1 developers-reference (3.4.9) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Clarify that removals from testing are possible. Closes: #678710
4 Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
6 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:46:20 +0200
8 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
11 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
12 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
13 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
14 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
15 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
16 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
17 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
20 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
21 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
23 * Translation updates (complete)
24 - French by David Prévot.
25 - German by Chris Leick.
28 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
29 * Switch to xz compression for source.
30 * Clean up debian/rules by using dh (with compat level 8).
31 * Drop build-dependency on latex-cjk-xcjk since xeCJK.sty is provided
32 by texlive-xetex directly.
34 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:57:23 +0200
36 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
41 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
42 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
43 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
44 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
45 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
46 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
47 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
48 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
49 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
50 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
51 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
52 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
53 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
54 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
55 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
56 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
57 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
58 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
59 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
60 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
63 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
64 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
65 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
66 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
69 * Translation updates (all completed)
70 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
71 - German by Chris Leick.
72 - French by David Prévot.
74 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
76 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
79 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
80 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
83 * Update my email address.
84 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
85 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
86 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
87 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
88 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
89 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
92 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
94 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
99 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
100 version tracking removed that requirement.
103 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
104 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
105 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
106 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
107 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
108 needed. Closes: #619990
109 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
110 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
113 * Initial German translation.
116 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
117 * Update French translation.
118 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
119 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
120 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
123 * Update Japanese translation.
125 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
127 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
130 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
131 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
134 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
135 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
136 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
137 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
138 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
139 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
140 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
141 patch. Closes: #540231
142 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
143 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
144 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
145 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
146 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
147 for the patch. Closes: #548823
148 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
149 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
150 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
151 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
152 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
153 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
154 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
155 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
156 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
157 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
158 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
159 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
160 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
161 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
163 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
164 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
165 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
167 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
168 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
169 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
170 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
171 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
173 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
175 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
176 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
177 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
178 patch. Closes: #573110
179 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
181 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
182 multi-lines substitution variables.
185 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
186 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
187 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
188 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
189 * Activate Japanese package.
190 * Handle addendum if it exists.
192 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
194 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
196 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
197 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
199 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
201 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
203 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
204 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
206 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
208 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
210 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
211 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
212 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
213 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
214 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
215 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
216 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
217 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
218 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
219 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
220 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
221 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
222 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
223 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
224 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
225 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
226 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
227 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
228 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
229 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
230 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
231 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
233 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
235 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
238 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
242 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
243 The most important changes are:
244 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
245 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
248 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
249 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
250 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
251 distinction. Closes: #464230.
252 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
253 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
254 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
255 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
256 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
257 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
259 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
260 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
262 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
263 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
265 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
266 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
268 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
270 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
271 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
273 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
274 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
275 Closes: #512620, #510783.
277 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
279 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
282 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
283 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
284 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
285 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
286 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
287 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
288 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
289 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
291 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
293 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
296 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
297 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
298 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
299 release codenames in <literal>
300 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
301 doesn't exist anymore.
302 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
303 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
304 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
305 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
306 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
307 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
308 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
309 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
310 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
311 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
312 team before upload. Closes: #459343
313 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
314 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
315 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
316 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
317 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
318 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
319 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
321 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
322 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
324 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
325 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
326 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
327 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
328 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
329 Thomas. Closes: #485837
331 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
332 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
334 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
336 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
340 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
341 - fix debian/copyright
342 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
343 - add pdf for French version.
344 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
345 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
346 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
347 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
348 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
349 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
350 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
351 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
352 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
354 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
355 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
357 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
359 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
360 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
361 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
362 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
363 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
364 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
366 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
369 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
370 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
371 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
372 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
373 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
374 * Update information concerning Alioth.
375 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
376 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
378 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
379 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
381 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
384 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
386 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
388 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
390 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
391 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
393 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
394 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
395 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
397 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
398 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
399 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
401 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
402 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
403 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
404 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
405 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
406 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
407 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
408 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
409 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
410 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
411 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
412 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
414 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
415 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
416 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
417 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
418 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
419 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
420 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
421 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
422 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
423 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
427 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
429 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
431 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
434 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
435 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
436 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
437 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
438 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
439 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
441 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
443 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
445 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
447 - non-us discontinued.
