1 developers-reference (3.4.10) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Add recommendations to re-introduce packages. Thanks to Paul Wise for the
6 * Drop paragraph about vanilla debian/rules files which mainly points to a
7 no-longer working link.
10 * introduce epub support (Closes: #652044)
13 * Update versioning advice for uploads to stable/testing (closes: #685646).
15 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:20:49 +0200
17 developers-reference (3.4.9) unstable; urgency=low
22 * Clarify that removals from testing are possible. Closes: #678710
23 Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
24 * Reword various parts to be gender-neutral. Closes: #678712
25 Thanks to Per Andersson and Steve Langasek for the patch.
26 * Recommend usage of gender-neutral formulations in README-contrib.
27 * Fix Vcs-Browser URL. Thanks to Charles Plessy who spotted it.
28 * Document the existence of "hints" that release managers can
29 use to tweak the conditions of testing migration. Closes: #679562
30 Thanks to Paul Gevers <paul@climbing.nl> for the patch.
32 [ Translation updates ]
33 * Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
34 * French by David Prévot.
35 * German by Chris Leick.
38 * Fix typo: Freenodes -> Freenode. Closes: #679735
40 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:34:59 -0400
42 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
45 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
46 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
47 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
48 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
49 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
50 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
51 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
54 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
55 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
57 * Translation updates (complete)
58 - French by David Prévot.
59 - German by Chris Leick.
62 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
63 * Switch to xz compression for source.
64 * Clean up debian/rules by using dh (with compat level 8).
65 * Drop build-dependency on latex-cjk-xcjk since xeCJK.sty is provided
66 by texlive-xetex directly.
68 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:57:23 +0200
70 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
75 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
76 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
77 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
78 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
79 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
80 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
81 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
82 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
83 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
84 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
85 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
86 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
87 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
88 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
89 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
90 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
91 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
92 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
93 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
94 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
97 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
98 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
99 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
100 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
103 * Translation updates (all completed)
104 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
105 - German by Chris Leick.
106 - French by David Prévot.
108 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
110 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
113 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
114 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
117 * Update my email address.
118 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
119 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
120 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
121 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
122 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
123 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
126 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
128 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
133 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
134 version tracking removed that requirement.
137 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
138 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
139 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
140 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
141 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
142 needed. Closes: #619990
143 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
144 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
147 * Initial German translation.
150 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
151 * Update French translation.
152 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
153 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
154 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
157 * Update Japanese translation.
159 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
161 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
164 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
165 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
168 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
169 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
170 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
171 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
172 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
173 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
174 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
175 patch. Closes: #540231
176 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
177 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
178 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
179 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
180 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
181 for the patch. Closes: #548823
182 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
183 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
184 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
185 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
186 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
187 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
188 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
189 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
190 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
191 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
192 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
193 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
194 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
195 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
197 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
198 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
199 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
201 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
202 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
203 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
204 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
205 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
207 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
209 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
210 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
211 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
212 patch. Closes: #573110
213 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
215 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
216 multi-lines substitution variables.
219 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
220 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
221 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
222 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
223 * Activate Japanese package.
224 * Handle addendum if it exists.
226 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
228 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
230 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
231 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
233 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
235 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
237 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
238 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
240 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
242 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
244 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
245 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
246 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
247 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
248 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
249 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
250 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
251 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
252 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
253 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
254 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
255 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
256 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
257 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
258 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
259 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
260 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
261 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
262 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
263 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
264 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
265 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
267 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
269 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
272 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
276 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
277 The most important changes are:
278 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
279 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
282 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
283 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
284 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
285 distinction. Closes: #464230.
286 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
287 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
288 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
289 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
290 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
291 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
293 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
294 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
296 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
297 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
299 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
300 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
302 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
304 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
305 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
307 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
308 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
309 Closes: #512620, #510783.
311 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
313 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
316 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
317 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
318 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
319 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
320 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
321 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
322 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
323 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
325 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
327 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
330 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
331 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
332 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
333 release codenames in <literal>
334 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
335 doesn't exist anymore.
336 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
337 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
338 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
339 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
340 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
341 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
342 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
343 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
344 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
345 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
346 team before upload. Closes: #459343
347 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
348 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
349 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
350 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
351 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
352 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
353 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
355 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
356 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
358 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
359 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
360 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
361 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
362 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
363 Thomas. Closes: #485837
365 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
366 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
368 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
370 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
374 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
375 - fix debian/copyright
376 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
377 - add pdf for French version.
