1 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
4 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
5 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
6 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
7 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
8 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
9 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
11 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
13 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
15 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
17 - non-us discontinued.
18 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
20 - fix spelling issues.
22 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
23 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
24 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
26 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 25 Jun 2005 06:04:20 -0600
28 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
31 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
32 - madison is on merkel.
33 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
34 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
35 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
36 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
37 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
38 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
40 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
41 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
42 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
43 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
44 - sync NM rules with reality.
46 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
48 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
50 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
53 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
54 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
55 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
56 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
57 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
58 - spelling, grammer fixes.
59 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
60 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
61 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
62 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
63 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
64 - add myself to uploaders.
65 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
66 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
67 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
68 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
69 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
70 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
71 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
72 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
73 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
74 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
75 - rewrote the NMU section, and
76 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
77 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
78 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
79 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
80 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
81 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
82 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
83 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
85 - Security uploads get urgency=high
86 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
88 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
90 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
92 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
95 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
96 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
97 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
98 - documented Alioth, somewhat
100 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
101 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
103 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
104 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
105 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
106 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
110 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
112 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
113 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
114 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
115 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
118 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
120 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
123 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
125 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
126 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
127 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
129 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
130 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
131 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
132 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
135 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
137 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
138 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
139 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
140 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
141 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
143 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
144 it clear these are special cases
145 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
147 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
149 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
151 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
154 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
155 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
157 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
159 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
161 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
164 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
166 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
167 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
168 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
170 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
171 - the synopsis formula changed to either
172 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
174 <package-name> is <synopsis>
176 <package-name> are <synopsis>
178 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
179 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
180 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
181 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
182 package; closes: #187143
184 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
186 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
189 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
190 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
192 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
194 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
195 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
196 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
197 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
198 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
199 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
200 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
201 right places in the document, closes: #172897
202 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
206 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
208 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
209 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
210 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
211 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
212 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
213 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
214 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
216 - editorial changes on material added in this version
217 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
218 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
219 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
220 closes: #139957, #108416
221 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
222 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
224 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
226 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
229 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
231 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
232 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
233 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
234 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
236 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
237 for best practices for documentation
238 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
239 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
240 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
241 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
243 - spell-checking pass
245 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
247 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
250 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
251 descriptions" moved under there
252 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
253 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
254 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
255 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
256 the document where these tools are discussed
257 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
258 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
259 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
260 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
261 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
262 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
264 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
265 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
266 that can be fixed by DDP folks
267 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
268 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
269 - simply PS and PDF building rules
271 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
273 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
276 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
277 section and adjusted links
278 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
280 - ChangeLog attribution updates
281 - fix typos, closes: #171781
282 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
283 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
284 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
285 for debian/rules", and write an intro
286 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
287 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
288 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
289 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
290 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
291 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
292 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
293 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
294 "Internationalization"
295 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
296 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
297 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
298 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
299 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
300 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
301 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
302 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
303 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
305 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
306 rather useless and broken
307 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
308 names and the first word
309 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
310 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
311 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
313 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
314 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
315 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
317 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
319 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
322 - DDP publishing update
324 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
325 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
326 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
327 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
329 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
331 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
334 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
335 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
336 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
338 - added myself as co-author
339 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
341 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
342 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
344 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
345 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
347 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
349 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
352 - Corrected several errors with —
353 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
354 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
355 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
356 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
357 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
358 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
359 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
361 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
362 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
363 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
364 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
365 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
366 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
367 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
368 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
369 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
371 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
372 descriptions". closes: #158609
373 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
374 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
375 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
376 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
377 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
379 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
380 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
381 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
382 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
383 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
384 - updated the mailing lists section
386 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
387 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
390 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
392 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
395 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
396 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
398 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
400 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
401 Ch "The Debian Archive"
403 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
405 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
406 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
407 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
408 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
409 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
411 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
412 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
413 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
414 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
415 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
416 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
417 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
419 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
420 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
423 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
424 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
425 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
426 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
427 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
428 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
429 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
430 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
431 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
432 work-around with <...>
433 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
434 - update copyright date
435 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
436 - spell check and grammar corrections
440 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
442 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
443 recompile"; closes: #102626
444 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
445 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
446 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
447 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
448 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
450 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
451 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
452 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
454 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
456 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
457 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
458 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
459 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
460 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
461 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
462 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
463 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
464 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
466 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
468 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
470 - updated the list of available architectures.
