1 developers-reference (3.4.12) unstable; urgency=medium
4 * Update preferred contact method for the security team. Closes: #738607
5 Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the patch.
8 * Removed mention of Gandi's discontinued discount.
11 * Move maintenance to Git & collab-maint. Update Vcs-*.
12 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.5 (no change required).
14 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Tue, 08 Jul 2014 15:54:19 +0200
16 developers-reference (3.4.11) unstable; urgency=low
21 * Update versioning advice for security uploads as well. Closes: #709218
22 Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the patch.
24 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:06:40 +0200
26 developers-reference (3.4.10) unstable; urgency=low
31 * Add recommendations to re-introduce packages. Thanks to Paul Wise for the
32 patch. Closes: #685039
33 * Drop paragraph about vanilla debian/rules files which mainly points to a
34 no-longer working link.
37 * Introduce epub support. Closes: #652044
40 * Update versioning advice for uploads to stable/testing. Closes: #685646
41 * Advise to use codename-security instead of stable-security.
44 [ Translation updates ]
45 * French by David Prévot.
46 * Japanese by victory.
47 * German by Chris Leick.
51 - Update Standards-Version to 3.9.4 (no change required).
52 - Use canonical URL for Vcs-Svn.
54 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2013 18:35:23 -0400
56 developers-reference (3.4.9) unstable; urgency=low
61 * Clarify that removals from testing are possible. Closes: #678710
62 Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
63 * Reword various parts to be gender-neutral. Closes: #678712
64 Thanks to Per Andersson and Steve Langasek for the patch.
65 * Recommend usage of gender-neutral formulations in README-contrib.
66 * Fix Vcs-Browser URL. Thanks to Charles Plessy who spotted it.
67 * Document the existence of "hints" that release managers can
68 use to tweak the conditions of testing migration. Closes: #679562
69 Thanks to Paul Gevers <paul@climbing.nl> for the patch.
71 [ Translation updates ]
72 * Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
73 * French by David Prévot.
74 * German by Chris Leick.
77 * Fix typo: Freenodes -> Freenode. Closes: #679735
79 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:34:59 -0400
81 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
84 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
85 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
86 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
87 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
88 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
89 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
90 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
93 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
94 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
96 * Translation updates (complete)
97 - French by David Prévot.
98 - German by Chris Leick.
101 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
102 * Switch to xz compression for source.
103 * Clean up debian/rules by using dh (with compat level 8).
104 * Drop build-dependency on latex-cjk-xcjk since xeCJK.sty is provided
105 by texlive-xetex directly.
107 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:57:23 +0200
109 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
114 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
115 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
116 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
117 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
118 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
119 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
120 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
121 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
122 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
123 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
124 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
125 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
126 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
127 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
128 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
129 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
130 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
131 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
132 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
133 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
136 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
137 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
138 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
139 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
142 * Translation updates (all completed)
143 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
144 - German by Chris Leick.
145 - French by David Prévot.
147 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
149 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
152 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
153 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
156 * Update my email address.
157 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
158 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
159 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
160 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
161 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
162 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
165 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
167 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
172 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
173 version tracking removed that requirement.
176 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
177 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
178 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
179 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
180 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
181 needed. Closes: #619990
182 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
183 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
186 * Initial German translation.
189 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
190 * Update French translation.
191 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
192 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
193 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
196 * Update Japanese translation.
198 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
200 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
203 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
204 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
207 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
208 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
209 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
210 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
211 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
212 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
213 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
214 patch. Closes: #540231
215 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
216 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
217 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
218 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
219 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
220 for the patch. Closes: #548823
221 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
222 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
223 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
224 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
225 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
226 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
227 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
228 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
229 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
230 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
231 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
232 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
233 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
234 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
236 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
237 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
238 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
240 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
241 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
242 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
243 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
244 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
246 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
248 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
249 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
250 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
251 patch. Closes: #573110
252 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
254 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
255 multi-lines substitution variables.