378 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
379 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
380 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
381 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
382 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
383 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
384 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
385 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
386 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
388 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
389 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
391 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
393 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
394 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
395 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
396 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
397 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
398 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
400 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
403 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
404 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
405 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
406 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
407 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
408 * Update information concerning Alioth.
409 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
410 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
412 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
413 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
415 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
418 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
420 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
422 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
424 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
425 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
427 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
428 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
429 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
431 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
432 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
433 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
435 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
436 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
437 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
438 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
439 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
440 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
441 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
442 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
443 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
444 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
445 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
446 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
448 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
449 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
450 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
451 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
452 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
453 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
454 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
455 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
456 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
457 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
461 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
463 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
465 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
468 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
469 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
470 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
471 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
472 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
473 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
475 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
477 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
479 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
481 - non-us discontinued.
482 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
484 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
485 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
486 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
487 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
488 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
489 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
490 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
491 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
492 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
493 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
494 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
495 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
496 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
497 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
498 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
499 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
500 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
501 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
503 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
504 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
506 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
509 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
511 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
513 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
516 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
517 - madison is on merkel.
518 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
519 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
520 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
521 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
522 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
523 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
525 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
526 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
527 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
528 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
529 - sync NM rules with reality.
531 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
533 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
535 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
538 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
539 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
540 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
541 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
542 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
543 - spelling, grammer fixes.
544 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
545 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
546 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
547 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
548 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
549 - add myself to uploaders.
550 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
551 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
552 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
553 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
554 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
555 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
556 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
557 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
558 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
559 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
560 - rewrote the NMU section, and
561 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
562 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
563 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
564 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
565 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
566 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
567 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
568 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
570 - Security uploads get urgency=high
571 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
573 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
575 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
577 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
580 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
581 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
582 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
583 - documented Alioth, somewhat
585 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
586 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
588 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
589 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
590 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
591 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
595 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
597 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
598 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
599 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
600 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
603 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
605 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
608 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
610 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
611 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
612 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
614 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
615 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
616 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
617 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
620 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
622 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
623 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
624 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
625 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
626 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
628 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
629 it clear these are special cases
630 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
632 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
634 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
636 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
639 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
640 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
642 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
644 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
646 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
649 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
651 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
652 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
653 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
655 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
656 - the synopsis formula changed to either
657 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
659 <package-name> is <synopsis>
661 <package-name> are <synopsis>
663 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
664 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
665 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
666 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
667 package; closes: #187143
669 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
671 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
674 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
675 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
677 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
679 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
680 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
681 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
682 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
683 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
684 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
685 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
686 right places in the document, closes: #172897
687 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
691 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
693 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
694 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
695 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
696 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
697 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
698 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
699 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
701 - editorial changes on material added in this version
702 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
703 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
704 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
705 closes: #139957, #108416
706 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
707 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
709 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
711 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
714 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
716 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
717 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
718 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
719 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
721 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
722 for best practices for documentation
723 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
724 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
725 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
726 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
728 - spell-checking pass
730 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
732 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
735 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
736 descriptions" moved under there
737 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
738 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
739 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
740 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
741 the document where these tools are discussed
742 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
743 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
744 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
745 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
746 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
747 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
749 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
750 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
751 that can be fixed by DDP folks
752 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
753 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
754 - simply PS and PDF building rules
756 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
758 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
761 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
762 section and adjusted links
763 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
765 - ChangeLog attribution updates
766 - fix typos, closes: #171781
767 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
768 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
769 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
770 for debian/rules", and write an intro
771 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
772 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
773 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
774 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
775 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
776 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
777 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
778 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
779 "Internationalization"
780 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
781 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
782 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
783 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
784 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
785 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
786 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
787 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
788 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
790 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
791 rather useless and broken
792 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
793 names and the first word
794 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
795 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
796 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
798 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
799 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
800 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
802 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
804 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
807 - DDP publishing update
809 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
810 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
811 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
812 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
814 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
816 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
819 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
820 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
821 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
823 - added myself as co-author
824 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
826 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
827 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
829 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
830 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
832 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
834 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
837 - Corrected several errors with —
838 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
839 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
840 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
841 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
842 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
843 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
844 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
846 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
847 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
848 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
849 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
850 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
851 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
852 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
853 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
854 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
856 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
857 descriptions". closes: #158609
858 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
859 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
860 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
861 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
862 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
864 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
865 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
866 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
867 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
868 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
869 - updated the mailing lists section
871 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
872 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
875 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
877 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
880 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
881 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
883 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
885 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
886 Ch "The Debian Archive"
888 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
890 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
891 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
892 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
893 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
894 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
896 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
897 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
898 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
899 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
900 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
901 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
902 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
904 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
905 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
908 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
909 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
910 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
911 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
912 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
913 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
914 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
915 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
916 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
917 work-around with <...>
918 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
919 - update copyright date
920 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
921 - spell check and grammar corrections
925 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
927 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
928 recompile"; closes: #102626
929 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
930 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
931 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
932 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
933 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
935 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
936 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
937 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
939 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
941 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
942 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
943 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
944 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
945 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
946 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
947 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
948 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
949 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
951 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
953 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
955 - updated the list of available architectures.