471 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
472 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
473 of the package and nothing more.
474 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
475 any pain to the ftpmasters.
476 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
477 the use of the delayed queue.
478 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
479 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
481 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
482 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
483 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
484 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
485 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
486 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
487 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
489 - new Sec "Documentation"
490 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
491 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
492 "Being kind to porter" too
493 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
494 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
495 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
496 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
497 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
499 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
500 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
503 - update French translation
505 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
507 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
510 - some grammar corrections
511 - update French translation
513 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
514 anymore; closes: #135559
515 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
517 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
519 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
520 that would be welcome)
521 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
522 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
523 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
524 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
525 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
526 - other minor wording changes
527 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
528 - Ch "Package uploads":
529 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
530 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
531 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
532 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
533 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
534 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
535 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
537 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
539 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
541 * from Martin Michlmayr
542 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
543 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
544 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
546 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
548 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
550 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
552 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
553 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
554 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
557 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
559 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
562 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
564 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
567 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
569 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
570 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
571 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
572 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
573 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
574 talking about uploading to distributions
575 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
576 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
577 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
579 - French translation updated
581 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
582 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
583 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
585 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
587 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
590 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
591 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
594 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
596 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
599 * fix a typo in a link
600 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
601 update documentation accordingly
603 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
604 forwarding bugs upstream
606 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
607 entities which should be used
608 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
609 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
611 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
613 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
615 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
616 * French version: completely up-to-date now
617 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
618 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
620 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
623 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
625 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
627 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
629 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
630 this translation needs updating
631 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
632 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
633 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
635 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
636 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
637 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
639 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
640 included yet, however
642 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
644 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
646 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
648 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
649 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
651 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
653 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
655 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
657 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
658 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
659 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
661 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
663 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
665 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
668 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
669 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
670 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
671 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
672 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
673 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
674 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
675 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
676 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
677 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
678 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
679 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
681 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
682 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
683 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
684 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
685 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
687 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
689 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
690 * update copyright notice for 2001
691 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
692 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
693 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
695 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
697 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
699 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
701 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
703 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
705 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
707 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
709 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
710 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
712 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
713 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
714 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
715 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
716 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
717 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
718 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
719 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
720 could be used if necessary
721 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
722 mention the rsync dupload method
723 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
725 * other small corrections
726 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
727 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
728 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
729 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
731 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
733 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
734 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
736 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
738 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
740 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
741 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
742 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
743 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
745 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
746 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
747 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
748 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
749 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
751 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
753 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
754 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
755 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
756 team (closes: Bug#52906)
757 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
758 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
759 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
761 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
762 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
763 - added a section about the LDAP database
764 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
765 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
767 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
768 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
770 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
772 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
774 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
775 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
776 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
778 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
779 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
780 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
781 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
782 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
783 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
784 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
785 description from developers-reference.sgml
787 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
789 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
791 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
792 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
794 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
796 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
797 releases are available at archive.debian.org
798 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
799 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
800 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
801 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
802 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
803 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
804 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
805 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
807 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
808 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
809 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
810 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
812 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
813 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
814 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
815 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
816 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
817 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
818 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
819 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
820 suggestion from James Troup
821 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
822 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
823 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
824 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
827 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
829 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
831 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
832 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
834 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
836 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
838 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
839 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
840 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
841 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
842 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
843 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
844 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
846 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
848 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
850 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
851 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
852 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
853 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
854 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
855 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
857 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
858 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
860 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
862 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
864 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
866 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
868 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
869 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
870 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
871 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
872 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
874 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
875 with intro; demoted server sections under that
876 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
877 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
879 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
880 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
881 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
882 a normal developer may have access.
