1 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
4 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
5 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
6 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
7 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
8 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
9 - spelling, grammer fixes.
10 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
11 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
12 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
13 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
14 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
15 - add myself to uploaders.
16 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
17 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
18 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
19 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
20 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
21 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
22 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
23 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
24 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
25 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
26 - rewrote the NMU section, and
27 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
28 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
29 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
30 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
31 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
32 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
33 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
35 - Security uploads get urgency=high
36 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
38 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
40 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 7 Oct 2004 14:02:11 -0600
42 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
45 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
46 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
47 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
48 - documented Alioth, somewhat
50 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
51 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
53 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
54 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
55 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
56 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
60 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
62 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
63 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
64 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
65 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
68 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
70 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
73 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
75 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
76 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
77 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
79 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
80 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
81 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
82 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
85 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
87 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
88 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
89 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
90 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
91 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
93 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
94 it clear these are special cases
95 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
97 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
99 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
101 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
104 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
105 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
107 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
109 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
111 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
114 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
116 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
117 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
118 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
120 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
121 - the synopsis formula changed to either
122 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
124 <package-name> is <synopsis>
126 <package-name> are <synopsis>
128 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
129 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
130 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
131 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
132 package; closes: #187143
134 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
136 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
139 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
140 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
142 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
144 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
145 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
146 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
147 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
148 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
149 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
150 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
151 right places in the document, closes: #172897
152 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
156 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
158 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
159 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
160 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
161 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
162 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
163 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
164 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
166 - editorial changes on material added in this version
167 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
168 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
169 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
170 closes: #139957, #108416
171 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
172 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
174 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
176 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
179 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
181 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
182 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
183 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
184 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
186 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
187 for best practices for documentation
188 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
189 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
190 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
191 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
193 - spell-checking pass
195 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
197 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
200 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
201 descriptions" moved under there
202 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
203 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
204 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
205 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
206 the document where these tools are discussed
207 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
208 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
209 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
210 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
211 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
212 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
214 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
215 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
216 that can be fixed by DDP folks
217 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
218 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
219 - simply PS and PDF building rules
221 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
223 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
226 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
227 section and adjusted links
228 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
230 - ChangeLog attribution updates
231 - fix typos, closes: #171781
232 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
233 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
234 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
235 for debian/rules", and write an intro
236 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
237 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
238 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
239 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
240 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
241 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
242 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
243 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
244 "Internationalization"
245 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
246 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
247 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
248 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
249 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
250 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
251 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
252 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
253 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
255 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
256 rather useless and broken
257 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
258 names and the first word
259 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
260 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
261 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
263 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
264 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
265 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
267 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
269 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
272 - DDP publishing update
274 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
275 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
276 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
277 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
279 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
281 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
284 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
285 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
286 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
288 - added myself as co-author
289 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
291 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
292 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
294 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
295 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
297 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
299 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
302 - Corrected several errors with —
303 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
304 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
305 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
306 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
307 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
308 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
309 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
311 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
312 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
313 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
314 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
315 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
316 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
317 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
318 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
319 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
321 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
322 descriptions". closes: #158609
323 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
324 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
325 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
326 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
327 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
329 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
330 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
331 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
332 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
333 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
334 - updated the mailing lists section
336 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
337 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
340 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
342 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
345 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
346 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
348 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
350 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
351 Ch "The Debian Archive"
353 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
355 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
356 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
357 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
358 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
359 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
361 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
362 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
363 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
364 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
365 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
366 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
367 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
369 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
370 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
373 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
374 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
375 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
376 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
377 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
378 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
379 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
380 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
381 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
382 work-around with <...>
383 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
384 - update copyright date
385 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
386 - spell check and grammar corrections
390 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
392 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
393 recompile"; closes: #102626
394 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
395 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
396 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
397 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
398 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
400 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
401 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
402 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
404 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
406 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
407 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
408 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
409 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
410 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
411 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
412 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
413 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
414 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
416 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
418 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
420 - updated the list of available architectures.
421 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
422 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
423 of the package and nothing more.
424 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
425 any pain to the ftpmasters.
426 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
427 the use of the delayed queue.
