1 developers-reference (3.4.13) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
4 * Fix typo in NMU section s/blocking/block/. Closes: #755515
7 * Fix typo in Vcs-Git:. Closes: #756491
9 -- Andreas Rönnquist <gusnan@gusnan.se> Tue, 22 Jul 2014 07:42:04 +0900
11 developers-reference (3.4.12) unstable; urgency=medium
14 * Update preferred contact method for the security team. Closes: #738607
15 Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the patch.
18 * Removed mention of Gandi's discontinued discount.
21 * Move maintenance to Git & collab-maint. Update Vcs-*.
22 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.5 (no change required).
24 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Tue, 08 Jul 2014 15:54:19 +0200
26 developers-reference (3.4.11) unstable; urgency=low
31 * Update versioning advice for security uploads as well. Closes: #709218
32 Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the patch.
34 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:06:40 +0200
36 developers-reference (3.4.10) unstable; urgency=low
41 * Add recommendations to re-introduce packages. Thanks to Paul Wise for the
42 patch. Closes: #685039
43 * Drop paragraph about vanilla debian/rules files which mainly points to a
44 no-longer working link.
47 * Introduce epub support. Closes: #652044
50 * Update versioning advice for uploads to stable/testing. Closes: #685646
51 * Advise to use codename-security instead of stable-security.
54 [ Translation updates ]
55 * French by David Prévot.
56 * Japanese by victory.
57 * German by Chris Leick.
61 - Update Standards-Version to 3.9.4 (no change required).
62 - Use canonical URL for Vcs-Svn.
64 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2013 18:35:23 -0400
66 developers-reference (3.4.9) unstable; urgency=low
71 * Clarify that removals from testing are possible. Closes: #678710
72 Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
73 * Reword various parts to be gender-neutral. Closes: #678712
74 Thanks to Per Andersson and Steve Langasek for the patch.
75 * Recommend usage of gender-neutral formulations in README-contrib.
76 * Fix Vcs-Browser URL. Thanks to Charles Plessy who spotted it.
77 * Document the existence of "hints" that release managers can
78 use to tweak the conditions of testing migration. Closes: #679562
79 Thanks to Paul Gevers <paul@climbing.nl> for the patch.
81 [ Translation updates ]
82 * Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
83 * French by David Prévot.
84 * German by Chris Leick.
87 * Fix typo: Freenodes -> Freenode. Closes: #679735
89 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:34:59 -0400
91 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
94 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
95 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
96 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
97 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
98 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
99 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
100 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
103 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
104 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
106 * Translation updates (complete)
107 - French by David Prévot.
108 - German by Chris Leick.
111 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
112 * Switch to xz compression for source.
113 * Clean up debian/rules by using dh (with compat level 8).
114 * Drop build-dependency on latex-cjk-xcjk since xeCJK.sty is provided
115 by texlive-xetex directly.
117 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:57:23 +0200
119 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
124 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
125 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
126 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
127 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
128 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
129 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
130 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
131 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
132 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
133 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
134 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
135 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
136 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
137 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
138 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
139 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
140 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
141 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
142 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
143 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
146 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
147 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
148 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
149 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
152 * Translation updates (all completed)
153 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
154 - German by Chris Leick.
155 - French by David Prévot.
157 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
159 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
162 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
163 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
166 * Update my email address.
167 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
168 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
169 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
170 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
171 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
172 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
175 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
177 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
182 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
183 version tracking removed that requirement.
186 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
187 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
188 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
189 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
190 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
191 needed. Closes: #619990
192 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
193 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
196 * Initial German translation.
199 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
200 * Update French translation.
201 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
202 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
203 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
206 * Update Japanese translation.
208 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
210 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
213 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
214 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
217 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
218 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
219 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
220 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
221 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
222 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
223 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
224 patch. Closes: #540231
225 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
226 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
227 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
228 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
229 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
230 for the patch. Closes: #548823
231 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
232 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
233 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
234 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
235 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
236 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
237 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
238 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
239 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
240 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
241 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
242 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
243 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
244 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
246 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
247 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
248 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
250 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
251 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
252 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
253 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
254 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
256 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
258 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
259 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
260 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
261 patch. Closes: #573110
262 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
264 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
265 multi-lines substitution variables.
268 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
269 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
270 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
271 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
272 * Activate Japanese package.
273 * Handle addendum if it exists.
275 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
277 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
279 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
280 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
282 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
284 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
286 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
287 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
289 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
291 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
293 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
294 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
295 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
296 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
297 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
298 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
299 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
300 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
301 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
302 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
303 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
304 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
305 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
306 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
307 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
308 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
309 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
310 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
311 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
312 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
313 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
314 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
316 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
318 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
321 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
325 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
326 The most important changes are:
327 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
328 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
331 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
332 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
333 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
334 distinction. Closes: #464230.
