1 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
4 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
5 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
6 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
7 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
8 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
9 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
10 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
13 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
14 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
16 * Translation updates (complete)
17 - French by David Prévot.
18 - German by Chris Leick.
21 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
22 * Switch to xz compression for source.
23 * Clean up debian/rules by using dh (with compat level 8).
25 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:57:23 +0200
27 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
32 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
33 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
34 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
35 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
36 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
37 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
38 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
39 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
40 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
41 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
42 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
43 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
44 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
45 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
46 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
47 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
48 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
49 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
50 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
51 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
54 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
55 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
56 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
57 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
60 * Translation updates (all completed)
61 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
62 - German by Chris Leick.
63 - French by David Prévot.
65 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
67 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
70 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
71 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
74 * Update my email address.
75 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
76 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
77 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
78 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
79 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
80 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
83 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
85 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
90 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
91 version tracking removed that requirement.
94 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
95 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
96 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
97 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
98 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
99 needed. Closes: #619990
100 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
101 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
104 * Initial German translation.
107 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
108 * Update French translation.
109 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
110 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
111 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
114 * Update Japanese translation.
116 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
118 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
121 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
122 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
125 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
126 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
127 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
128 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
129 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
130 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
131 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
132 patch. Closes: #540231
133 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
134 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
135 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
136 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
137 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
138 for the patch. Closes: #548823
139 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
140 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
141 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
142 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
143 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
144 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
145 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
146 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
147 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
148 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
149 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
150 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
151 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
152 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
154 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
155 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
156 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
158 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
159 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
160 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
161 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
162 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
164 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
166 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
167 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
168 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
169 patch. Closes: #573110
170 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
172 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
173 multi-lines substitution variables.
176 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
177 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
178 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
179 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
180 * Activate Japanese package.
181 * Handle addendum if it exists.
183 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
185 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
187 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
188 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
190 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
192 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
194 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
195 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
197 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
199 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
201 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
202 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
203 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
204 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
205 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
206 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
207 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
208 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
209 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
210 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
211 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
212 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
213 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
214 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
215 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
216 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
217 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
218 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
219 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
220 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
221 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
222 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
224 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
226 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
229 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
233 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
234 The most important changes are:
235 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
236 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
239 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
240 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
241 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
242 distinction. Closes: #464230.
243 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
244 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
245 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
246 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
247 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
248 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
250 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
251 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
253 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
254 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
256 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
257 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
259 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
261 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
262 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
264 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
265 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
266 Closes: #512620, #510783.
268 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
270 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
273 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
274 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
275 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
276 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
277 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
278 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
279 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
280 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
282 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
284 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
287 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
288 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
289 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
290 release codenames in <literal>
291 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
292 doesn't exist anymore.
293 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
294 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
295 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
296 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
297 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
298 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
299 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
300 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
301 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
302 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
303 team before upload. Closes: #459343
304 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
305 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
306 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
307 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
308 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
309 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
310 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
312 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
313 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
315 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
316 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
317 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
318 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
319 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
320 Thomas. Closes: #485837
322 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
323 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
325 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
327 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
331 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
332 - fix debian/copyright
333 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
334 - add pdf for French version.
335 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
336 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
337 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
338 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
339 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
340 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
341 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
342 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
343 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
345 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
346 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
348 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
350 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
351 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
352 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
353 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
354 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
355 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
357 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
360 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
361 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
362 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
363 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
364 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
365 * Update information concerning Alioth.
366 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
367 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
369 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
370 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
372 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
375 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
377 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
379 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
381 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
382 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
384 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
385 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
386 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
388 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
389 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
390 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
392 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
393 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
394 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
395 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
396 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
397 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
398 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
399 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
400 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
401 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
402 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
403 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
405 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
406 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
407 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
408 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
409 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
410 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
411 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
412 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
413 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
414 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
418 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
420 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
422 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
425 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
426 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
427 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
428 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
429 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
430 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
432 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
434 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
436 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
438 - non-us discontinued.
