+developers-reference (3.4.0) UNRELEASED; 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.
+
+ [ 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
+
+ -- Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt <he@debian.org> Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:26:33 +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
- non-us discontinued.
- document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
Closes: #341197
- - fix spelling issues.
- Closes: #336146
+ - 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
-
- -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 25 Jun 2005 06:04:20 -0600
+ - 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
- 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