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
23 - Security uploads get urgency=high
24 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
26 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 5 Sep 2004 14:02:11 -0600
28 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
31 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
32 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
33 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
34 - documented Alioth, somewhat
36 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
37 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
39 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
40 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
41 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
42 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
46 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
48 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
49 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
50 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
51 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
54 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
56 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
59 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
61 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
62 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
63 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
65 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
66 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
67 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
68 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
71 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
73 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
74 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
75 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
76 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
77 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
79 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
80 it clear these are special cases
81 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
83 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
85 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
87 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
90 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
91 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
93 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
95 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
97 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
100 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
102 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
103 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
104 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
106 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
107 - the synopsis formula changed to either
108 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
110 <package-name> is <synopsis>
112 <package-name> are <synopsis>
114 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
115 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
116 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
117 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
118 package; closes: #187143
120 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
122 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
125 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
126 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
128 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
130 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
131 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
132 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
133 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
134 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
135 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
136 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
137 right places in the document, closes: #172897
138 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
142 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
144 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
145 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
146 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
147 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
148 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
149 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
150 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
152 - editorial changes on material added in this version
153 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
154 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
155 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
156 closes: #139957, #108416
157 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
158 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
160 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
162 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
165 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
167 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
168 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
169 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
170 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
172 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
173 for best practices for documentation
174 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
175 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
176 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
177 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
179 - spell-checking pass
181 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
183 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
186 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
187 descriptions" moved under there
188 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
189 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
190 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
191 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
192 the document where these tools are discussed
193 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
194 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
195 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
196 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
197 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
198 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
200 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
201 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
202 that can be fixed by DDP folks
203 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
204 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
205 - simply PS and PDF building rules
207 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
209 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
212 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
213 section and adjusted links
214 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
216 - ChangeLog attribution updates
217 - fix typos, closes: #171781
218 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
219 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
220 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
221 for debian/rules", and write an intro
222 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
223 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
224 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
225 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
226 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
227 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
228 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
229 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
230 "Internationalization"
231 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
232 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
233 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
234 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
235 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
236 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
237 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
238 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
239 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
241 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
242 rather useless and broken
243 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
244 names and the first word
245 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
246 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
247 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
249 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
250 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
251 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
253 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
255 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
258 - DDP publishing update
260 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
261 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
262 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
263 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
265 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
267 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
270 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
271 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
272 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
274 - added myself as co-author
275 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
277 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
278 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
280 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
281 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
283 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
285 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
288 - Corrected several errors with —
289 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
290 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
291 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
292 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
293 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
294 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
295 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
297 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
298 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
299 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
300 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
301 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
302 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
303 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
304 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
305 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
307 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
308 descriptions". closes: #158609
309 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
310 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
311 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
312 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
313 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
315 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
316 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
317 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
318 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
319 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
320 - updated the mailing lists section
322 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
323 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
326 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
328 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
331 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
332 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
334 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
336 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
337 Ch "The Debian Archive"
339 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
341 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
342 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
343 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
344 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
345 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
347 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
348 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
349 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
350 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
351 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
352 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
353 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
355 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
356 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
359 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
360 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
361 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
362 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
363 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
364 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
365 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
366 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
367 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
368 work-around with <...>
369 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
370 - update copyright date
371 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
372 - spell check and grammar corrections
376 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
378 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
379 recompile"; closes: #102626
380 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
381 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
382 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
383 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
384 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
386 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
387 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
388 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
390 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
392 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
393 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
394 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
395 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
396 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
397 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
398 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
399 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
400 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
402 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
404 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
406 - updated the list of available architectures.
407 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
408 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
409 of the package and nothing more.
410 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
411 any pain to the ftpmasters.
412 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
413 the use of the delayed queue.
414 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
415 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
417 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
418 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
419 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
420 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
421 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
422 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
423 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
425 - new Sec "Documentation"
426 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
427 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
428 "Being kind to porter" too
429 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
430 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
431 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
432 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
433 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
435 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
436 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
439 - update French translation
441 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
443 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
446 - some grammar corrections
447 - update French translation
449 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
450 anymore; closes: #135559
451 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
453 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
455 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
456 that would be welcome)
457 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
458 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
459 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
460 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
461 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
462 - other minor wording changes
463 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
464 - Ch "Package uploads":
465 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
466 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
467 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
468 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
469 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
470 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
471 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
473 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
475 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
477 * from Martin Michlmayr
478 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
479 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
480 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
482 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
484 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
486 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
488 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
489 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
490 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
493 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
495 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
498 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
500 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
503 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
505 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
506 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
507 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
508 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
509 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
510 talking about uploading to distributions
511 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
512 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
513 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
515 - French translation updated
517 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
518 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
519 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
521 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
523 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
526 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
527 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
530 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
532 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
535 * fix a typo in a link
536 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
537 update documentation accordingly
539 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
540 forwarding bugs upstream
542 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
543 entities which should be used
544 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
545 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
547 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
549 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
551 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
552 * French version: completely up-to-date now
553 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
554 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
556 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
559 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
561 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
563 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
565 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
566 this translation needs updating
567 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
568 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
569 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
571 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
572 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
573 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
575 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
576 included yet, however
578 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
580 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
582 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
584 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
585 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
587 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
589 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
591 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
593 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
594 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
595 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
597 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
599 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
601 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
604 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
605 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
606 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
607 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
608 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
609 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
610 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
611 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
612 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
613 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
614 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
615 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
617 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
618 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
619 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
620 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
621 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
623 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
625 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
626 * update copyright notice for 2001
627 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
628 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
629 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
631 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
633 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
635 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
637 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
639 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
641 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
643 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