956 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
957 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
958 of the package and nothing more.
959 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
960 any pain to the ftpmasters.
961 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
962 the use of the delayed queue.
963 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
964 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
966 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
967 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
968 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
969 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
970 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
971 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
972 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
974 - new Sec "Documentation"
975 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
976 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
977 "Being kind to porter" too
978 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
979 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
980 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
981 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
982 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
984 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
985 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
988 - update French translation
990 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
992 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
995 - some grammar corrections
996 - update French translation
998 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
999 anymore; closes: #135559
1000 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
1002 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
1004 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
1005 that would be welcome)
1006 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
1007 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
1008 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
1009 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
1010 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
1011 - other minor wording changes
1012 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
1013 - Ch "Package uploads":
1014 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
1015 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
1016 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
1017 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
1018 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
1019 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
1020 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
1022 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
1024 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1026 * from Martin Michlmayr
1027 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
1028 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
1029 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
1031 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
1033 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1035 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
1037 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
1038 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
1039 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
1040 - minor build tweaks
1042 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1043 * from Chris Tillman
1044 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1047 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1049 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1052 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1054 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1055 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1056 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1057 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1058 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1059 talking about uploading to distributions
1060 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1061 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1062 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1064 - French translation updated
1066 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1067 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1068 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1070 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1072 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1075 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1076 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1079 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1081 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1084 * fix a typo in a link
1085 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1086 update documentation accordingly
1088 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1089 forwarding bugs upstream
1091 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1092 entities which should be used
1093 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1094 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1096 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1098 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1100 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1101 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1102 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1103 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1105 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1108 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1110 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1112 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1114 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1115 this translation needs updating
1116 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1117 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1118 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1120 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1121 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1122 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1124 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1125 included yet, however
1127 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1129 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1131 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1133 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1134 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1136 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1138 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1140 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1142 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1143 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1144 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1146 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1148 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1150 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1153 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1154 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1155 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1156 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1157 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1158 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1159 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1160 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1161 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1162 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1163 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1164 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1166 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1167 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1168 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1169 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1170 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1172 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1174 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1175 * update copyright notice for 2001
1176 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1177 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1178 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1180 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1182 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1184 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1186 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1188 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1190 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1192 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1194 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1195 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1197 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1198 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1199 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1200 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1201 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1202 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1203 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1204 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1205 could be used if necessary
1206 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1207 mention the rsync dupload method
1208 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1210 * other small corrections
1211 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1212 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1213 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1214 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1216 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1218 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1219 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1221 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1223 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1225 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1226 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1227 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1228 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1230 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1231 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1232 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1233 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1234 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1236 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1238 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1239 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1240 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1241 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1242 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1243 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1244 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1246 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1247 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1248 - added a section about the LDAP database
1249 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1250 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1252 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1253 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1255 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1257 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1259 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1260 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1261 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1263 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1264 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1265 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1266 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1267 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1268 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1269 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1270 description from developers-reference.sgml
1272 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1274 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1276 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1277 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1279 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1281 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1282 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1283 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1284 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1285 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1286 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1287 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1288 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1289 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1290 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1292 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1293 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1294 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1295 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1297 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1298 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1299 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1300 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1301 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1302 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1303 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1304 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1305 suggestion from James Troup
1306 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1307 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1308 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1309 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1312 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1314 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1316 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1317 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1319 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1321 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1323 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1324 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1325 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1326 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1327 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1328 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1329 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1331 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1333 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1335 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1336 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1337 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1338 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1339 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1340 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1342 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1343 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1345 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1347 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1349 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1351 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1353 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1354 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1355 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1356 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1357 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1359 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1360 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1361 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1362 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1364 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1365 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1366 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1367 a normal developer may have access.
