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
14 - Security uploads get urgency=high
15 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
17 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 5 Sep 2004 14:02:11 -0600
19 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
22 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
23 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
24 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
25 - documented Alioth, somewhat
27 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
28 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
30 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
31 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
32 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
33 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
37 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
39 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
40 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
41 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
42 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
45 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
47 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
50 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
52 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
53 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
54 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
56 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
57 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
58 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
59 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
62 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
64 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
65 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
66 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
67 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
68 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
70 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
71 it clear these are special cases
72 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
74 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
76 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
78 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
81 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
82 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
84 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
86 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
88 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
91 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
93 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
94 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
95 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
97 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
98 - the synopsis formula changed to either
99 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
101 <package-name> is <synopsis>
103 <package-name> are <synopsis>
105 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
106 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
107 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
108 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
109 package; closes: #187143
111 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
113 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
116 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
117 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
119 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
121 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
122 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
123 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
124 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
125 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
126 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
127 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
128 right places in the document, closes: #172897
129 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
133 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
135 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
136 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
137 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
138 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
139 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
140 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
141 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
143 - editorial changes on material added in this version
144 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
145 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
146 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
147 closes: #139957, #108416
148 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
149 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
151 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
153 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
156 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
158 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
159 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
160 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
161 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
163 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
164 for best practices for documentation
165 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
166 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
167 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
168 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
170 - spell-checking pass
172 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
174 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
177 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
178 descriptions" moved under there
179 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
180 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
181 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
182 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
183 the document where these tools are discussed
184 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
185 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
186 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
187 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
188 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
189 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
191 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
192 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
193 that can be fixed by DDP folks
194 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
195 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
196 - simply PS and PDF building rules
198 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
200 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
203 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
204 section and adjusted links
205 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
207 - ChangeLog attribution updates
208 - fix typos, closes: #171781
209 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
210 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
211 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
212 for debian/rules", and write an intro
213 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
214 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
215 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
216 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
217 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
218 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
219 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
220 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
221 "Internationalization"
222 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
223 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
224 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
225 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
226 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
227 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
228 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
229 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
230 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
232 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
233 rather useless and broken
234 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
235 names and the first word
236 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
237 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
238 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
240 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
241 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
242 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
244 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
246 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
249 - DDP publishing update
251 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
252 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
253 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
254 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
256 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
258 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
261 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
262 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
263 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
265 - added myself as co-author
266 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
268 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
269 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
271 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
272 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
274 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
276 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
279 - Corrected several errors with —
280 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
281 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
282 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
283 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
284 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
285 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
286 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
288 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
289 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
290 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
291 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
292 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
293 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
294 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
295 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
296 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
298 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
299 descriptions". closes: #158609
300 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
301 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
302 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
303 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
304 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
306 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
307 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
308 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
309 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
310 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
311 - updated the mailing lists section
313 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
314 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
317 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
319 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
322 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
323 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
325 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
327 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
328 Ch "The Debian Archive"
330 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
332 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
333 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
334 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
335 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
336 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
338 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
339 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
340 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
341 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
342 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
343 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
344 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
346 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
347 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
350 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
351 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
352 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
353 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
354 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
355 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
356 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
357 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
358 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
359 work-around with <...>
360 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
361 - update copyright date
362 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
363 - spell check and grammar corrections
367 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
369 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
370 recompile"; closes: #102626
371 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
372 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
373 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
374 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
375 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
377 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
378 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
379 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
381 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
383 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
384 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
385 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
386 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
387 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
388 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
389 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
390 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
391 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
393 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
395 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
397 - updated the list of available architectures.
398 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
399 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
400 of the package and nothing more.
401 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
402 any pain to the ftpmasters.
403 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
404 the use of the delayed queue.
405 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
406 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
408 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
409 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
410 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
411 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
412 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
413 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
414 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
416 - new Sec "Documentation"
417 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
418 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
419 "Being kind to porter" too
420 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
421 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
422 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
423 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
424 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
426 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
427 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
430 - update French translation
432 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
434 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
437 - some grammar corrections
438 - update French translation
440 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
441 anymore; closes: #135559
442 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
444 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
446 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
447 that would be welcome)
448 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
449 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
450 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
451 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
452 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
453 - other minor wording changes
454 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
455 - Ch "Package uploads":
456 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
457 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
458 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
459 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
460 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
461 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
462 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
464 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
466 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
468 * from Martin Michlmayr
469 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
470 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
471 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
473 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
475 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
477 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
479 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
480 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
481 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
484 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
486 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
489 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
491 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
494 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
496 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
497 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
498 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
499 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
500 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
501 talking about uploading to distributions
502 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
503 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
504 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
506 - French translation updated
508 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
509 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
510 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
512 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
514 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
517 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
518 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
521 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
523 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
526 * fix a typo in a link
527 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
528 update documentation accordingly
530 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
531 forwarding bugs upstream
533 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
534 entities which should be used
535 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
536 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
538 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
540 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
542 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
543 * French version: completely up-to-date now
544 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
545 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
547 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
550 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
552 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
554 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
556 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
557 this translation needs updating
558 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
559 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
560 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
562 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
563 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
564 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
566 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
567 included yet, however
569 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
571 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
573 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
575 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
576 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
578 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
580 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
582 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
584 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
585 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
586 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
588 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
590 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
592 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
595 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
596 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
597 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
598 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
599 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
600 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
601 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
602 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
603 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
604 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
605 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
606 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
608 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
609 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
610 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
611 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
612 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
614 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
616 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
617 * update copyright notice for 2001
618 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
619 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
620 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
622 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
624 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
626 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
628 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
630 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
632 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
634 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
