 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
882 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
884 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
886 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
887 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
888 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
889 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
890 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
891 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
892 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
893 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
894 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
896 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
898 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
900 - updated the list of available architectures.
901 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
902 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
903 of the package and nothing more.
904 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
905 any pain to the ftpmasters.
906 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
907 the use of the delayed queue.
908 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
909 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
911 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
912 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
913 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
914 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
915 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
916 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
917 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
919 - new Sec "Documentation"
920 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
921 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
922 "Being kind to porter" too
923 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
924 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
925 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
926 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
927 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
929 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
930 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
933 - update French translation
935 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
937 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
940 - some grammar corrections
941 - update French translation
943 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
944 anymore; closes: #135559
945 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
947 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
949 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
950 that would be welcome)
951 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
952 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
953 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
954 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
955 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
956 - other minor wording changes
957 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
958 - Ch "Package uploads":
959 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
960 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
961 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
962 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
963 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
964 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
965 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
967 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
969 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
971 * from Martin Michlmayr
972 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
973 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
974 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
976 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
978 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
980 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
982 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
983 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
984 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
987 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
989 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
992 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
994 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
997 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
999 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1000 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1001 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1002 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1003 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1004 talking about uploading to distributions
1005 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1006 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1007 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1009 - French translation updated
1011 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1012 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1013 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1015 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1017 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1020 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1021 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1024 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1026 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1029 * fix a typo in a link
1030 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1031 update documentation accordingly
1033 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1034 forwarding bugs upstream
1036 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1037 entities which should be used
1038 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1039 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1041 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1043 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1045 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1046 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1047 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1048 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1050 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1053 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1055 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1057 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1059 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1060 this translation needs updating
1061 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1062 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1063 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1065 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1066 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1067 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1069 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1070 included yet, however
1072 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1074 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1076 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1078 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1079 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1081 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1083 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1085 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1087 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1088 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1089 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1091 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1093 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1095 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1098 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1099 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1100 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1101 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1102 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1103 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1104 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1105 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1106 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1107 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1108 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1109 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1111 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1112 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1113 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1114 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1115 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1117 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1119 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1120 * update copyright notice for 2001
1121 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1122 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1123 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1125 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1127 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1129 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1131 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1133 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1135 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1137 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1139 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1140 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1142 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1143 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1144 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1145 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1146 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1147 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1148 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1149 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1150 could be used if necessary
1151 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1152 mention the rsync dupload method
1153 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1155 * other small corrections
1156 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1157 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1158 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1159 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1161 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1163 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1164 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1166 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1168 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1170 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1171 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1172 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1173 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1175 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1176 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1177 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1178 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1179 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1181 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1183 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1184 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1185 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1186 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1187 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1188 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1189 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1191 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1192 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1193 - added a section about the LDAP database
1194 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1195 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1197 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1198 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1200 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1202 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1204 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1205 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1206 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1208 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1209 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1210 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1211 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1212 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1213 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1214 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1215 description from developers-reference.sgml
1217 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1219 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1221 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1222 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1224 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1226 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1227 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1228 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1229 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1230 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1231 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1232 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1233 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1234 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1235 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1237 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1238 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1239 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1240 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1242 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1243 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1244 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1245 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1246 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1247 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1248 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1249 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1250 suggestion from James Troup
1251 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1252 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1253 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1254 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1257 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1259 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1261 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1262 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1264 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1266 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1268 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1269 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1270 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1271 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1272 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1273 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1274 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1276 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1278 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1280 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1281 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1282 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1283 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1284 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1285 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1287 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1288 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1290 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1292 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1294 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1296 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1298 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1299 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1300 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1301 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1302 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1304 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1305 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1306 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1307 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1309 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1310 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1311 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1312 a normal developer may have access.
1314 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1316 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1318 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1319 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1320 step all over each other
1322 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1324 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1326 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1327 address for PGP key updates
1329 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1331 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1333 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1334 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1335 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1336 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1337 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1339 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1341 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1343 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1344 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1345 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1346 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1347 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1348 <keyring-maint> instead)
1349 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1350 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1352 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1354 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1355 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1356 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1358 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1360 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1362 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1363 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1364 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1365 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1366 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1367 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1369 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1370 tighten up the language a bit
1371 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1372 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1373 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1374 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1376 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1377 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1378 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1379 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1380 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1381 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1383 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1384 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1385 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1386 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1387 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1388 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1389 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1390 number of available packages
1391 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1392 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1394 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1396 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1398 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1401 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1403 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1405 * not officially released
1406 * more spelling corrections
1407 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1409 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1411 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1413 * not officially released
1414 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1415 * some PGP-centricity removed
1416 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1417 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1418 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1419 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1420 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1421 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1423 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1425 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1427 * not officially released
1428 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1429 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1430 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1431 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1432 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1433 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1434 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1435 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1436 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1437 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1438 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1439 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1440 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1441 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1443 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1444 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1446 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1448 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1449 take a couple of weeks
1450 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1451 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1452 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1453 excited about it and can't wait
1454 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1455 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1457 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1458 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1460 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1461 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1462 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1464 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1466 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1468 * move to 3-level version number:
1469 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1470 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1471 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1472 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1473 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1476 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1477 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1478 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1480 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1482 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1483 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1484 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1485 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1486 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1487 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1489 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1491 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1492 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1493 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1494 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1495 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1496 - "The CVS server": new section added
1497 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1499 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1500 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1501 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1502 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1503 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1504 with respect to GPG.
1505 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1506 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1507 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1508 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1509 a canonical location?)
1510 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1511 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1512 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1513 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1515 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1517 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1518 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1519 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1520 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1522 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1524 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1526 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1527 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1528 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1529 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1530 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1531 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1532 and should not be included in this Reference.
1533 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1534 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1535 maintainer tools only!
1536 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1537 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1538 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1539 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1540 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1541 * Little corrections here and there.
1542 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1543 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1546 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1548 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1550 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1551 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1552 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1554 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1555 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1556 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1557 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1558 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1559 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1560 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1561 do prior to uploading
1562 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1563 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1565 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1566 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1567 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1568 duties with respect to bugs
1569 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1570 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1571 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1573 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1574 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1575 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1576 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1577 explicit what is used to build this package
1579 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1581 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1584 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1585 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1586 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1587 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1588 * utilize the new URL tag
1589 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1592 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1594 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1596 * non-maintainer release
1597 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1598 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1599 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1600 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1601 text, it can't hurt you.)
1602 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1603 reflect this packages version number
1604 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1606 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1608 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1612 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1614 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1616 * New version numbering scheme:
1618 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1619 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1620 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1623 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1624 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1625 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1626 differ between the manuals.
1628 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1629 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1630 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1631 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1633 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1634 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1636 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1638 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1640 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1642 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1644 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1645 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1647 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1648 (as requested by James Troup)
1650 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1652 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1654 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1656 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1658 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1660 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1662 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1664 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1665 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1666 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1667 the non-maintainer release
1669 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1670 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1671 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1674 - Lots of typos fixed
1676 * Compressed SGML source code
1678 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1679 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1681 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1683 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1685 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1687 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1688 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1689 - Announcing package uploads
1690 * New section about Debian Mentors
1691 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1692 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1693 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1694 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1696 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1698 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1700 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1701 of our FTP server and the development process
1702 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1703 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1704 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1706 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1707 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1708 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1709 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1710 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1711 contacting the maintainer
1712 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1713 a new manual released soon)
1714 * Some minor changes
1715 * Include SGML source in package
1716 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1717 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1719 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1721 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1725 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200