439 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
441 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
442 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
443 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
444 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
445 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
446 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
447 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
448 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
449 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
450 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
451 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
452 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
453 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
454 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
455 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
456 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
457 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
458 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
460 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
461 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
463 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
466 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
468 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
470 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
473 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
474 - madison is on merkel.
475 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
476 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
477 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
478 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
479 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
480 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
482 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
483 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
484 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
485 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
486 - sync NM rules with reality.
488 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
490 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
492 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
495 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
496 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
497 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
498 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
499 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
500 - spelling, grammer fixes.
501 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
502 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
503 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
504 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
505 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
506 - add myself to uploaders.
507 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
508 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
509 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
510 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
511 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
512 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
513 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
514 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
515 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
516 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
517 - rewrote the NMU section, and
518 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
519 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
520 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
521 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
522 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
523 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
524 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
525 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
527 - Security uploads get urgency=high
528 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
530 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
532 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
534 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
537 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
538 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
539 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
540 - documented Alioth, somewhat
542 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
543 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
545 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
546 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
547 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
548 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
552 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
554 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
555 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
556 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
557 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
560 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
562 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
565 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
567 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
568 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
569 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
571 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
572 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
573 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
574 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
577 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
579 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
580 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
581 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
582 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
583 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
585 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
586 it clear these are special cases
587 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
589 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
591 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
593 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
596 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
597 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
599 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
601 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
603 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
606 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
608 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
609 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
610 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
612 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
613 - the synopsis formula changed to either
614 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
616 <package-name> is <synopsis>
618 <package-name> are <synopsis>
620 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
621 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
622 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
623 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
624 package; closes: #187143
626 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
628 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
631 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
632 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
634 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
636 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
637 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
638 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
639 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
640 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
641 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
642 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
643 right places in the document, closes: #172897
644 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
648 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
650 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
651 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
652 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
653 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
654 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
655 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
656 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
658 - editorial changes on material added in this version
659 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
660 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
661 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
662 closes: #139957, #108416
663 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
664 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
666 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
668 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
671 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
673 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
674 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
675 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
676 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
678 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
679 for best practices for documentation
680 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
681 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
682 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
683 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
685 - spell-checking pass
687 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
689 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
692 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
693 descriptions" moved under there
694 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
695 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
696 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
697 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
698 the document where these tools are discussed
699 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
700 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
701 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
702 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
703 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
704 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
706 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
707 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
708 that can be fixed by DDP folks
709 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
710 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
711 - simply PS and PDF building rules
713 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
715 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
718 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
719 section and adjusted links
720 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
722 - ChangeLog attribution updates
723 - fix typos, closes: #171781
724 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
725 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
726 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
727 for debian/rules", and write an intro
728 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
729 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
730 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
731 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
732 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
733 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
734 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
735 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
736 "Internationalization"
737 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
738 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
739 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
740 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
741 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
742 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
743 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
744 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
745 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
747 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
748 rather useless and broken
749 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
750 names and the first word
751 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
752 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
753 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
755 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
756 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
757 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
759 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
761 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
764 - DDP publishing update
766 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
767 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
768 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
769 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
771 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
773 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
776 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
777 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
778 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
780 - added myself as co-author
781 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
783 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
784 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
786 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
787 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
789 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
791 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
794 - Corrected several errors with —
795 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
796 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
797 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
798 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
799 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
800 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
801 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
803 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
804 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
805 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
806 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
807 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
808 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
809 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
810 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
811 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
813 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
814 descriptions". closes: #158609
815 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
816 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
817 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
818 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
819 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
821 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
822 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
823 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
824 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
825 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
826 - updated the mailing lists section
828 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
829 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
832 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
834 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
837 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
838 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
840 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
842 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
843 Ch "The Debian Archive"
845 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
847 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
848 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
849 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
850 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
851 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
853 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
854 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
855 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
856 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
857 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
858 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
859 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
861 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
862 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
865 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
866 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
867 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
868 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
869 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
870 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
871 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
872 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
873 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
874 work-around with <...>
875 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
876 - update copyright date
877 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
878 - spell check and grammar corrections
882 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
884 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
885 recompile"; closes: #102626
886 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
887 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
888 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
889 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
890 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
892 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
893 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
894 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
896 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
898 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
899 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
900 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
901 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
902 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
903 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
904 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
905 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
906 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
908 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
910 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
912 - updated the list of available architectures.