258 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
259 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
260 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
261 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
262 * Activate Japanese package.
263 * Handle addendum if it exists.
265 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
267 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
269 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
270 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
272 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
274 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
276 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
277 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
279 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
281 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
283 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
284 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
285 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
286 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
287 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
288 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
289 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
290 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
291 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
292 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
293 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
294 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
295 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
296 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
297 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
298 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
299 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
300 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
301 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
302 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
303 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
304 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
306 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
308 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
311 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
315 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
316 The most important changes are:
317 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
318 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
321 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
322 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
323 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
324 distinction. Closes: #464230.
325 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
326 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
327 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
328 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
329 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
330 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
332 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
333 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
335 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
336 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
338 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
339 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
341 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
343 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
344 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
346 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
347 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
348 Closes: #512620, #510783.
350 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
352 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
355 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
356 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
357 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
358 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
359 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
360 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
361 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
362 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
364 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
366 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
369 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
370 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
371 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
372 release codenames in <literal>
373 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
374 doesn't exist anymore.
375 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
376 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
377 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
378 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
379 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
380 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
381 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
382 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
383 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
384 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
385 team before upload. Closes: #459343
386 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
387 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
388 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
389 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
390 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
391 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
392 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
394 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
395 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
397 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
398 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
399 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
400 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
401 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
402 Thomas. Closes: #485837
404 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
405 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
407 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
409 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
413 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
414 - fix debian/copyright
415 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
416 - add pdf for French version.
417 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
418 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
419 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
420 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
421 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
422 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
423 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
424 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
425 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
427 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
428 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
430 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
432 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
433 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
434 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
435 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
436 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
437 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
439 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
442 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
443 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
444 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
445 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
446 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
447 * Update information concerning Alioth.
448 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
449 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
451 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
452 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
454 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
457 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
459 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
461 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
463 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
464 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
466 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
467 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
468 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
470 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
471 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
472 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
474 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
475 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
476 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
477 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
478 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
479 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
480 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
481 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
482 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
483 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
484 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
485 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
487 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
488 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
489 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
490 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
491 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
492 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
493 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
494 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
495 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
496 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
500 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
502 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
504 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
507 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
508 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
509 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
510 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
511 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
512 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
514 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
516 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
518 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
520 - non-us discontinued.
521 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
523 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
524 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
525 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
526 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
527 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
528 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
529 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
530 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
531 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
532 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
533 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
534 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
535 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
536 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
537 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
538 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
539 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
540 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
542 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
543 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
545 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
548 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
550 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
552 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
555 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
556 - madison is on merkel.
557 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
558 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
559 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
560 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
561 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
562 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
564 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
565 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
566 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
567 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
568 - sync NM rules with reality.
570 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
572 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
574 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
577 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
578 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
579 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
580 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
581 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
582 - spelling, grammer fixes.
583 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
584 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
585 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
586 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
587 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
588 - add myself to uploaders.