645 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
646 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
648 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
649 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
650 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
651 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
652 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
653 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
654 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
655 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
656 could be used if necessary
657 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
658 mention the rsync dupload method
659 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
661 * other small corrections
662 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
663 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
664 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
665 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
667 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
669 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
670 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
672 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
674 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
676 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
677 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
678 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
679 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
681 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
682 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
683 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
684 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
685 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
687 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
689 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
690 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
691 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
692 team (closes: Bug#52906)
693 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
694 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
695 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
697 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
698 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
699 - added a section about the LDAP database
700 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
701 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
703 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
704 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
706 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
708 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
710 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
711 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
712 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
714 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
715 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
716 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
717 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
718 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
719 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
720 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
721 description from developers-reference.sgml
723 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
725 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
727 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
728 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
730 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
732 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
733 releases are available at archive.debian.org
734 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
735 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
736 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
737 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
738 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
739 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
740 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
741 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
743 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
744 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
745 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
746 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
748 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
749 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
750 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
751 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
752 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
753 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
754 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
755 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
756 suggestion from James Troup
757 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
758 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
759 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
760 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
763 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
765 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
767 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
768 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
770 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
772 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
774 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
775 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
776 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
777 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
778 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
779 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
780 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
782 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
784 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
786 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
787 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
788 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
789 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
790 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
791 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
793 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
794 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
796 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
798 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
800 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
802 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
804 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
805 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
806 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
807 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
808 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
810 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
811 with intro; demoted server sections under that
812 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
813 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
815 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
816 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
817 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
818 a normal developer may have access.
820 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
822 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
824 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
825 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
826 step all over each other
828 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
830 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
832 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
833 address for PGP key updates
835 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
837 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
839 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
840 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
841 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
842 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
843 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
845 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
847 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
849 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
850 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
851 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
852 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
853 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
854 <keyring-maint> instead)
855 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
856 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
858 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
860 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
861 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
862 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
864 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
866 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
868 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
869 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
870 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
871 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
872 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
873 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
875 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
876 tighten up the language a bit
877 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
878 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
879 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
880 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
882 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
883 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
884 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
885 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
886 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
887 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
889 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
890 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
891 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
892 about how to depart Debian gracefully
893 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
894 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
895 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
896 number of available packages
897 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
898 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
900 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
902 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
904 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
907 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
909 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
911 * not officially released
912 * more spelling corrections
913 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
915 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
917 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
919 * not officially released
920 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
921 * some PGP-centricity removed
922 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
923 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
924 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
925 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
926 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
927 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
929 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
931 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
933 * not officially released
934 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
935 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
936 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
937 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
938 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
939 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
940 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
941 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
942 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
943 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
944 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
945 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
946 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
947 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
949 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
950 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
952 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
954 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
955 take a couple of weeks
956 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
957 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
958 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
959 excited about it and can't wait
960 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
961 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
963 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
964 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
966 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
967 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
968 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
970 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
972 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
974 * move to 3-level version number:
975 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
976 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
977 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
978 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
979 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
982 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
983 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
984 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
986 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
988 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
989 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
990 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
991 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
992 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
993 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
995 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
997 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
998 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
999 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1000 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1001 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1002 - "The CVS server": new section added
1003 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1005 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1006 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1007 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1008 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1009 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1010 with respect to GPG.
1011 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1012 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1013 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1014 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1015 a canonical location?)
1016 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1017 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1018 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1019 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1021 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1023 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1024 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1025 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1026 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1028 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1030 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1032 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1033 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1034 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1035 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1036 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1037 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1038 and should not be included in this Reference.
1039 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1040 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1041 maintainer tools only!
1042 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1043 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1044 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1045 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1046 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1047 * Little corrections here and there.
1048 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1049 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1052 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1054 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1056 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1057 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1058 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1060 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1061 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1062 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1063 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1064 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1065 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1066 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1067 do prior to uploading
1068 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1069 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1071 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1072 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1073 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1074 duties with respect to bugs
1075 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1076 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1077 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1079 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1080 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1081 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1082 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1083 explicit what is used to build this package
1085 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1087 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1090 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1091 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1092 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1093 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1094 * utilize the new URL tag
1095 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1098 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1100 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1102 * non-maintainer release
1103 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1104 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1105 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1106 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1107 text, it can't hurt you.)
1108 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1109 reflect this packages version number
1110 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1112 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1114 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1118 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1120 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1122 * New version numbering scheme:
1124 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1125 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1126 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1129 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1130 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1131 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1132 differ between the manuals.
1134 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1135 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1136 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1137 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1139 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1140 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1142 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1144 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1146 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1148 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1150 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1151 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1153 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1154 (as requested by James Troup)
1156 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1158 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1160 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1162 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1164 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1166 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1168 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1170 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1171 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1172 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1173 the non-maintainer release
1175 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1176 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1177 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1180 - Lots of typos fixed
1182 * Compressed SGML source code
1184 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1185 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1187 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1189 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1191 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1193 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1194 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1195 - Announcing package uploads
1196 * New section about Debian Mentors
1197 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1198 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1199 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1200 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1202 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1204 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1206 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1207 of our FTP server and the development process
1208 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1209 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1210 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1212 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1213 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1214 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1215 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1216 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1217 contacting the maintainer
1218 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1219 a new manual released soon)
1220 * Some minor changes
1221 * Include SGML source in package
1222 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1223 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1225 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1227 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1231 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200