335 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
336 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
337 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
338 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
339 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
340 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
342 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
343 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
345 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
346 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
348 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
349 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
351 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
353 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
354 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
356 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
357 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
358 Closes: #512620, #510783.
360 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
362 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
365 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
366 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
367 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
368 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
369 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
370 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
371 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
372 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
374 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
376 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
379 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
380 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
381 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
382 release codenames in <literal>
383 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
384 doesn't exist anymore.
385 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
386 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
387 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
388 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
389 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
390 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
391 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
392 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
393 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
394 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
395 team before upload. Closes: #459343
396 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
397 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
398 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
399 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
400 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
401 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
402 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
404 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
405 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
407 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
408 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
409 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
410 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
411 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
412 Thomas. Closes: #485837
414 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
415 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
417 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
419 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
423 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
424 - fix debian/copyright
425 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
426 - add pdf for French version.
427 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
428 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
429 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
430 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
431 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
432 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
433 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
434 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
435 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
437 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
438 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
440 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
442 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
443 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
444 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
445 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
446 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
447 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
449 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
452 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
453 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
454 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
455 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
456 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
457 * Update information concerning Alioth.
458 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
459 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
461 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
462 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
464 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
467 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
469 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
471 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
473 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
474 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
476 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
477 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
478 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
480 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
481 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
482 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
484 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
485 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
486 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
487 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
488 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
489 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
490 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
491 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
492 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
493 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
494 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
495 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
497 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
498 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
499 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
500 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
501 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
502 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
503 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
504 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
505 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
506 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
510 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
512 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
514 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
517 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
518 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
519 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
520 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
521 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
522 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
524 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
526 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
528 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
530 - non-us discontinued.
531 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
533 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
534 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
535 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
536 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
537 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
538 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
539 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
540 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
541 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
542 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
543 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
544 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
545 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
546 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
547 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
548 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
549 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
550 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
552 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
553 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
555 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
558 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
560 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
562 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
565 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
566 - madison is on merkel.
567 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
568 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
569 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
570 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
571 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
572 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
574 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
575 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
576 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
577 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
578 - sync NM rules with reality.
580 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
582 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
584 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
587 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
588 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
589 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
590 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
591 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
592 - spelling, grammer fixes.
593 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
594 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
595 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
596 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
597 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
598 - add myself to uploaders.
599 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
600 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
601 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
602 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
603 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
604 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
605 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
606 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
607 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
608 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
609 - rewrote the NMU section, and
610 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
611 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
612 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
613 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
614 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
615 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
616 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
617 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
619 - Security uploads get urgency=high
620 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
622 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
624 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
626 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
629 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
630 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
631 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
632 - documented Alioth, somewhat
634 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
635 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
637 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
638 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
639 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
640 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
644 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
646 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
647 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
648 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
649 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
652 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
654 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
657 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
659 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
660 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
661 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
663 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
664 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
665 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
666 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
669 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
671 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
672 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
673 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
674 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
675 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
677 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
678 it clear these are special cases
679 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
681 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
683 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
685 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
688 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
689 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
691 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
693 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
695 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
698 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
700 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
701 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
702 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
704 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
705 - the synopsis formula changed to either
706 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
708 <package-name> is <synopsis>
710 <package-name> are <synopsis>
712 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
713 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
714 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
715 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
716 package; closes: #187143
718 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
720 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
723 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
724 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
726 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
728 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
729 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
730 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
731 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
732 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
733 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
734 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
735 right places in the document, closes: #172897
736 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
740 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
742 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
743 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
744 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
745 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
746 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
747 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
748 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
750 - editorial changes on material added in this version
751 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
752 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
753 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
754 closes: #139957, #108416
755 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
756 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
758 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
760 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
763 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
765 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
766 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
767 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
768 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
770 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
771 for best practices for documentation
772 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
773 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
774 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
775 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
777 - spell-checking pass
779 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
781 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
784 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
785 descriptions" moved under there
786 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
787 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
788 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
789 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
790 the document where these tools are discussed
791 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
792 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
793 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
794 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
795 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
796 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
798 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
799 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
800 that can be fixed by DDP folks
801 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
802 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
803 - simply PS and PDF building rules
805 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
807 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
810 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
811 section and adjusted links
812 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
814 - ChangeLog attribution updates
815 - fix typos, closes: #171781
816 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
817 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
818 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
819 for debian/rules", and write an intro
820 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
821 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
822 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
823 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
824 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
825 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
826 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
827 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
828 "Internationalization"
829 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
830 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
831 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
832 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
833 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
834 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
835 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
836 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
837 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
839 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
840 rather useless and broken
841 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
842 names and the first word
843 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
844 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
845 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
847 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
848 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
849 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
851 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
853 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
856 - DDP publishing update
858 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
859 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
860 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
861 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
863 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
865 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
868 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
869 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
870 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
872 - added myself as co-author
873 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