1369 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1371 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1373 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1374 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1375 step all over each other
1377 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1379 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1381 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1382 address for PGP key updates
1384 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1386 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1388 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1389 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1390 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1391 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1392 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1394 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1396 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1398 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1399 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1400 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1401 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1402 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1403 <keyring-maint> instead)
1404 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1405 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1407 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1409 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1410 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1411 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1413 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1415 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1417 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1418 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1419 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1420 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1421 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1422 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1424 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1425 tighten up the language a bit
1426 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1427 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1428 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1429 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1431 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1432 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1433 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1434 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1435 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1436 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1438 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1439 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1440 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1441 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1442 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1443 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1444 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1445 number of available packages
1446 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1447 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1449 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1451 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1453 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1456 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1458 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1460 * not officially released
1461 * more spelling corrections
1462 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1464 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1466 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1468 * not officially released
1469 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1470 * some PGP-centricity removed
1471 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1472 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1473 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1474 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1475 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1476 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1478 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1480 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1482 * not officially released
1483 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1484 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1485 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1486 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1487 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1488 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1489 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1490 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1491 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1492 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1493 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1494 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1495 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1496 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1498 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1499 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1501 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1503 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1504 take a couple of weeks
1505 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1506 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1507 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1508 excited about it and can't wait
1509 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1510 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1512 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1513 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1515 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1516 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1517 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1519 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1521 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1523 * move to 3-level version number:
1524 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1525 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1526 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1527 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1528 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1531 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1532 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1533 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1535 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1537 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1538 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1539 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1540 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1541 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1542 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1544 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1546 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1547 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1548 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1549 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1550 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1551 - "The CVS server": new section added
1552 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1554 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1555 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1556 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1557 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1558 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1559 with respect to GPG.
1560 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1561 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1562 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1563 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1564 a canonical location?)
1565 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1566 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1567 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1568 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1570 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1572 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1573 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1574 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1575 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1577 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1579 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1581 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1582 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1583 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1584 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1585 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1586 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1587 and should not be included in this Reference.
1588 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1589 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1590 maintainer tools only!
1591 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1592 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1593 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1594 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1595 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1596 * Little corrections here and there.
1597 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1598 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1601 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1603 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1605 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1606 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1607 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1609 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1610 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1611 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1612 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1613 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1614 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1615 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1616 do prior to uploading
1617 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1618 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1620 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1621 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1622 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1623 duties with respect to bugs
1624 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1625 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1626 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1628 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1629 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1630 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1631 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1632 explicit what is used to build this package
1634 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1636 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1639 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1640 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1641 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1642 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1643 * utilize the new URL tag
1644 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1647 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1649 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1651 * non-maintainer release
1652 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1653 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1654 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1655 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1656 text, it can't hurt you.)
1657 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1658 reflect this packages version number
1659 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1661 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1663 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1667 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1669 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1671 * New version numbering scheme:
1673 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1674 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1675 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1678 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1679 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1680 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1681 differ between the manuals.
1683 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1684 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1685 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1686 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1688 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1689 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1691 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1693 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1695 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1697 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1699 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1700 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1702 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1703 (as requested by James Troup)
1705 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1707 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1709 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1711 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1713 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1715 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1717 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1719 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1720 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1721 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1722 the non-maintainer release
1724 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1725 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1726 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1729 - Lots of typos fixed
1731 * Compressed SGML source code
1733 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1734 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1736 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1738 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1740 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1742 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1743 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1744 - Announcing package uploads
1745 * New section about Debian Mentors
1746 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1747 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1748 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1749 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1751 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1753 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1755 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1756 of our FTP server and the development process
1757 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1758 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1759 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1761 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1762 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1763 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1764 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1765 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1766 contacting the maintainer
1767 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1768 a new manual released soon)
1769 * Some minor changes
1770 * Include SGML source in package
1771 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1772 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1774 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1776 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1780 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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