+developers-reference (3.4.5) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+ [ Gerfried Fuchs ]
+ * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
+ version tracking removed that requirement.
+
+ [ Raphaël Hertzog ]
+ * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
+ checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
+ * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
+ about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
+ * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
+ needed. Closes: #619990
+ Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
+ * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
+
+ [ Chris Leick ]
+ * Initial German translation.
+
+ [ David Prévot ]
+ * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
+
+ -- David Prévot <david@tilapin.org> Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:32:29 -0400
+
+developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ [ Lucas Nussbaum ]
+ * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
+ * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
+
+ [ Raphaël Hertzog ]
+ * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
+ Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
+ * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
+ * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
+ Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
+ * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
+ instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
+ patch. Closes: #540231
+ * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
+ McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
+ * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
+ on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
+ the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
+ for the patch. Closes: #548823
+ * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
+ <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
+ - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
+ - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
+ * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
+ pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
+ for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
+ * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
+ (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
+ * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
+ * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
+ * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
+ * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
+ * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
+ Closes: #556229
+ * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
+ * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
+ Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
+ Closes: #564068
+ * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
+ * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
+ http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
+ * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
+ * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
+ Closes: #567234
+ * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
+ Closes: #567233
+ * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
+ really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
+ part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
+ patch. Closes: #573110
+ * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
+ dependencies.
+ * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
+ multi-lines substitution variables.
+
+ [ David Prévot ]
+ * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
+ * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
+ * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
+ * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
+ * Activate Japanese package.
+ * Handle addendum if it exists.
+
+ -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
+
+developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
+ impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
+ #489135.
+ * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
+ Closes: #491839.
+ * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
+ on debian-devel@.
+ * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
+ * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
+
+ -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
+
+developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
+ package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
+ * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
+ * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
+ upstreams. Closes: #523985.
+ * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
+ ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
+ * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
+ mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
+ also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
+ * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
+ http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
+ * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
+ * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
+ about repackaged upstream tarballs.
+ * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
+ Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
+ * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
+ Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
+ * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
+ * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
+ * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
+
+ -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
+
+developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ [ Raphael Hertzog ]
+ * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
+ website.
+
+ [ Lucas Nussbaum ]
+ * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
+ The most important changes are:
+ + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
+ + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
+ provided.
+ Other fixes:
+ + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
+ with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
+ + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
+ distinction. Closes: #464230.
+ + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
+ + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
+ * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
+ W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
+ * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
+ Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
+ Closes: #487664.
+ * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
+ Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
+ Closes: #512529.
+ * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
+ Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
+ Closes: #492661.
+ * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
+ version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
+ Closes: #500371.
+ * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
+ Closes: #367876.
+ * Updated documentation on translation updates.
+ Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
+ Closes: #474879.
+ * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
+ Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
+ Closes: #512620, #510783.
+
+ -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
+
+developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ [ Lucas Nussbaum ]
+ * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
+ * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
+ * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
+ * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
+ * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
+ is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
+ * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
+ * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
+ Closes: #483225.
+ * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
+ Closes: #278267.
+ * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
+ Closes: #376582.
+
+ [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
+ * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
+ * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
+ release codenames in <literal>
+ * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
+ doesn't exist anymore.
+ * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
+ thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
+ * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
+ and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
+ * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
+ the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
+ fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
+ about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
+ * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
+ distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
+ team before upload. Closes: #459343
+ * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
+ * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
+ need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
+ hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
+ on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
+ * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
+ pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
+ #467102
+ * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
+ description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
+ at it.
+ * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
+ have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
+ debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
+ * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
+ ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
+ Thomas. Closes: #485837
+ * debian/control:
+ + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
+ + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
+
+ -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
+
+developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ [ Andreas Barth ]
+ * Packaging changes:
+ - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
+ - fix debian/copyright
+ - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
+ - add pdf for French version.
+ * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
+ * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
+ Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
+ * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
+ * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
+ * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
+ * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
+ * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
+ * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
+ Closes: #422750
+ * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
+ * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
+ Closes: #401415
+ * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
+ Closes: #410159
+ * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
+ Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
+ * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
+ Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
+ * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
+ * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
+ Closes: #373816
+ * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
+
+ [ Raphael Hertzog ]
+ * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
+ * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
+ * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
+ a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
+ * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
+ * Update information concerning Alioth.
+ * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
+ * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
+ cvs.debian.org.
+ * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
+ * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
+ #445642
+ * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
+ repository.
+
+ -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
+
+developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
+ Closes: #350792
+ * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
+ * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
+ Closes: #376411
+ * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
+ the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
+ * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
+ Closes: #382721
+ * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
+ Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
+ * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
+ Closes: #361311
+ * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
+ Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
+ * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
+ to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
+ * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
+ * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
+ * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
+ Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
+ Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
+ * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
+ * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
+ 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
+ Closes: #382477
+ * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
+ Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
+ * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
+ Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
+ * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
+ * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
+ * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
+ * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
+ * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
+ * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
+ Closes: #356643
+
+ * Frédéric Bothamy
+ - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
+
+ -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
+
developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
* Andreas Barth:
- add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
- link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
Closes: #298016
- - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
+ - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
Closes: #302000
- add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
Closes: #299217
Closes: #306120
- also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
- -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 25 Jun 2005 06:04:20 -0600
+ * Frédéric Bothamy
+ - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
+
+ -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
- explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
- add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
- sync NM rules with reality.
- * Frédéric Bothamy
+ * Frédéric Bothamy
- French translation updated to version 3.3.6
-- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
* Matt Zimmerman
- Security uploads get urgency=high
- Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
- * Frédéric Bothamy
+ * Frédéric Bothamy
- French translation updated to version 3.3.5
-- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
- updated the mailing lists section (again)
- documented Alioth, somewhat
- * Frédéric Bothamy
+ * Frédéric Bothamy
- French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
- proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
* Matt Zimmerman
developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
- * Frédéric Bothamy
+ * Frédéric Bothamy
- corrections by Michel Grentzinger
- * Raphaël Hertzog
+ * Raphaël Hertzog
- updated documentation concerning the PTS
- added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
- documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
- * Frédéric Bothamy:
+ * Frédéric Bothamy:
- French translation updated to version 3.3.1
- proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
* Adam Di Carlo:
developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
- * Frédéric Bothamy:
+ * Frédéric Bothamy:
- French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
- proofread by Philippe Batailler
- * Raphaël Hertzog:
+ * Raphaël Hertzog:
- added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
* Josip Rodin:
- split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
- updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
- fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
- * Raphaël Hertzog:
+ * Raphaël Hertzog:
- added myself as co-author
- fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
* Matt Zimmerman:
developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
- * Raphaël Hertzog:
+ * Raphaël Hertzog:
- Corrected several errors with —
- Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427