1 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
4 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
5 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
6 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
7 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
8 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
9 - spelling, grammer fixes.
10 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
11 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
12 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
13 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
14 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
15 - add myself to uploaders.
16 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
17 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
18 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
19 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
20 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
21 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
22 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
23 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
24 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
25 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
26 - rewrote the NMU section, and
27 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
28 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
29 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
30 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
31 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
33 - Security uploads get urgency=high
34 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
36 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
38 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 7 Oct 2004 14:02:11 -0600
40 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
43 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
44 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
45 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
46 - documented Alioth, somewhat
48 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
49 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
51 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
52 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
53 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
54 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
58 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
60 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
61 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
62 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
63 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
66 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
68 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
71 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
73 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
74 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
75 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
77 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
78 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
79 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
80 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
83 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
85 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
86 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
87 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
88 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
89 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
91 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
92 it clear these are special cases
93 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
95 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
97 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
99 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
102 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
103 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
105 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
107 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
109 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
112 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
114 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
115 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
116 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
118 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
119 - the synopsis formula changed to either
120 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
122 <package-name> is <synopsis>
124 <package-name> are <synopsis>
126 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
127 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
128 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
129 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
130 package; closes: #187143
132 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
134 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
137 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
138 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
140 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
142 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
143 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
144 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
145 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
146 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
147 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
148 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
149 right places in the document, closes: #172897
150 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
154 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
156 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
157 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
158 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
159 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
160 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
161 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
162 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
164 - editorial changes on material added in this version
165 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
166 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
167 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
168 closes: #139957, #108416
169 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
170 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
172 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
174 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
177 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
179 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
180 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
181 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
182 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
184 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
185 for best practices for documentation
186 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
187 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
188 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
189 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
191 - spell-checking pass
193 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
195 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
198 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
199 descriptions" moved under there
200 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
201 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
202 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
203 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
204 the document where these tools are discussed
205 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
206 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
207 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
208 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
209 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
210 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
212 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
213 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
214 that can be fixed by DDP folks
215 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
216 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
217 - simply PS and PDF building rules
219 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
221 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
224 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
225 section and adjusted links
226 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
228 - ChangeLog attribution updates
229 - fix typos, closes: #171781
230 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
231 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
232 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
233 for debian/rules", and write an intro
234 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
235 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
236 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
237 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
238 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
239 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
240 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
241 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
242 "Internationalization"
243 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
244 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
245 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
246 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
247 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
248 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
249 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
250 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
251 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
253 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
254 rather useless and broken
255 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
256 names and the first word
257 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
258 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
259 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
261 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
262 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
263 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
265 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
267 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
270 - DDP publishing update
272 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
273 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
274 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
275 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
277 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
279 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
282 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
283 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
284 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
286 - added myself as co-author
287 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
289 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
290 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
292 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
293 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
295 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
297 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
300 - Corrected several errors with —
301 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
302 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
303 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
304 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
305 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
306 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
307 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
309 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
310 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
311 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
312 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
313 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
314 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
315 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
316 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
317 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
319 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
320 descriptions". closes: #158609
321 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
322 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
323 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
324 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
325 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
327 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
328 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
329 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
330 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
331 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
332 - updated the mailing lists section
334 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
335 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
338 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
340 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
343 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
344 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
346 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
348 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
349 Ch "The Debian Archive"
351 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
353 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
354 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
355 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
356 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
357 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
359 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
360 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
361 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
362 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
363 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
364 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
365 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
367 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
368 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
371 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
372 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
373 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
374 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
375 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
376 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
377 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
378 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
379 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
380 work-around with <...>
381 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
382 - update copyright date
383 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
384 - spell check and grammar corrections
388 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
390 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
391 recompile"; closes: #102626
392 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
393 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
394 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
395 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
396 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
398 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
399 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
400 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
402 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
404 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
405 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
406 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
407 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
408 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
409 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
410 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
411 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
412 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
414 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
416 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
418 - updated the list of available architectures.
419 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
420 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
421 of the package and nothing more.
422 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
423 any pain to the ftpmasters.
424 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
425 the use of the delayed queue.