913 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
914 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
915 of the package and nothing more.
916 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
917 any pain to the ftpmasters.
918 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
919 the use of the delayed queue.
920 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
921 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
923 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
924 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
925 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
926 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
927 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
928 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
929 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
931 - new Sec "Documentation"
932 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
933 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
934 "Being kind to porter" too
935 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
936 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
937 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
938 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
939 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
941 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
942 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
945 - update French translation
947 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
949 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
952 - some grammar corrections
953 - update French translation
955 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
956 anymore; closes: #135559
957 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
959 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
961 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
962 that would be welcome)
963 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
964 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
965 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
966 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
967 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
968 - other minor wording changes
969 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
970 - Ch "Package uploads":
971 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
972 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
973 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
974 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
975 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
976 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
977 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
979 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
981 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
983 * from Martin Michlmayr
984 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
985 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
986 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
988 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
990 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
992 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
994 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
995 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
996 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
999 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1000 * from Chris Tillman
1001 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1004 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1006 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1009 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1011 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1012 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1013 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1014 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1015 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1016 talking about uploading to distributions
1017 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1018 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1019 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1021 - French translation updated
1023 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1024 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1025 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1027 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1029 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1032 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1033 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1036 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1038 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1041 * fix a typo in a link
1042 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1043 update documentation accordingly
1045 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1046 forwarding bugs upstream
1048 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1049 entities which should be used
1050 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1051 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1053 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1055 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1057 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1058 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1059 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1060 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1062 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1065 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1067 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1069 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1071 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1072 this translation needs updating
1073 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1074 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1075 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1077 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1078 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1079 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1081 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1082 included yet, however
1084 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1086 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1088 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1090 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1091 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1093 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1095 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1097 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1099 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1100 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1101 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1103 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1105 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1107 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1110 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1111 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1112 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1113 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1114 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1115 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1116 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1117 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1118 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1119 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1120 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1121 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1123 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1124 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1125 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1126 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1127 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1129 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1131 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1132 * update copyright notice for 2001
1133 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1134 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1135 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1137 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1139 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1141 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1143 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1145 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1147 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1149 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1151 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1152 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1154 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1155 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1156 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1157 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1158 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1159 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1160 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1161 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1162 could be used if necessary
1163 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1164 mention the rsync dupload method
1165 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1167 * other small corrections
1168 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1169 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1170 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1171 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1173 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1175 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1176 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1178 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1180 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1182 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1183 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1184 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1185 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1187 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1188 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1189 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1190 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1191 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1193 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1195 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1196 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1197 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1198 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1199 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1200 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1201 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1203 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1204 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1205 - added a section about the LDAP database
1206 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1207 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1209 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1210 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1212 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1214 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1216 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1217 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1218 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1220 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1221 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1222 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1223 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1224 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1225 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1226 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1227 description from developers-reference.sgml
1229 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1231 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1233 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1234 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1236 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1238 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1239 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1240 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1241 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1242 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1243 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1244 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1245 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1246 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1247 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1249 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1250 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1251 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1252 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1254 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1255 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1256 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1257 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1258 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1259 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1260 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1261 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1262 suggestion from James Troup
1263 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1264 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1265 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1266 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1269 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1271 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1273 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1274 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1276 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1278 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1280 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1281 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1282 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1283 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1284 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1285 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1286 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1288 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1290 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1292 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1293 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1294 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1295 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1296 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1297 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1299 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1300 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1302 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1304 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1306 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1308 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1310 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1311 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1312 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1313 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1314 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1316 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1317 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1318 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1319 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1321 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1322 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1323 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1324 a normal developer may have access.