636 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
637 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
639 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
640 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
641 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
642 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
643 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
644 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
645 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
646 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
647 could be used if necessary
648 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
649 mention the rsync dupload method
650 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
652 * other small corrections
653 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
654 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
655 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
656 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
658 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
660 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
661 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
663 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
665 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
667 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
668 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
669 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
670 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
672 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
673 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
674 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
675 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
676 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
678 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
680 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
681 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
682 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
683 team (closes: Bug#52906)
684 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
685 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
686 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
688 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
689 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
690 - added a section about the LDAP database
691 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
692 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
694 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
695 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
697 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
699 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
701 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
702 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
703 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
705 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
706 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
707 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
708 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
709 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
710 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
711 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
712 description from developers-reference.sgml
714 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
716 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
718 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
719 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
721 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
723 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
724 releases are available at archive.debian.org
725 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
726 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
727 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
728 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
729 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
730 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
731 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
732 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
734 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
735 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
736 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
737 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
739 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
740 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
741 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
742 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
743 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
744 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
745 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
746 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
747 suggestion from James Troup
748 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
749 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
750 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
751 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
754 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
756 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
758 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
759 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
761 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
763 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
765 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
766 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
767 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
768 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
769 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
770 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
771 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
773 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
775 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
777 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
778 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
779 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
780 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
781 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
782 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
784 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
785 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
787 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
789 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
791 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
793 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
795 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
796 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
797 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
798 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
799 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
801 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
802 with intro; demoted server sections under that
803 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
804 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
806 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
807 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
808 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
809 a normal developer may have access.
811 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
813 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
815 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
816 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
817 step all over each other
819 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
821 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
823 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
824 address for PGP key updates
826 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
828 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
830 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
831 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
832 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
833 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
834 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
836 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
838 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
840 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
841 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
842 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
843 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
844 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
845 <keyring-maint> instead)
846 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
847 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
849 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
851 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
852 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
853 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
855 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
857 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
859 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
860 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
861 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
862 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
863 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
864 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
866 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
867 tighten up the language a bit
868 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
869 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
870 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
871 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
873 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
874 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
875 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
876 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
877 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
878 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
880 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
881 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
882 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
883 about how to depart Debian gracefully
884 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
885 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
886 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
887 number of available packages
888 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
889 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
891 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
893 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
895 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
898 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
900 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
902 * not officially released
903 * more spelling corrections
904 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
906 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
908 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
910 * not officially released
911 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
912 * some PGP-centricity removed
913 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
914 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
915 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
916 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
917 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
918 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
920 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
922 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
924 * not officially released
925 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
926 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
927 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
928 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
929 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
930 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
931 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
932 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
933 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
934 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
935 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
936 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
937 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
938 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
940 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
941 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
943 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
945 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
946 take a couple of weeks
947 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
948 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
949 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
950 excited about it and can't wait
951 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
952 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
954 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
955 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
957 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
958 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
959 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
961 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
963 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
965 * move to 3-level version number:
966 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
967 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
968 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
969 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
970 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
973 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
974 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
975 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
977 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
979 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
980 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
981 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
982 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
983 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
984 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
986 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
988 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
989 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
990 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
991 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
992 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
993 - "The CVS server": new section added
994 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
996 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
997 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
998 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
999 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1000 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1001 with respect to GPG.
1002 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1003 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1004 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1005 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1006 a canonical location?)
1007 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1008 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1009 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1010 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1012 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1014 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1015 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1016 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1017 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1019 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1021 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1023 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1024 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1025 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1026 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1027 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1028 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1029 and should not be included in this Reference.
1030 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1031 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1032 maintainer tools only!
1033 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1034 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1035 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1036 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1037 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1038 * Little corrections here and there.
1039 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1040 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1043 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1045 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1047 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1048 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1049 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1051 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1052 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1053 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1054 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1055 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1056 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1057 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1058 do prior to uploading
1059 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1060 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1062 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1063 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1064 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1065 duties with respect to bugs
1066 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1067 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1068 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1070 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1071 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1072 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1073 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1074 explicit what is used to build this package
1076 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1078 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1081 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1082 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1083 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1084 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1085 * utilize the new URL tag
1086 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1089 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1091 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1093 * non-maintainer release
1094 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1095 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1096 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1097 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1098 text, it can't hurt you.)
1099 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1100 reflect this packages version number
1101 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1103 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1105 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1109 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1111 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1113 * New version numbering scheme:
1115 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1116 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1117 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1120 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1121 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1122 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1123 differ between the manuals.
1125 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1126 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1127 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1128 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1130 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1131 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1133 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1135 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1137 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1139 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1141 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1142 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1144 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1145 (as requested by James Troup)
1147 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1149 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1151 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1153 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1155 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1157 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1159 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1161 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1162 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1163 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1164 the non-maintainer release
1166 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1167 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1168 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1171 - Lots of typos fixed
1173 * Compressed SGML source code
1175 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1176 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1178 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1180 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1182 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1184 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1185 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1186 - Announcing package uploads
1187 * New section about Debian Mentors
1188 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1189 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1190 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1191 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1193 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1195 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1197 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1198 of our FTP server and the development process
1199 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1200 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1201 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1203 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1204 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1205 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1206 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1207 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1208 contacting the maintainer
1209 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1210 a new manual released soon)
1211 * Some minor changes
1212 * Include SGML source in package
1213 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1214 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1216 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1218 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1222 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200