426 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
427 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
429 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
430 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
431 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
432 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
433 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
434 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
435 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
437 - new Sec "Documentation"
438 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
439 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
440 "Being kind to porter" too
441 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
442 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
443 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
444 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
445 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
447 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
448 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
451 - update French translation
453 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
455 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
458 - some grammar corrections
459 - update French translation
461 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
462 anymore; closes: #135559
463 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
465 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
467 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
468 that would be welcome)
469 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
470 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
471 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
472 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
473 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
474 - other minor wording changes
475 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
476 - Ch "Package uploads":
477 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
478 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
479 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
480 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
481 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
482 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
483 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
485 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
487 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
489 * from Martin Michlmayr
490 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
491 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
492 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
494 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
496 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
498 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
500 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
501 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
502 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
505 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
507 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
510 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
512 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
515 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
517 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
518 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
519 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
520 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
521 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
522 talking about uploading to distributions
523 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
524 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
525 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
527 - French translation updated
529 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
530 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
531 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
533 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
535 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
538 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
539 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
542 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
544 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
547 * fix a typo in a link
548 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
549 update documentation accordingly
551 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
552 forwarding bugs upstream
554 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
555 entities which should be used
556 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
557 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
559 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
561 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
563 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
564 * French version: completely up-to-date now
565 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
566 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
568 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
571 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
573 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
575 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
577 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
578 this translation needs updating
579 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
580 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
581 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
583 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
584 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
585 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
587 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
588 included yet, however
590 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
592 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
594 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
596 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
597 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
599 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
601 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
603 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
605 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
606 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
607 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
609 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
611 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
613 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
616 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
617 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
618 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
619 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
620 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
621 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
622 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
623 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
624 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
625 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
626 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
627 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
629 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
630 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
631 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
632 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
633 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
635 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
637 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
638 * update copyright notice for 2001
639 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
640 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
641 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
643 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
645 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
647 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
649 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
651 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
653 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
655 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
657 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
658 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
660 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
661 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
662 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
663 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
664 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
665 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
666 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
667 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
668 could be used if necessary
669 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
670 mention the rsync dupload method
671 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
673 * other small corrections
674 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
675 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
676 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
677 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
679 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
681 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
682 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
684 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
686 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
688 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
689 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
690 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
691 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
693 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
694 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
695 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
696 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
697 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
699 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
701 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
702 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
703 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
704 team (closes: Bug#52906)
705 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
706 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
707 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
709 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
710 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
711 - added a section about the LDAP database
712 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
713 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
715 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
716 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
718 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
720 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
722 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
723 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
724 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
726 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
727 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
728 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
729 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
730 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
731 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
732 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
733 description from developers-reference.sgml
735 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
737 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
739 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
740 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
742 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
744 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
745 releases are available at archive.debian.org
746 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
747 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
748 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
749 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
750 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
751 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
752 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
753 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
755 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
756 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
757 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
758 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
760 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
761 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
762 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
763 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
764 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
765 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
766 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
767 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
768 suggestion from James Troup
769 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
770 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
771 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
772 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
775 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
777 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
779 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
780 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
782 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
784 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
786 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
787 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
788 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
789 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
790 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
791 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
792 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
794 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
796 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
798 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
799 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
800 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
801 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
802 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
803 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
805 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
806 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
808 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
810 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
812 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
814 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
816 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
817 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
818 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
819 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
820 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
822 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
823 with intro; demoted server sections under that
824 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
825 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
827 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
828 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
829 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
830 a normal developer may have access.
832 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
834 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
836 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
837 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
838 step all over each other
840 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
842 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
844 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
845 address for PGP key updates
847 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
849 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
851 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
852 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
853 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
854 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
855 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
857 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
859 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
861 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
862 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
863 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
864 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
865 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
866 <keyring-maint> instead)
867 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
868 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
870 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
872 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
873 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
874 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
876 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
878 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
880 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
881 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
882 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
883 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
884 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
885 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
887 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
888 tighten up the language a bit
889 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
890 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
891 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
892 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
894 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
895 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
896 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
897 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
898 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
899 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
901 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
902 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
903 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
904 about how to depart Debian gracefully
905 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
906 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
907 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
908 number of available packages
909 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
910 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
912 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
914 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
916 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
919 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
921 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
923 * not officially released
924 * more spelling corrections
925 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
927 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
929 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
931 * not officially released
932 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
933 * some PGP-centricity removed
934 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
935 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
936 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
937 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
938 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
939 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
941 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
943 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
945 * not officially released
946 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
947 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
948 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
949 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
950 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
951 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
952 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
953 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
954 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
955 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
956 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
957 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
958 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
959 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
961 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
962 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
964 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
966 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
967 take a couple of weeks
968 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
969 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
970 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
971 excited about it and can't wait
972 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
973 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
975 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
976 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
978 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
979 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
980 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
982 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
984 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
986 * move to 3-level version number:
987 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
988 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
989 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
990 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
991 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
994 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
995 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
996 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
998 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1000 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1001 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1002 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1003 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1004 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1005 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1007 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1009 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1010 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1011 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1012 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1013 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1014 - "The CVS server": new section added
1015 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1017 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1018 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1019 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1020 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1021 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1022 with respect to GPG.
1023 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1024 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1025 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1026 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1027 a canonical location?)
1028 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1029 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1030 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1031 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1033 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1035 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1036 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1037 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1038 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1040 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1042 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1044 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1045 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1046 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1047 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1048 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1049 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1050 and should not be included in this Reference.
1051 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1052 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1053 maintainer tools only!
1054 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1055 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1056 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1057 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1058 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1059 * Little corrections here and there.
1060 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1061 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1064 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1066 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1068 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1069 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1070 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1072 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1073 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1074 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1075 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1076 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1077 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1078 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1079 do prior to uploading
1080 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1081 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1083 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1084 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1085 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1086 duties with respect to bugs
1087 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1088 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1089 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1091 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1092 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1093 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1094 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1095 explicit what is used to build this package
1097 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1099 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1102 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1103 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1104 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1105 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1106 * utilize the new URL tag
1107 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1110 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1112 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1114 * non-maintainer release
1115 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1116 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1117 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1118 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1119 text, it can't hurt you.)
1120 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1121 reflect this packages version number
1122 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1124 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1126 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1130 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1132 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1134 * New version numbering scheme:
1136 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1137 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1138 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1141 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1142 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1143 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1144 differ between the manuals.
1146 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1147 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1148 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1149 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1151 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1152 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1154 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1156 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1158 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1160 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1162 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1163 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1165 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1166 (as requested by James Troup)
1168 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1170 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1172 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1174 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1176 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1178 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1180 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1182 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1183 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1184 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1185 the non-maintainer release
1187 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1188 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1189 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1192 - Lots of typos fixed
1194 * Compressed SGML source code
1196 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1197 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1199 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1201 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1203 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1205 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1206 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1207 - Announcing package uploads
1208 * New section about Debian Mentors
1209 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1210 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1211 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1212 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1214 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1216 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1218 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1219 of our FTP server and the development process
1220 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1221 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1222 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1224 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1225 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1226 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1227 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1228 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1229 contacting the maintainer
1230 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1231 a new manual released soon)
1232 * Some minor changes
1233 * Include SGML source in package
1234 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1235 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1237 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1239 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1243 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200