875 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
876 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
878 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
879 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
881 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
883 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
886 - Corrected several errors with —
887 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
888 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
889 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
890 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
891 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
892 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
893 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
895 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
896 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
897 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
898 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
899 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
900 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
901 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
902 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
903 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
905 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
906 descriptions". closes: #158609
907 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
908 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
909 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
910 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
911 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
913 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
914 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
915 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
916 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
917 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
918 - updated the mailing lists section
920 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
921 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
924 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
926 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
929 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
930 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
932 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
934 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
935 Ch "The Debian Archive"
937 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
939 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
940 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
941 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
942 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
943 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
945 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
946 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
947 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
948 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
949 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
950 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
951 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
953 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
954 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
957 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
958 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
959 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
960 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
961 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
962 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
963 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
964 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
965 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
966 work-around with <...>
967 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
968 - update copyright date
969 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
970 - spell check and grammar corrections
974 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
976 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
977 recompile"; closes: #102626
978 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
979 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
980 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
981 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
982 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
984 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
985 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
986 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
988 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
990 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
991 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
992 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
993 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
994 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
995 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
996 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
997 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
998 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
1000 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
1002 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
1004 - updated the list of available architectures.
1005 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
1006 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
1007 of the package and nothing more.
1008 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
1009 any pain to the ftpmasters.
1010 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
1011 the use of the delayed queue.
1012 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
1013 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
1015 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
1016 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
1017 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
1018 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
1019 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
1020 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
1021 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
1023 - new Sec "Documentation"
1024 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
1025 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
1026 "Being kind to porter" too
1027 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
1028 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
1029 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
1030 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
1031 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
1033 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
1034 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
1037 - update French translation
1039 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
1041 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
1044 - some grammar corrections
1045 - update French translation
1047 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
1048 anymore; closes: #135559
1049 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
1051 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
1053 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
1054 that would be welcome)
1055 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
1056 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
1057 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
1058 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
1059 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
1060 - other minor wording changes
1061 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
1062 - Ch "Package uploads":
1063 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
1064 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
1065 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
1066 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
1067 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
1068 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
1069 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
1071 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
1073 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1075 * from Martin Michlmayr
1076 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
1077 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
1078 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
1080 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
1082 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1084 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
1086 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
1087 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
1088 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
1089 - minor build tweaks
1091 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1092 * from Chris Tillman
1093 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1096 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1098 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1101 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1103 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1104 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1105 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1106 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1107 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1108 talking about uploading to distributions
1109 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1110 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1111 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1113 - French translation updated
1115 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1116 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1117 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1119 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1121 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1124 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1125 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1128 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1130 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1133 * fix a typo in a link
1134 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1135 update documentation accordingly
1137 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1138 forwarding bugs upstream
1140 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1141 entities which should be used
1142 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1143 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1145 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1147 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1149 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1150 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1151 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1152 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1154 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1157 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1159 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1161 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1163 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1164 this translation needs updating
1165 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1166 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1167 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1169 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1170 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1171 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1173 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1174 included yet, however
1176 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1178 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1180 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1182 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1183 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1185 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1187 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1189 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1191 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1192 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1193 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1195 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1197 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1199 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1202 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1203 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1204 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1205 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1206 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1207 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1208 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1209 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1210 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1211 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1212 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1213 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1215 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1216 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1217 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1218 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1219 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1221 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1223 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1224 * update copyright notice for 2001
1225 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1226 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1227 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1229 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1231 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1233 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1235 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1237 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1239 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1241 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1243 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1244 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1246 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1247 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1248 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1249 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1250 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1251 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1252 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1253 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1254 could be used if necessary
1255 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1256 mention the rsync dupload method
1257 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1259 * other small corrections
1260 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1261 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1262 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1263 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1265 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1267 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1268 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1270 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1272 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1274 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1275 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1276 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1277 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1279 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1280 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1281 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1282 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1283 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1285 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1287 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1288 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1289 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1290 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1291 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1292 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1293 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1295 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1296 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1297 - added a section about the LDAP database
1298 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1299 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1301 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1302 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1304 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1306 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1308 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1309 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1310 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1312 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1313 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1314 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1315 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1316 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1317 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1318 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1319 description from developers-reference.sgml
1321 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1323 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1325 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1326 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1328 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1330 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1331 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1332 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1333 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1334 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1335 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1336 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1337 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1338 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1339 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1341 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1342 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1343 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1344 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1346 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1347 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1348 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1349 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1350 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1351 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1352 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1353 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1354 suggestion from James Troup
1355 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1356 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1357 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1358 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1361 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1363 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1365 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1366 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1368 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1370 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1372 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1373 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1374 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1375 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1376 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1377 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1378 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1380 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1382 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1384 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1385 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1386 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1387 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1388 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1389 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1391 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1392 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1394 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1396 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1398 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1400 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1402 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1403 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1404 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1405 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1406 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1408 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1409 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1410 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1411 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1413 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1414 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1415 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1416 a normal developer may have access.