428 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
429 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
431 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
432 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
433 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
434 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
435 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
436 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
437 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
439 - new Sec "Documentation"
440 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
441 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
442 "Being kind to porter" too
443 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
444 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
445 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
446 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
447 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
449 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
450 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
453 - update French translation
455 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
457 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
460 - some grammar corrections
461 - update French translation
463 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
464 anymore; closes: #135559
465 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
467 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
469 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
470 that would be welcome)
471 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
472 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
473 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
474 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
475 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
476 - other minor wording changes
477 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
478 - Ch "Package uploads":
479 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
480 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
481 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
482 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
483 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
484 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
485 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
487 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
489 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
491 * from Martin Michlmayr
492 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
493 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
494 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
496 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
498 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
500 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
502 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
503 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
504 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
507 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
509 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
512 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
514 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
517 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
519 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
520 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
521 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
522 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
523 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
524 talking about uploading to distributions
525 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
526 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
527 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
529 - French translation updated
531 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
532 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
533 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
535 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
537 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
540 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
541 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
544 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
546 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
549 * fix a typo in a link
550 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
551 update documentation accordingly
553 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
554 forwarding bugs upstream
556 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
557 entities which should be used
558 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
559 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
561 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
563 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
565 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
566 * French version: completely up-to-date now
567 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
568 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
570 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
573 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
575 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
577 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
579 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
580 this translation needs updating
581 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
582 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
583 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
585 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
586 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
587 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
589 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
590 included yet, however
592 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
594 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
596 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
598 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
599 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
601 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
603 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
605 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
607 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
608 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
609 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
611 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
613 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
615 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
618 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
619 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
620 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
621 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
622 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
623 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
624 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
625 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
626 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
627 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
628 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
629 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
631 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
632 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
633 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
634 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
635 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
637 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
639 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
640 * update copyright notice for 2001
641 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
642 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
643 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
645 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
647 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
649 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
651 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
653 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
655 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
657 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
659 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
660 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
662 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
663 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
664 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
665 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
666 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
667 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
668 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
669 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
670 could be used if necessary
671 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
672 mention the rsync dupload method
673 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
675 * other small corrections
676 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
677 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
678 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
679 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
681 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
683 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
684 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
686 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
688 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
690 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
691 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
692 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
693 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
695 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
696 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
697 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
698 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
699 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
701 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
703 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
704 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
705 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
706 team (closes: Bug#52906)
707 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
708 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
709 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
711 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
712 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
713 - added a section about the LDAP database
714 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
715 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
717 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
718 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
720 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
722 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
724 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
725 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
726 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
728 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
729 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
730 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
731 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
732 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
733 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
734 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
735 description from developers-reference.sgml
737 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
739 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
741 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
742 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
744 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
746 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
747 releases are available at archive.debian.org
748 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
749 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
750 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
751 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
752 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
753 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
754 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
755 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
757 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
758 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
759 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
760 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
762 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
763 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
764 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
765 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
766 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
767 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
768 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
769 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
770 suggestion from James Troup
771 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
772 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
773 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
774 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
777 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
779 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
781 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
782 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
784 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
786 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
788 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
789 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
790 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
791 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
792 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
793 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
794 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
796 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
798 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
800 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
801 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
802 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
803 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
804 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
805 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
807 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
808 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
810 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
812 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
814 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
816 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
818 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
819 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
820 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
821 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
822 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
824 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
825 with intro; demoted server sections under that
826 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
827 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
829 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
830 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
831 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
832 a normal developer may have access.
834 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
836 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
838 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
839 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
840 step all over each other
842 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
844 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
846 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
847 address for PGP key updates
849 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
851 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
853 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
854 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
855 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
856 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
857 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
859 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
861 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
863 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
864 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
865 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
866 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
867 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
868 <keyring-maint> instead)
869 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
870 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
872 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
874 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
875 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
876 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
878 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
880 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
882 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
883 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
884 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
885 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
886 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
887 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
889 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
890 tighten up the language a bit
891 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
892 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
893 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
894 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
896 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
897 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
898 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
899 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
900 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
901 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
903 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
904 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
905 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
906 about how to depart Debian gracefully
907 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
908 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
909 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
910 number of available packages
911 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
912 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
914 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
916 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
918 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
921 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
923 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
925 * not officially released
926 * more spelling corrections
927 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
929 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
931 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
933 * not officially released
934 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
935 * some PGP-centricity removed
936 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
937 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
938 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
939 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
940 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
941 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
943 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
945 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
947 * not officially released
948 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
949 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
950 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
951 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
952 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
953 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
954 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
955 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
956 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
957 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
958 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
959 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
960 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
961 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
963 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
964 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
966 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
968 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
969 take a couple of weeks
970 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
971 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
972 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
973 excited about it and can't wait
974 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
975 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
977 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
978 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
980 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
981 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
982 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
984 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
986 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
988 * move to 3-level version number:
989 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
990 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
991 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
992 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
993 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
996 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
997 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
998 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1000 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1002 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1003 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1004 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1005 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1006 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1007 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1009 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1011 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1012 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1013 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1014 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1015 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1016 - "The CVS server": new section added
1017 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1019 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1020 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1021 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1022 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1023 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1024 with respect to GPG.
1025 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1026 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1027 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1028 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1029 a canonical location?)
1030 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1031 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1032 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1033 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1035 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1037 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1038 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1039 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1040 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1042 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1044 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1046 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1047 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1048 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1049 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1050 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1051 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1052 and should not be included in this Reference.
1053 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1054 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1055 maintainer tools only!
1056 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1057 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1058 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1059 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1060 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1061 * Little corrections here and there.
1062 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1063 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1066 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1068 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1070 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1071 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1072 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1074 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1075 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1076 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1077 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1078 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1079 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1080 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1081 do prior to uploading
1082 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1083 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1085 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1086 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1087 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1088 duties with respect to bugs
1089 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1090 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1091 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1093 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1094 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1095 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1096 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1097 explicit what is used to build this package
1099 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1101 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1104 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1105 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1106 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1107 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1108 * utilize the new URL tag
1109 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1112 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1114 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1116 * non-maintainer release
1117 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1118 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1119 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1120 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1121 text, it can't hurt you.)
1122 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1123 reflect this packages version number
1124 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1126 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1128 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1132 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1134 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1136 * New version numbering scheme:
1138 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1139 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1140 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1143 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1144 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1145 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1146 differ between the manuals.
1148 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1149 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1150 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1151 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1153 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1154 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1156 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1158 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1160 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1162 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1164 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1165 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1167 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1168 (as requested by James Troup)
1170 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1172 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1174 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1176 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1178 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1180 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1182 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1184 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1185 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1186 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1187 the non-maintainer release
1189 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1190 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1191 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1194 - Lots of typos fixed
1196 * Compressed SGML source code
1198 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1199 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1201 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1203 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1205 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1207 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1208 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1209 - Announcing package uploads
1210 * New section about Debian Mentors
1211 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1212 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1213 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1214 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1216 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1218 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1220 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1221 of our FTP server and the development process
1222 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1223 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1224 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1226 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1227 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1228 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1229 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1230 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1231 contacting the maintainer
1232 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1233 a new manual released soon)
1234 * Some minor changes
1235 * Include SGML source in package
1236 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1237 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1239 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1241 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1245 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200