884 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
886 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
888 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
889 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
890 step all over each other
892 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
894 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
896 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
897 address for PGP key updates
899 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
901 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
903 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
904 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
905 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
906 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
907 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
909 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
911 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
913 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
914 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
915 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
916 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
917 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
918 <keyring-maint> instead)
919 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
920 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
922 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
924 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
925 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
926 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
928 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
930 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
932 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
933 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
934 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
935 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
936 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
937 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
939 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
940 tighten up the language a bit
941 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
942 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
943 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
944 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
946 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
947 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
948 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
949 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
950 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
951 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
953 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
954 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
955 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
956 about how to depart Debian gracefully
957 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
958 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
959 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
960 number of available packages
961 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
962 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
964 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
966 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
968 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
971 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
973 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
975 * not officially released
976 * more spelling corrections
977 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
979 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
981 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
983 * not officially released
984 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
985 * some PGP-centricity removed
986 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
987 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
988 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
989 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
990 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
991 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
993 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
995 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
997 * not officially released
998 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
999 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1000 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1001 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1002 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1003 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1004 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1005 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1006 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1007 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1008 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1009 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1010 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1011 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1013 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1014 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1016 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1018 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1019 take a couple of weeks
1020 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1021 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1022 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1023 excited about it and can't wait
1024 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1025 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1027 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1028 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1030 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1031 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1032 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1034 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1036 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1038 * move to 3-level version number:
1039 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1040 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1041 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1042 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1043 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1046 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1047 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1048 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1050 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1052 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1053 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1054 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1055 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1056 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1057 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1059 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1061 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1062 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1063 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1064 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1065 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1066 - "The CVS server": new section added
1067 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1069 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1070 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1071 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1072 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1073 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1074 with respect to GPG.
1075 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1076 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1077 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1078 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1079 a canonical location?)
1080 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1081 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1082 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1083 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1085 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1087 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1088 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1089 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1090 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1092 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1094 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1096 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1097 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1098 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1099 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1100 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1101 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1102 and should not be included in this Reference.
1103 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1104 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1105 maintainer tools only!
1106 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1107 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1108 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1109 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1110 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1111 * Little corrections here and there.
1112 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1113 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1116 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1118 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1120 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1121 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1122 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1124 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1125 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1126 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1127 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1128 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1129 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1130 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1131 do prior to uploading
1132 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1133 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1135 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1136 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1137 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1138 duties with respect to bugs
1139 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1140 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1141 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1143 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1144 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1145 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1146 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1147 explicit what is used to build this package
1149 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1151 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1154 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1155 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1156 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1157 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1158 * utilize the new URL tag
1159 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1162 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1164 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1166 * non-maintainer release
1167 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1168 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1169 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1170 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1171 text, it can't hurt you.)
1172 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1173 reflect this packages version number
1174 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1176 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1178 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1182 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1184 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1186 * New version numbering scheme:
1188 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1189 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1190 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1193 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1194 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1195 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1196 differ between the manuals.
1198 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1199 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1200 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1201 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1203 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1204 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1206 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1208 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1210 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1212 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1214 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1215 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1217 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1218 (as requested by James Troup)
1220 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1222 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1224 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1226 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1228 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1230 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1232 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1234 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1235 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1236 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1237 the non-maintainer release
1239 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1240 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1241 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1244 - Lots of typos fixed
1246 * Compressed SGML source code
1248 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1249 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1251 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1253 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1255 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1257 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1258 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1259 - Announcing package uploads
1260 * New section about Debian Mentors
1261 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1262 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1263 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1264 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1266 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1268 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1270 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1271 of our FTP server and the development process
1272 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1273 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1274 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1276 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1277 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1278 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1279 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1280 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1281 contacting the maintainer
1282 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1283 a new manual released soon)
1284 * Some minor changes
1285 * Include SGML source in package
1286 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1287 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1289 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1291 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1295 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200