448 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
450 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
451 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
452 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
453 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
454 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
455 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
456 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
457 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
458 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
459 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
460 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
461 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
462 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
463 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
464 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
465 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
466 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
467 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
469 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
470 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
472 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
475 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
477 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
479 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
482 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
483 - madison is on merkel.
484 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
485 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
486 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
487 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
488 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
489 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
491 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
492 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
493 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
494 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
495 - sync NM rules with reality.
497 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
499 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
501 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
504 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
505 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
506 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
507 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
508 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
509 - spelling, grammer fixes.
510 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
511 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
512 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
513 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
514 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
515 - add myself to uploaders.
516 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
517 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
518 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
519 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
520 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
521 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
522 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
523 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
524 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
525 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
526 - rewrote the NMU section, and
527 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
528 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
529 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
530 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
531 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
532 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
533 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
534 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
536 - Security uploads get urgency=high
537 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
539 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
541 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
543 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
546 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
547 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
548 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
549 - documented Alioth, somewhat
551 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
552 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
554 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
555 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
556 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
557 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
561 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
563 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
564 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
565 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
566 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
569 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
571 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
574 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
576 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
577 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
578 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
580 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
581 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
582 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
583 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
586 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
588 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
589 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
590 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
591 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
592 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
594 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
595 it clear these are special cases
596 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
598 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
600 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
602 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
605 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
606 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
608 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
610 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
612 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
615 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
617 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
618 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
619 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
621 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
622 - the synopsis formula changed to either
623 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
625 <package-name> is <synopsis>
627 <package-name> are <synopsis>
629 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
630 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
631 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
632 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
633 package; closes: #187143
635 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
637 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
640 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
641 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
643 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
645 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
646 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
647 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
648 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
649 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
650 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
651 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
652 right places in the document, closes: #172897
653 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
657 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
659 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
660 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
661 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
662 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
663 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
664 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
665 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
667 - editorial changes on material added in this version
668 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
669 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
670 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
671 closes: #139957, #108416
672 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
673 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
675 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
677 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
680 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
682 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
683 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
684 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
685 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
687 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
688 for best practices for documentation
689 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
690 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
691 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
692 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
694 - spell-checking pass
696 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
698 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
701 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
702 descriptions" moved under there
703 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
704 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
705 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
706 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
707 the document where these tools are discussed
708 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
709 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
710 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
711 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
712 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
713 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
715 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
716 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
717 that can be fixed by DDP folks
718 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
719 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
720 - simply PS and PDF building rules
722 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
724 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
727 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
728 section and adjusted links
729 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
731 - ChangeLog attribution updates
732 - fix typos, closes: #171781
733 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
734 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
735 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
736 for debian/rules", and write an intro
737 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
738 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
739 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
740 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
741 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
742 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
743 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
744 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
745 "Internationalization"
746 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
747 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
748 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
749 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
750 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
751 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
752 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
753 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
754 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
756 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
757 rather useless and broken
758 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
759 names and the first word
760 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
761 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
762 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
764 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
765 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
766 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
768 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
770 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
773 - DDP publishing update
775 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
776 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
777 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
778 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
780 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
782 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
785 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
786 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
787 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
789 - added myself as co-author
790 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
792 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
793 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
795 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
796 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
798 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
800 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
803 - Corrected several errors with —
804 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
805 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
806 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
807 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
808 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
809 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
810 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
812 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
813 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
814 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
815 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
816 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
817 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
818 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
819 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
820 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
822 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
823 descriptions". closes: #158609
824 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
825 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
826 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
827 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
828 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
830 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
831 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
832 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
833 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
834 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
835 - updated the mailing lists section
837 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
838 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
841 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
843 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
846 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
847 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
849 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
851 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
852 Ch "The Debian Archive"
854 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
856 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
857 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
858 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
859 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
860 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
862 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
863 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
864 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
865 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
866 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
867 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
868 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
870 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
871 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
874 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
875 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
876 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
877 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
878 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
879 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
880 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
881 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
882 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
883 work-around with <...>
884 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
885 - update copyright date
886 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
887 - spell check and grammar corrections
891 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
893 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
894 recompile"; closes: #102626
895 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
896 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
897 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
898 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
899 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
901 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
902 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
903 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
905 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
907 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
908 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
909 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
910 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
911 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
912 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
913 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
914 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
915 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
917 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
919 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
921 - updated the list of available architectures.
