+developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
+ Closes: #350792
+ * fix missing quite. Thanks, Franks Küster. Closes: #365994
+ * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
+ Closes: #376411
+
+ -- 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:
+ - adjust information about distributions with reality.
+ - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
+ - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
+ - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
+ - 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.
+ Closes: #302000
+ - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
+ Closes: #299217
+ - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
+ Closes: #309502
+ - non-us discontinued.
+ - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
+ Closes: #341197
+ - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
+ Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
+ - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
+ - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
+ - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
+ - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
+ Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
+ - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
+ - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
+ - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
+ - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
+ - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
+ - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
+ - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
+ - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
+ - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
+ - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
+ - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
+ Closes: #351255
+ - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
+ - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
+ Closes: #306120
+ - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
+
+ * 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
+
+ * Andreas Barth
+ - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
+ - madison is on merkel.
+ - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
+ - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
+ - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
+ - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
+ - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
+ - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
+ Closes: #285458
+ - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
+ - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
+ - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
+ - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
+ - sync NM rules with reality.
+ * 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
+
+developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Andreas Barth
+ - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
+ - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
+ - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
+ - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
+ - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
+ - spelling, grammer fixes.
+ Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
+ - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
+ - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
+ - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
+ - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
+ - add myself to uploaders.
+ - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
+ - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
+ - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
+ - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
+ - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
+ - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
+ - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
+ - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
+ - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
+ - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
+ - rewrote the NMU section, and
+ + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
+ + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
+ + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
+ + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
+ - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
+ - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
+ - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
+ - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
+ * Matt Zimmerman
+ - Security uploads get urgency=high
+ - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
+ * 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
+
+developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Josip Rodin:
+ - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
+ Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
+ - updated the mailing lists section (again)
+ - documented Alioth, somewhat
+ * Frédéric Bothamy
+ - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
+ - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
+ * Matt Zimmerman
+ - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
+ - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
+ - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
+ - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
+ upload
+
+ * Adam Di Carlo
+ - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
+ - build refinements
+ - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
+ Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
+ Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
+ bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
+ started.
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
+
+developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Frédéric Bothamy
+ - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
+ * 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
+ * Matt Zimmerman
+ - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
+ - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
+ section on security bugs; closes: #196516
+ - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
+ closes: #196555
+ * Adam Di Carlo
+ - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
+ closes: #192417
+ - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
+ - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
+ - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
+ - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
+ directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
+ distribution"
+ - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
+ it clear these are special cases
+ - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
+ closes: #195997
+ - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
+
+developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Frédéric Bothamy:
+ - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
+ - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
+ * Adam Di Carlo:
+ - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
+
+developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Josip Rodin:
+ - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
+ closes: #182614
+ - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
+ - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
+ - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
+ * Adam Di Carlo:
+ - more improvements to package synopsis and description
+ - the synopsis formula changed to either
+ <package-name> is a <synopsis>
+ or
+ <package-name> is <synopsis>
+ or
+ <package-name> are <synopsis>
+ closes: #182956
+ - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
+ - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
+ - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
+ - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
+ package; closes: #187143
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
+
+developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Frédéric Bothamy:
+ - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
+ - proofread by Philippe Batailler
+ * Raphaël Hertzog:
+ - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
+ * Josip Rodin:
+ - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
+ - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
+ - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
+ architecture-independent data bundled with programs
+ - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
+ kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
+ - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
+ right places in the document, closes: #172897
+ - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
+ closes: #174161
+ * Adam Di Carlo:
+ - update (c) year
+ - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
+ needed
+ - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
+ - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
+ - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
+ table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
+ note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
+ package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
+ allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
+ debhelper
+ - editorial changes on material added in this version
+ - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
+ - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
+ from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
+ closes: #139957, #108416
+ - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
+ emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
+
+developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Josip Rodin:
+ - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
+ * Adam Di Carlo:
+ - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
+ - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
+ - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
+ - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
+ policy list
+ - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
+ for best practices for documentation
+ - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
+ new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
+ debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
+ covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
+ packages
+ - spell-checking pass
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
+
+developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Adam Di Carlo:
+ - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
+ descriptions" moved under there
+ - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
+ - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
+ - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
+ subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
+ the document where these tools are discussed
+ - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
+ build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
+ - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
+ infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
+ appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
+ - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
+ and translators
+ - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
+ with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
+ that can be fixed by DDP folks
+ - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
+ after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
+ - simply PS and PDF building rules
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
+
+developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Josip Rodin:
+ - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
+ section and adjusted links
+ - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
+ * Adam Di Carlo:
+ - ChangeLog attribution updates
+ - fix typos, closes: #171781
+ - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
+ - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
+ - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
+ for debian/rules", and write an intro
+ - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
+ arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
+ - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
+ versus patching at build time" and rewritten
+ - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
+ - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
+ "Internationalization" section, and some edits
+ - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
+ "Internationalization"
+ - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
+ - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
+ - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
+ - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
+ packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
+ - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
+ - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
+ here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
+ a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
+ closes: #150384
+ - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
+ rather useless and broken
+ - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
+ names and the first word
+ - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
+ adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
+ oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
+ is 108 behind
+ - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
+ - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
+ - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
+
+ -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
+
developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
* Josip Rodin:
- 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
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