1 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
4 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
5 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
6 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
7 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
8 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
9 - spelling, grammer fixes.
10 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
11 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
12 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
13 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
14 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
15 - add myself to uploaders.
16 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
17 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
18 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
19 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
20 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
21 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
22 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
23 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
24 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
26 - Security uploads get urgency=high
27 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
29 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 5 Sep 2004 14:02:11 -0600
31 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
34 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
35 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
36 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
37 - documented Alioth, somewhat
39 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
40 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
42 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
43 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
44 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
45 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
49 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
51 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
52 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
53 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
54 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
57 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
59 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
62 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
64 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
65 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
66 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
68 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
69 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
70 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
71 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
74 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
76 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
77 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
78 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
79 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
80 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
82 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
83 it clear these are special cases
84 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
86 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
88 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
90 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
93 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
94 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
96 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
98 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
100 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
103 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
105 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
106 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
107 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
109 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
110 - the synopsis formula changed to either
111 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
113 <package-name> is <synopsis>
115 <package-name> are <synopsis>
117 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
118 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
119 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
120 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
121 package; closes: #187143
123 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
125 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
128 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
129 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
131 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
133 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
134 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
135 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
136 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
137 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
138 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
139 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
140 right places in the document, closes: #172897
141 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
145 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
147 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
148 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
149 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
150 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
151 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
152 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
153 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
155 - editorial changes on material added in this version
156 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
157 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
158 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
159 closes: #139957, #108416
160 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
161 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
163 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
165 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
168 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
170 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
171 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
172 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
173 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
175 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
176 for best practices for documentation
177 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
178 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
179 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
180 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
182 - spell-checking pass
184 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
186 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
189 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
190 descriptions" moved under there
191 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
192 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
193 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
194 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
195 the document where these tools are discussed
196 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
197 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
198 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
199 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
200 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
201 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
203 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
204 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
205 that can be fixed by DDP folks
206 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
207 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
208 - simply PS and PDF building rules
210 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
212 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
215 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
216 section and adjusted links
217 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
219 - ChangeLog attribution updates
220 - fix typos, closes: #171781
221 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
222 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
223 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
224 for debian/rules", and write an intro
225 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
226 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
227 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
228 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
229 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
230 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
231 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
232 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
233 "Internationalization"
234 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
235 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
236 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
237 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
238 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
239 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
240 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
241 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
242 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
244 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
245 rather useless and broken
246 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
247 names and the first word
248 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
249 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
250 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
252 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
253 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
254 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
256 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
258 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
261 - DDP publishing update
263 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
264 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
265 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
266 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
268 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
270 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
273 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
274 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
275 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
277 - added myself as co-author
278 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
280 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
281 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
283 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
284 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
286 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
288 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
291 - Corrected several errors with —
292 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
293 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
294 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
295 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
296 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
297 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
298 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
300 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
301 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
302 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
303 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
304 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
305 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
306 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
307 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
308 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
310 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
311 descriptions". closes: #158609
312 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
313 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
314 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
315 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
316 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
318 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
319 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
320 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
321 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
322 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
323 - updated the mailing lists section
325 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
326 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
329 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
331 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
334 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
335 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
337 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
339 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
340 Ch "The Debian Archive"
342 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
344 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
345 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
346 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
347 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
348 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
350 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
351 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
352 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
353 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
354 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
355 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
356 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
358 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
359 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
362 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
363 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
364 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
365 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
366 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
367 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
368 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
369 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
370 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
371 work-around with <...>
372 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
373 - update copyright date
374 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
375 - spell check and grammar corrections
379 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
381 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
382 recompile"; closes: #102626
383 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
384 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
385 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
386 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
387 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
389 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
390 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
391 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
393 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
395 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
396 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
397 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
398 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
399 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
400 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
401 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
402 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
403 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
405 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
407 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
409 - updated the list of available architectures.
410 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
411 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
412 of the package and nothing more.
413 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
414 any pain to the ftpmasters.
415 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
416 the use of the delayed queue.