922 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
923 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
924 of the package and nothing more.
925 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
926 any pain to the ftpmasters.
927 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
928 the use of the delayed queue.
929 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
930 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
932 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
933 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
934 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
935 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
936 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
937 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
938 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
940 - new Sec "Documentation"
941 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
942 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
943 "Being kind to porter" too
944 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
945 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
946 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
947 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
948 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
950 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
951 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
954 - update French translation
956 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
958 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
961 - some grammar corrections
962 - update French translation
964 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
965 anymore; closes: #135559
966 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
968 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
970 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
971 that would be welcome)
972 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
973 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
974 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
975 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
976 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
977 - other minor wording changes
978 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
979 - Ch "Package uploads":
980 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
981 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
982 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
983 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
984 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
985 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
986 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
988 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
990 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
992 * from Martin Michlmayr
993 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
994 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
995 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
997 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
999 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1001 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
1003 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
1004 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
1005 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
1006 - minor build tweaks
1008 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1009 * from Chris Tillman
1010 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1013 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1015 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1018 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1020 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1021 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1022 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1023 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1024 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1025 talking about uploading to distributions
1026 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1027 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1028 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1030 - French translation updated
1032 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1033 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1034 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1036 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1038 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1041 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1042 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1045 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1047 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1050 * fix a typo in a link
1051 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1052 update documentation accordingly
1054 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1055 forwarding bugs upstream
1057 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1058 entities which should be used
1059 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1060 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1062 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1064 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1066 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1067 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1068 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1069 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1071 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1074 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1076 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1078 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1080 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1081 this translation needs updating
1082 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1083 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1084 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1086 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1087 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1088 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1090 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1091 included yet, however
1093 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1095 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1097 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1099 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1100 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1102 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1104 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1106 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1108 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1109 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1110 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1112 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1114 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1116 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1119 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1120 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1121 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1122 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1123 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1124 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1125 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1126 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1127 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1128 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1129 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1130 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1132 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1133 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1134 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1135 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1136 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1138 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1140 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1141 * update copyright notice for 2001
1142 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1143 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1144 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1146 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1148 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1150 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1152 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1154 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1156 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1158 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1160 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1161 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1163 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1164 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1165 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1166 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1167 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1168 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1169 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1170 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1171 could be used if necessary
1172 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1173 mention the rsync dupload method
1174 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1176 * other small corrections
1177 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1178 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1179 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1180 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1182 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1184 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1185 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1187 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1189 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1191 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1192 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1193 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1194 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1196 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1197 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1198 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1199 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1200 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1202 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1204 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1205 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1206 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1207 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1208 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1209 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1210 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1212 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1213 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1214 - added a section about the LDAP database
1215 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1216 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1218 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1219 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1221 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1223 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1225 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1226 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1227 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1229 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1230 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1231 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1232 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1233 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1234 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1235 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1236 description from developers-reference.sgml
1238 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1240 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1242 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1243 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1245 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1247 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1248 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1249 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1250 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1251 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1252 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1253 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1254 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1255 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1256 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1258 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1259 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1260 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1261 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1263 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1264 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1265 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1266 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1267 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1268 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1269 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1270 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1271 suggestion from James Troup
1272 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1273 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1274 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1275 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1278 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1280 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1282 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1283 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1285 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1287 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1289 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1290 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1291 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1292 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1293 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1294 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1295 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1297 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1299 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1301 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1302 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1303 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1304 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1305 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1306 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1308 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1309 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1311 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1313 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1315 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1317 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1319 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1320 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1321 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1322 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1323 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1325 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1326 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1327 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1328 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1330 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1331 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1332 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1333 a normal developer may have access.