1326 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1328 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1330 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1331 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1332 step all over each other
1334 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1336 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1338 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1339 address for PGP key updates
1341 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1343 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1345 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1346 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1347 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1348 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1349 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1351 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1353 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1355 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1356 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1357 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1358 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1359 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1360 <keyring-maint> instead)
1361 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1362 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1364 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1366 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1367 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1368 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1370 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1372 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1374 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1375 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1376 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1377 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1378 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1379 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1381 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1382 tighten up the language a bit
1383 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1384 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1385 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1386 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1388 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1389 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1390 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1391 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1392 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1393 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1395 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1396 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1397 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1398 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1399 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1400 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1401 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1402 number of available packages
1403 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1404 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1406 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1408 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1410 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1413 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1415 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1417 * not officially released
1418 * more spelling corrections
1419 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1421 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1423 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1425 * not officially released
1426 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1427 * some PGP-centricity removed
1428 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1429 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1430 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1431 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1432 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1433 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1435 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1437 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1439 * not officially released
1440 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1441 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1442 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1443 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1444 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1445 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1446 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1447 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1448 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1449 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1450 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1451 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1452 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1453 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1455 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1456 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1458 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1460 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1461 take a couple of weeks
1462 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1463 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1464 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1465 excited about it and can't wait
1466 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1467 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1469 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1470 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1472 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1473 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1474 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1476 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1478 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1480 * move to 3-level version number:
1481 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1482 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1483 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1484 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1485 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1488 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1489 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1490 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1492 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1494 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1495 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1496 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1497 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1498 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1499 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1501 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1503 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1504 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1505 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1506 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1507 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1508 - "The CVS server": new section added
1509 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1511 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1512 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1513 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1514 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1515 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1516 with respect to GPG.
1517 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1518 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1519 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1520 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1521 a canonical location?)
1522 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1523 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1524 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1525 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1527 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1529 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1530 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1531 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1532 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1534 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1536 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1538 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1539 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1540 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1541 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1542 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1543 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1544 and should not be included in this Reference.
1545 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1546 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1547 maintainer tools only!
1548 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1549 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1550 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1551 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1552 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1553 * Little corrections here and there.
1554 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1555 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1558 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1560 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1562 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1563 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1564 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1566 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1567 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1568 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1569 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1570 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1571 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1572 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1573 do prior to uploading
1574 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1575 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1577 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1578 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1579 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1580 duties with respect to bugs
1581 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1582 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1583 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1585 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1586 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1587 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1588 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1589 explicit what is used to build this package
1591 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1593 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1596 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1597 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1598 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1599 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1600 * utilize the new URL tag
1601 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1604 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1606 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1608 * non-maintainer release
1609 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1610 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1611 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1612 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1613 text, it can't hurt you.)
1614 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1615 reflect this packages version number
1616 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1618 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1620 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1624 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1626 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1628 * New version numbering scheme:
1630 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1631 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1632 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1635 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1636 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1637 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1638 differ between the manuals.
1640 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1641 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1642 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1643 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1645 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1646 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1648 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1650 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1652 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1654 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1656 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1657 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1659 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1660 (as requested by James Troup)
1662 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1664 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1666 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1668 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1670 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1672 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1674 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1676 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1677 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1678 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1679 the non-maintainer release
1681 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1682 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1683 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1686 - Lots of typos fixed
1688 * Compressed SGML source code
1690 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1691 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1693 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1695 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1697 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1699 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1700 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1701 - Announcing package uploads
1702 * New section about Debian Mentors
1703 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1704 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1705 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1706 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1708 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1710 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1712 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1713 of our FTP server and the development process
1714 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1715 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1716 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1718 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1719 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1720 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1721 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1722 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1723 contacting the maintainer
1724 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1725 a new manual released soon)
1726 * Some minor changes
1727 * Include SGML source in package
1728 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1729 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1731 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1733 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1737 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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