417 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
418 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
420 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
421 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
422 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
423 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
424 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
425 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
426 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
428 - new Sec "Documentation"
429 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
430 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
431 "Being kind to porter" too
432 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
433 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
434 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
435 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
436 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
438 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
439 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
442 - update French translation
444 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
446 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
449 - some grammar corrections
450 - update French translation
452 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
453 anymore; closes: #135559
454 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
456 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
458 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
459 that would be welcome)
460 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
461 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
462 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
463 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
464 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
465 - other minor wording changes
466 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
467 - Ch "Package uploads":
468 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
469 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
470 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
471 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
472 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
473 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
474 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
476 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
478 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
480 * from Martin Michlmayr
481 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
482 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
483 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
485 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
487 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
489 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
491 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
492 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
493 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
496 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
498 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
501 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
503 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
506 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
508 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
509 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
510 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
511 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
512 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
513 talking about uploading to distributions
514 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
515 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
516 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
518 - French translation updated
520 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
521 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
522 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
524 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
526 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
529 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
530 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
533 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
535 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
538 * fix a typo in a link
539 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
540 update documentation accordingly
542 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
543 forwarding bugs upstream
545 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
546 entities which should be used
547 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
548 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
550 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
552 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
554 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
555 * French version: completely up-to-date now
556 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
557 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
559 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
562 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
564 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
566 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
568 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
569 this translation needs updating
570 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
571 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
572 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
574 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
575 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
576 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
578 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
579 included yet, however
581 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
583 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
585 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
587 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
588 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
590 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
592 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
594 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
596 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
597 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
598 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
600 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
602 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
604 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
607 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
608 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
609 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
610 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
611 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
612 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
613 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
614 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
615 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
616 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
617 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
618 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
620 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
621 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
622 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
623 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
624 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
626 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
628 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
629 * update copyright notice for 2001
630 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
631 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
632 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
634 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
636 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
638 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
640 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
642 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
644 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
646 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
648 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
649 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
651 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
652 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
653 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
654 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
655 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
656 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
657 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
658 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
659 could be used if necessary
660 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
661 mention the rsync dupload method
662 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
664 * other small corrections
665 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
666 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
667 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
668 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
670 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
672 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
673 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
675 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
677 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
679 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
680 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
681 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
682 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
684 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
685 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
686 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
687 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
688 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
690 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
692 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
693 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
694 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
695 team (closes: Bug#52906)
696 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
697 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
698 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
700 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
701 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
702 - added a section about the LDAP database
703 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
704 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
706 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
707 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
709 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
711 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
713 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
714 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
715 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
717 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
718 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
719 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
720 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
721 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
722 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
723 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
724 description from developers-reference.sgml
726 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
728 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
730 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
731 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
733 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
735 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
736 releases are available at archive.debian.org
737 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
738 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
739 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
740 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
741 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
742 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
743 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
744 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
746 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
747 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
748 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
749 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
751 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
752 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
753 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
754 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
755 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
756 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
757 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
758 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
759 suggestion from James Troup
760 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
761 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
762 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
763 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
766 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
768 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
770 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
771 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
773 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
775 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
777 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
778 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
779 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
780 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
781 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
782 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
783 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
785 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
787 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
789 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
790 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
791 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
792 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
793 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
794 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
796 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
797 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
799 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
801 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
803 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
805 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
807 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
808 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
809 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
810 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
811 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
813 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
814 with intro; demoted server sections under that
815 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
816 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
818 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
819 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
820 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
821 a normal developer may have access.
823 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
825 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
827 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
828 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
829 step all over each other
831 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
833 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
835 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
836 address for PGP key updates
838 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
840 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
842 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
843 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
844 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
845 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
846 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
848 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
850 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
852 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
853 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
854 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
855 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
856 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
857 <keyring-maint> instead)
858 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
859 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
861 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
863 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
864 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
865 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
867 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
869 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
871 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
872 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
873 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
874 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
875 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
876 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
878 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
879 tighten up the language a bit
880 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
881 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
882 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
883 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
885 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
886 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
887 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
888 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
889 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
890 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
892 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
893 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
894 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
895 about how to depart Debian gracefully
896 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
897 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
898 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
899 number of available packages
900 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
901 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
903 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
905 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
907 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
910 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
912 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
914 * not officially released
915 * more spelling corrections
916 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
918 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
920 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
922 * not officially released
923 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
924 * some PGP-centricity removed
925 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
926 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
927 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
928 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
929 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
930 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
932 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
934 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
936 * not officially released
937 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
938 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
939 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
940 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
941 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
942 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
943 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
944 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
945 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
946 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
947 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
948 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
949 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
950 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
952 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
953 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
955 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
957 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
958 take a couple of weeks
959 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
960 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
961 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
962 excited about it and can't wait
963 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
964 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
966 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
967 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
969 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
970 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
971 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
973 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
975 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
977 * move to 3-level version number:
978 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
979 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
980 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
981 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
982 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
985 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
986 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
987 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
989 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
991 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
992 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
993 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
994 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
995 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
996 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
998 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1000 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1001 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1002 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1003 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1004 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1005 - "The CVS server": new section added
1006 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1008 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1009 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1010 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1011 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1012 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1013 with respect to GPG.
1014 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1015 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1016 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1017 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1018 a canonical location?)
1019 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1020 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1021 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1022 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1024 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1026 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1027 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1028 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1029 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1031 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1033 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1035 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1036 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1037 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1038 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1039 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1040 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1041 and should not be included in this Reference.
1042 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1043 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1044 maintainer tools only!
1045 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1046 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1047 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1048 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1049 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1050 * Little corrections here and there.
1051 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1052 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1055 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1057 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1059 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1060 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1061 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1063 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1064 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1065 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1066 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1067 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1068 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1069 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1070 do prior to uploading
1071 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1072 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1074 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1075 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1076 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1077 duties with respect to bugs
1078 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1079 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1080 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1082 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1083 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1084 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1085 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1086 explicit what is used to build this package
1088 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1090 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1093 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1094 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1095 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1096 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1097 * utilize the new URL tag
1098 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1101 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1103 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1105 * non-maintainer release
1106 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1107 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1108 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1109 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1110 text, it can't hurt you.)
1111 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1112 reflect this packages version number
1113 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1115 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1117 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1121 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1123 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1125 * New version numbering scheme:
1127 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1128 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1129 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1132 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1133 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1134 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1135 differ between the manuals.
1137 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1138 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1139 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1140 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1142 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1143 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1145 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1147 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1149 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1151 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1153 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1154 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1156 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1157 (as requested by James Troup)
1159 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1161 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1163 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1165 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1167 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1169 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1171 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1173 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1174 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1175 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1176 the non-maintainer release
1178 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1179 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1180 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1183 - Lots of typos fixed
1185 * Compressed SGML source code
1187 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1188 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1190 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1192 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1194 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1196 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1197 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1198 - Announcing package uploads
1199 * New section about Debian Mentors
1200 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1201 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1202 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1203 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1205 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1207 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1209 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1210 of our FTP server and the development process
1211 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1212 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1213 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1215 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1216 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1217 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1218 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1219 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1220 contacting the maintainer
1221 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1222 a new manual released soon)
1223 * Some minor changes
1224 * Include SGML source in package
1225 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1226 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1228 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1230 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1234 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200