589 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
590 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
591 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
592 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
593 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
594 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
595 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
596 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
597 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
598 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
599 - rewrote the NMU section, and
600 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
601 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
602 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
603 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
604 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
605 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
606 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
607 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
609 - Security uploads get urgency=high
610 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
612 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
614 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
616 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
619 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
620 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
621 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
622 - documented Alioth, somewhat
624 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
625 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
627 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
628 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
629 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
630 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
634 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
636 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
637 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
638 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
639 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
642 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
644 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
647 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
649 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
650 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
651 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
653 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
654 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
655 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
656 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
659 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
661 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
662 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
663 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
664 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
665 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
667 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
668 it clear these are special cases
669 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
671 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
673 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
675 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
678 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
679 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
681 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
683 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
685 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
688 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
690 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
691 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
692 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
694 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
695 - the synopsis formula changed to either
696 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
698 <package-name> is <synopsis>
700 <package-name> are <synopsis>
702 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
703 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
704 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
705 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
706 package; closes: #187143
708 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
710 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
713 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
714 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
716 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
718 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
719 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
720 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
721 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
722 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
723 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
724 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
725 right places in the document, closes: #172897
726 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
730 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
732 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
733 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
734 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
735 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
736 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
737 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
738 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
740 - editorial changes on material added in this version
741 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
742 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
743 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
744 closes: #139957, #108416
745 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
746 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
748 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
750 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
753 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
755 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
756 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
757 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
758 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
760 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
761 for best practices for documentation
762 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
763 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
764 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
765 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
767 - spell-checking pass
769 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
771 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
774 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
775 descriptions" moved under there
776 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
777 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
778 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
779 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
780 the document where these tools are discussed
781 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
782 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
783 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
784 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
785 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
786 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
788 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
789 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
790 that can be fixed by DDP folks
791 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
792 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
793 - simply PS and PDF building rules
795 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
797 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
800 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
801 section and adjusted links
802 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
804 - ChangeLog attribution updates
805 - fix typos, closes: #171781
806 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
807 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
808 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
809 for debian/rules", and write an intro
810 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
811 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
812 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
813 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
814 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
815 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
816 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
817 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
818 "Internationalization"
819 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
820 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
821 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
822 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
823 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
824 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
825 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
826 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
827 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
829 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
830 rather useless and broken
831 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
832 names and the first word
833 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
834 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
835 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
837 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
838 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
839 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
841 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
843 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
846 - DDP publishing update
848 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
849 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
850 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
851 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
853 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
855 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
858 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
859 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
860 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
862 - added myself as co-author
863 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
865 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
866 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
868 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
869 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
871 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
873 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
876 - Corrected several errors with —
877 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
878 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
879 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
880 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
881 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
882 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
883 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
885 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
886 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
887 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
888 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
889 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
890 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
891 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
892 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
893 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
895 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
896 descriptions". closes: #158609
897 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
898 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
899 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
900 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
901 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
903 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
904 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
905 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
906 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
907 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
908 - updated the mailing lists section
910 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
911 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
914 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
916 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
919 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
920 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
922 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
924 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
925 Ch "The Debian Archive"
927 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
929 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
930 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
931 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
932 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
933 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
935 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
936 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
937 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
938 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
939 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
940 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
941 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
943 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
944 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
947 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
948 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
949 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
950 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
951 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
952 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
953 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
954 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
955 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
956 work-around with <...>
957 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
958 - update copyright date
959 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
960 - spell check and grammar corrections
964 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
966 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
967 recompile"; closes: #102626
968 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
969 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
970 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
971 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
972 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
974 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
975 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
976 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
978 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
980 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
981 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
982 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
983 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
984 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
985 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
986 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
987 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
988 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
990 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
992 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
994 - updated the list of available architectures.
995 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
996 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
997 of the package and nothing more.
998 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
999 any pain to the ftpmasters.
1000 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
1001 the use of the delayed queue.
