1 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
4 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
5 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
6 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
7 - documented Alioth, somewhat
9 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
10 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
12 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
13 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
14 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
15 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
19 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
20 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
21 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
22 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
23 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
26 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 11:56:40 -0500
28 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
31 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
33 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
34 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
35 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
37 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
38 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
39 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
40 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
43 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
45 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
46 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
47 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
48 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
49 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
51 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
52 it clear these are special cases
53 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
55 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
57 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
59 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
62 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
63 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
65 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
67 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
69 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
72 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
74 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
75 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
76 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
78 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
79 - the synopsis formula changed to either
80 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
82 <package-name> is <synopsis>
84 <package-name> are <synopsis>
86 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
87 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
88 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
89 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
90 package; closes: #187143
92 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
94 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
97 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
98 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
100 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
102 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
103 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
104 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
105 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
106 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
107 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
108 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
109 right places in the document, closes: #172897
110 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
114 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
116 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
117 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
118 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
119 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
120 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
121 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
122 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
124 - editorial changes on material added in this version
125 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
126 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
127 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
128 closes: #139957, #108416
129 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
130 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
132 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
134 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
137 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
139 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
140 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
141 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
142 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
144 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
145 for best practices for documentation
146 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
147 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
148 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
149 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
151 - spell-checking pass
153 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
155 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
158 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
159 descriptions" moved under there
160 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
161 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
162 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
163 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
164 the document where these tools are discussed
165 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
166 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
167 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
168 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
169 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
170 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
172 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
173 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
174 that can be fixed by DDP folks
175 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
176 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
177 - simply PS and PDF building rules
179 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
181 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
184 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
185 section and adjusted links
186 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
188 - ChangeLog attribution updates
189 - fix typos, closes: #171781
190 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
191 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
192 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
193 for debian/rules", and write an intro
194 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
195 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
196 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
197 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
198 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
199 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
200 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
201 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
202 "Internationalization"
203 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
204 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
205 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
206 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
207 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
208 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
209 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
210 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
211 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
213 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
214 rather useless and broken
215 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
216 names and the first word
217 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
218 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
219 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
221 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
222 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
223 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
225 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
227 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
230 - DDP publishing update
232 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
233 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
234 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
235 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
237 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
239 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
242 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
243 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
244 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
246 - added myself as co-author
247 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
249 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
250 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
252 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
253 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
255 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
257 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
260 - Corrected several errors with —
261 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
262 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
263 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
264 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
265 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
266 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
267 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
269 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
270 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
271 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
272 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
273 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
274 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
275 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
276 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
277 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
279 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
280 descriptions". closes: #158609
281 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
282 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
283 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
284 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
285 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
287 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
288 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
289 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
290 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
291 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
292 - updated the mailing lists section
294 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
295 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
298 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
300 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
303 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
304 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
306 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
308 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
309 Ch "The Debian Archive"
311 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
313 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
314 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
315 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
316 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
317 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
319 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
320 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
321 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
322 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
323 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
324 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
325 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
327 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
328 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
331 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
332 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
333 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
334 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
335 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
336 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
337 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
338 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
339 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
340 work-around with <...>
341 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
342 - update copyright date
343 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
344 - spell check and grammar corrections
348 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
350 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
351 recompile"; closes: #102626
352 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
353 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
354 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
355 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
356 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
358 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
359 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
360 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
362 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
364 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
365 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
366 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
367 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
368 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
369 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
370 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
371 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
372 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
374 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
376 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
378 - updated the list of available architectures.
379 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
380 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
381 of the package and nothing more.
382 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
383 any pain to the ftpmasters.
384 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
385 the use of the delayed queue.
386 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
387 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
389 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
390 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
391 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
392 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
393 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
394 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
395 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
397 - new Sec "Documentation"
398 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
399 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
400 "Being kind to porter" too
401 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
402 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
403 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
404 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
405 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
407 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
408 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
411 - update French translation
413 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
415 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
418 - some grammar corrections
419 - update French translation
421 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
422 anymore; closes: #135559
423 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
425 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
427 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
428 that would be welcome)
429 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
430 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
431 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
432 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
433 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
434 - other minor wording changes
435 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
436 - Ch "Package uploads":
437 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
438 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
439 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
440 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
441 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
442 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
443 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
445 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
447 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
449 * from Martin Michlmayr
450 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
451 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
452 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
454 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
456 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
458 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
460 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
461 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
462 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
465 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
467 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
470 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
472 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
475 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
477 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
478 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
479 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
480 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
481 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
482 talking about uploading to distributions
483 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
484 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
485 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
487 - French translation updated
489 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
490 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
491 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
493 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
495 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
498 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
499 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
502 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
504 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
507 * fix a typo in a link
508 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
509 update documentation accordingly
511 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
512 forwarding bugs upstream
514 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
515 entities which should be used
516 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
517 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
519 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
521 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
523 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
524 * French version: completely up-to-date now
525 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
526 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
528 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
531 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
533 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
535 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
537 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
538 this translation needs updating
539 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
540 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
541 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
543 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
544 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
545 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
547 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
548 included yet, however
550 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
552 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
554 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
556 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
557 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
559 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
561 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
563 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
565 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
566 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
567 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
569 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
571 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
573 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
576 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
577 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
578 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
579 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
580 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
581 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
582 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
583 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
584 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
585 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
586 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
587 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
589 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
590 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
591 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
592 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
593 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
595 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
597 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
598 * update copyright notice for 2001
599 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
600 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
601 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
603 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
605 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
607 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
609 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
611 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
613 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
615 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
617 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
618 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