1418 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1420 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1422 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1423 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1424 step all over each other
1426 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1428 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1430 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1431 address for PGP key updates
1433 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1435 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1437 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1438 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1439 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1440 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1441 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1443 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1445 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1447 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1448 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1449 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1450 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1451 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1452 <keyring-maint> instead)
1453 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1454 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1456 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1458 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1459 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1460 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1462 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1464 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1466 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1467 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1468 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1469 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1470 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1471 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1473 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1474 tighten up the language a bit
1475 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1476 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1477 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1478 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1480 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1481 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1482 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1483 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1484 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1485 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1487 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1488 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1489 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1490 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1491 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1492 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1493 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1494 number of available packages
1495 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1496 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1498 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1500 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1502 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1505 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1507 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1509 * not officially released
1510 * more spelling corrections
1511 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1513 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1515 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1517 * not officially released
1518 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1519 * some PGP-centricity removed
1520 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1521 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1522 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1523 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1524 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1525 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1527 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1529 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1531 * not officially released
1532 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1533 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1534 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1535 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1536 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1537 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1538 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1539 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1540 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1541 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1542 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1543 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1544 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1545 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1547 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1548 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1550 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1552 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1553 take a couple of weeks
1554 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1555 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1556 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1557 excited about it and can't wait
1558 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1559 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1561 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1562 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1564 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1565 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1566 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1568 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1570 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1572 * move to 3-level version number:
1573 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1574 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1575 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1576 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1577 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1580 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1581 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1582 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1584 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1586 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1587 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1588 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1589 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1590 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1591 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1593 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1595 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1596 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1597 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1598 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1599 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1600 - "The CVS server": new section added
1601 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1603 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1604 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1605 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1606 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1607 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1608 with respect to GPG.
1609 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1610 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1611 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1612 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1613 a canonical location?)
1614 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1615 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1616 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1617 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1619 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1621 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1622 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1623 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1624 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1626 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1628 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1630 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1631 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1632 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1633 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1634 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1635 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1636 and should not be included in this Reference.
1637 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1638 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1639 maintainer tools only!
1640 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1641 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1642 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1643 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1644 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1645 * Little corrections here and there.
1646 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1647 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1650 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1652 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1654 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1655 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1656 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1658 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1659 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1660 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1661 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1662 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1663 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1664 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1665 do prior to uploading
1666 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1667 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1669 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1670 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1671 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1672 duties with respect to bugs
1673 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1674 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1675 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1677 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1678 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1679 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1680 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1681 explicit what is used to build this package
1683 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1685 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1688 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1689 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1690 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1691 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1692 * utilize the new URL tag
1693 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1696 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1698 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1700 * non-maintainer release
1701 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1702 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1703 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1704 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1705 text, it can't hurt you.)
1706 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1707 reflect this packages version number
1708 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1710 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1712 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1716 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1718 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1720 * New version numbering scheme:
1722 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1723 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1724 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1727 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1728 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1729 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1730 differ between the manuals.
1732 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1733 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1734 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1735 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1737 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1738 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1740 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1742 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1744 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1746 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1748 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1749 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1751 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1752 (as requested by James Troup)
1754 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1756 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1758 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1760 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1762 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1764 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1766 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1768 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1769 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1770 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1771 the non-maintainer release
1773 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1774 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1775 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1778 - Lots of typos fixed
1780 * Compressed SGML source code
1782 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1783 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1785 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1787 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1789 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1791 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1792 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1793 - Announcing package uploads
1794 * New section about Debian Mentors
1795 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1796 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1797 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1798 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1800 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1802 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1804 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1805 of our FTP server and the development process
1806 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1807 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1808 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1810 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1811 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1812 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1813 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1814 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1815 contacting the maintainer
1816 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1817 a new manual released soon)
1818 * Some minor changes
1819 * Include SGML source in package
1820 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1821 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1823 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1825 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1829 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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