1335 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1337 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1339 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1340 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1341 step all over each other
1343 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1345 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1347 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1348 address for PGP key updates
1350 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1352 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1354 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1355 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1356 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1357 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1358 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1360 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1362 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1364 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1365 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1366 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1367 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1368 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1369 <keyring-maint> instead)
1370 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1371 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1373 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1375 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1376 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1377 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1379 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1381 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1383 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1384 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1385 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1386 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1387 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1388 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1390 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1391 tighten up the language a bit
1392 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1393 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1394 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1395 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1397 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1398 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1399 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1400 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1401 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1402 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1404 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1405 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1406 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1407 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1408 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1409 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1410 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1411 number of available packages
1412 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1413 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1415 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1417 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1419 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1422 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1424 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1426 * not officially released
1427 * more spelling corrections
1428 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1430 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1432 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1434 * not officially released
1435 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1436 * some PGP-centricity removed
1437 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1438 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1439 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1440 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1441 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1442 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1444 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1446 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1448 * not officially released
1449 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1450 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1451 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1452 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1453 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1454 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1455 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1456 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1457 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1458 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1459 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1460 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1461 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1462 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1464 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1465 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1467 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1469 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1470 take a couple of weeks
1471 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1472 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1473 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1474 excited about it and can't wait
1475 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1476 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1478 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1479 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1481 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1482 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1483 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1485 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1487 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1489 * move to 3-level version number:
1490 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1491 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1492 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1493 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1494 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1497 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1498 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1499 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1501 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1503 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1504 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1505 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1506 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1507 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1508 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1510 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1512 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1513 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1514 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1515 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1516 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1517 - "The CVS server": new section added
1518 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1520 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1521 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1522 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1523 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1524 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1525 with respect to GPG.
1526 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1527 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1528 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1529 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1530 a canonical location?)
1531 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1532 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1533 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1534 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1536 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1538 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1539 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1540 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1541 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1543 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1545 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1547 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1548 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1549 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1550 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1551 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1552 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1553 and should not be included in this Reference.
1554 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1555 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1556 maintainer tools only!
1557 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1558 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1559 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1560 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1561 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1562 * Little corrections here and there.
1563 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1564 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1567 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1569 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1571 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1572 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1573 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1575 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1576 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1577 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1578 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1579 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1580 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1581 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1582 do prior to uploading
1583 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1584 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1586 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1587 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1588 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1589 duties with respect to bugs
1590 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1591 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1592 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1594 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1595 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1596 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1597 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1598 explicit what is used to build this package
1600 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1602 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1605 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1606 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1607 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1608 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1609 * utilize the new URL tag
1610 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1613 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1615 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1617 * non-maintainer release
1618 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1619 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1620 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1621 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1622 text, it can't hurt you.)
1623 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1624 reflect this packages version number
1625 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1627 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1629 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1633 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1635 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1637 * New version numbering scheme:
1639 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1640 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1641 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1644 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1645 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1646 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1647 differ between the manuals.
1649 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1650 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1651 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1652 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1654 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1655 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1657 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1659 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1661 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1663 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1665 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1666 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1668 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1669 (as requested by James Troup)
1671 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1673 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1675 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1677 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1679 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1681 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1683 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1685 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1686 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1687 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1688 the non-maintainer release
1690 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1691 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1692 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1695 - Lots of typos fixed
1697 * Compressed SGML source code
1699 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1700 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1702 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1704 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1706 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1708 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1709 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1710 - Announcing package uploads
1711 * New section about Debian Mentors
1712 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1713 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1714 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1715 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1717 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1719 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1721 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1722 of our FTP server and the development process
1723 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1724 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1725 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1727 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1728 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1729 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1730 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1731 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1732 contacting the maintainer
1733 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1734 a new manual released soon)
1735 * Some minor changes
1736 * Include SGML source in package
1737 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1738 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1740 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1742 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1746 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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