620 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
621 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
622 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
623 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
624 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
625 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
626 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
627 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
628 could be used if necessary
629 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
630 mention the rsync dupload method
631 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
633 * other small corrections
634 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
635 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
636 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
637 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
639 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
641 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
642 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
644 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
646 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
648 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
649 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
650 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
651 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
653 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
654 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
655 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
656 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
657 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
659 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
661 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
662 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
663 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
664 team (closes: Bug#52906)
665 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
666 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
667 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
669 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
670 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
671 - added a section about the LDAP database
672 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
673 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
675 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
676 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
678 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
680 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
682 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
683 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
684 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
686 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
687 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
688 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
689 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
690 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
691 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
692 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
693 description from developers-reference.sgml
695 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
697 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
699 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
700 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
702 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
704 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
705 releases are available at archive.debian.org
706 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
707 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
708 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
709 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
710 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
711 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
712 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
713 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
715 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
716 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
717 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
718 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
720 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
721 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
722 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
723 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
724 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
725 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
726 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
727 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
728 suggestion from James Troup
729 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
730 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
731 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
732 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
735 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
737 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
739 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
740 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
742 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
744 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
746 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
747 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
748 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
749 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
750 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
751 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
752 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
754 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
756 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
758 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
759 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
760 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
761 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
762 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
763 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
765 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
766 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
768 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
770 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
772 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
774 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
776 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
777 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
778 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
779 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
780 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
782 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
783 with intro; demoted server sections under that
784 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
785 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
787 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
788 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
789 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
790 a normal developer may have access.
792 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
794 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
796 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
797 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
798 step all over each other
800 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
802 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
804 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
805 address for PGP key updates
807 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
809 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
811 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
812 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
813 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
814 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
815 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
817 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
819 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
821 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
822 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
823 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
824 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
825 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
826 <keyring-maint> instead)
827 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
828 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
830 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
832 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
833 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
834 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
836 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
838 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
840 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
841 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
842 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
843 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
844 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
845 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
847 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
848 tighten up the language a bit
849 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
850 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
851 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
852 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
854 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
855 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
856 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
857 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
858 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
859 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
861 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
862 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
863 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
864 about how to depart Debian gracefully
865 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
866 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
867 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
868 number of available packages
869 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
870 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
872 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
874 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
876 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
879 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
881 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
883 * not officially released
884 * more spelling corrections
885 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
887 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
889 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
891 * not officially released
892 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
893 * some PGP-centricity removed
894 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
895 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
896 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
897 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
898 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
899 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
901 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
903 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
905 * not officially released
906 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
907 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
908 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
909 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
910 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
911 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
912 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
913 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
914 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
915 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
916 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
917 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
918 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
919 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
921 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
922 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
924 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
926 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
927 take a couple of weeks
928 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
929 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
930 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
931 excited about it and can't wait
932 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
933 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
935 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
936 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
938 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
939 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
940 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
942 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
944 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
946 * move to 3-level version number:
947 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
948 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
949 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
950 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
951 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
954 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
955 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
956 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
958 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
960 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
961 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
962 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
963 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
964 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
965 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
967 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
969 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
970 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
971 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
972 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
973 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
974 - "The CVS server": new section added
975 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
977 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
978 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
979 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
980 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
981 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
983 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
984 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
985 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
986 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
987 a canonical location?)
988 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
989 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
990 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
991 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
993 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
995 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
996 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
997 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
998 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1000 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1002 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1004 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1005 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1006 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1007 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1008 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1009 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1010 and should not be included in this Reference.
1011 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1012 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1013 maintainer tools only!
1014 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1015 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1016 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1017 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1018 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1019 * Little corrections here and there.
1020 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1021 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1024 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1026 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1028 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1029 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1030 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1032 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1033 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1034 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1035 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1036 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1037 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1038 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1039 do prior to uploading
1040 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1041 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1043 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1044 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1045 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1046 duties with respect to bugs
1047 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1048 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1049 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1051 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1052 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1053 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1054 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1055 explicit what is used to build this package
1057 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1059 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1062 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1063 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1064 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1065 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1066 * utilize the new URL tag
1067 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1070 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1072 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1074 * non-maintainer release
1075 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1076 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1077 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1078 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1079 text, it can't hurt you.)
1080 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1081 reflect this packages version number
1082 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1084 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1086 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1090 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1092 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1094 * New version numbering scheme:
1096 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1097 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1098 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1101 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1102 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1103 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1104 differ between the manuals.
1106 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1107 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1108 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1109 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1111 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1112 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1114 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1116 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1118 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1120 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1122 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1123 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1125 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1126 (as requested by James Troup)
1128 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1130 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1132 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1134 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1136 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1138 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1140 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1142 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1143 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1144 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1145 the non-maintainer release
1147 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1148 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1149 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1152 - Lots of typos fixed
1154 * Compressed SGML source code
1156 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1157 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1159 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1161 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1163 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1165 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1166 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1167 - Announcing package uploads
1168 * New section about Debian Mentors
1169 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1170 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1171 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1172 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1174 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1176 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1178 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1179 of our FTP server and the development process
1180 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1181 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1182 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1184 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1185 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1186 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1187 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1188 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1189 contacting the maintainer
1190 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1191 a new manual released soon)
1192 * Some minor changes
1193 * Include SGML source in package
1194 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1195 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1197 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1199 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1203 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200