1002 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
1003 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
1005 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
1006 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
1007 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
1008 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
1009 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
1010 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
1011 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
1013 - new Sec "Documentation"
1014 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
1015 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
1016 "Being kind to porter" too
1017 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
1018 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
1019 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
1020 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
1021 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
1023 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
1024 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
1027 - update French translation
1029 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
1031 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
1034 - some grammar corrections
1035 - update French translation
1037 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
1038 anymore; closes: #135559
1039 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
1041 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
1043 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
1044 that would be welcome)
1045 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
1046 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
1047 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
1048 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
1049 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
1050 - other minor wording changes
1051 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
1052 - Ch "Package uploads":
1053 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
1054 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
1055 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
1056 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
1057 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
1058 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
1059 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
1061 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
1063 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1065 * from Martin Michlmayr
1066 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
1067 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
1068 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
1070 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
1072 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1074 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
1076 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
1077 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
1078 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
1079 - minor build tweaks
1081 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1082 * from Chris Tillman
1083 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1086 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1088 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1091 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1093 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1094 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1095 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1096 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1097 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1098 talking about uploading to distributions
1099 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1100 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1101 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1103 - French translation updated
1105 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1106 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1107 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1109 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1111 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1114 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1115 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1118 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1120 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1123 * fix a typo in a link
1124 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1125 update documentation accordingly
1127 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1128 forwarding bugs upstream
1130 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1131 entities which should be used
1132 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1133 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1135 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1137 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1139 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1140 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1141 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1142 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1144 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1147 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1149 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1151 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1153 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1154 this translation needs updating
1155 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1156 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1157 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1159 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1160 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1161 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1163 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1164 included yet, however
1166 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1168 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1170 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1172 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1173 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1175 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1177 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1179 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1181 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1182 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1183 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1185 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1187 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1189 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1192 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1193 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1194 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1195 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1196 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1197 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1198 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1199 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1200 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1201 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1202 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1203 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1205 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1206 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1207 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1208 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1209 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1211 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1213 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1214 * update copyright notice for 2001
1215 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1216 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1217 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1219 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1221 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1223 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1225 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1227 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1229 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1231 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1233 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1234 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1236 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1237 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1238 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1239 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1240 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1241 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1242 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1243 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1244 could be used if necessary
1245 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1246 mention the rsync dupload method
1247 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1249 * other small corrections
1250 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1251 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1252 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1253 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1255 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1257 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1258 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1260 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1262 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1264 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1265 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1266 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1267 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1269 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1270 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1271 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1272 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1273 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1275 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1277 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1278 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1279 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1280 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1281 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1282 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1283 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1285 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1286 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1287 - added a section about the LDAP database
1288 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1289 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1291 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1292 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1294 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1296 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1298 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1299 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1300 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1302 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1303 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1304 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1305 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1306 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1307 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1308 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1309 description from developers-reference.sgml
1311 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1313 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1315 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1316 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1318 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1320 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1321 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1322 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1323 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1324 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1325 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1326 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1327 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1328 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1329 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1331 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1332 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1333 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1334 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1336 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1337 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1338 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1339 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1340 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1341 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1342 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1343 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1344 suggestion from James Troup
1345 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1346 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1347 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1348 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1351 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1353 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1355 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1356 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1358 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1360 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1362 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1363 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1364 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1365 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1366 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1367 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1368 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1370 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1372 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1374 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1375 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1376 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1377 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1378 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1379 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1381 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1382 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1384 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1386 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1388 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1390 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1392 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1393 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1394 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1395 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1396 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1398 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1399 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1400 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1401 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1403 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1404 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1405 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1406 a normal developer may have access.
1408 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1410 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1412 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1413 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1414 step all over each other
1416 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1418 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1420 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1421 address for PGP key updates
1423 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1425 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1427 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1428 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1429 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1430 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1431 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1433 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1435 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1437 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1438 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1439 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1440 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1441 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1442 <keyring-maint> instead)
1443 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1444 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1446 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1448 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1449 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1450 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1452 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1454 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1456 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1457 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1458 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1459 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1460 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1461 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1463 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1464 tighten up the language a bit
1465 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1466 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1467 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1468 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1470 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1471 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1472 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1473 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1474 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1475 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1477 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1478 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1479 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1480 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1481 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1482 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1483 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1484 number of available packages
1485 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1486 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1488 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1490 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1492 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1495 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1497 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1499 * not officially released
1500 * more spelling corrections
1501 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1503 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1505 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1507 * not officially released
1508 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1509 * some PGP-centricity removed
1510 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1511 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1512 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1513 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1514 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1515 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1517 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1519 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1521 * not officially released
1522 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1523 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1524 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1525 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1526 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1527 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1528 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1529 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1530 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1531 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1532 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1533 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1534 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1535 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1537 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1538 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1540 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1542 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1543 take a couple of weeks
1544 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1545 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1546 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1547 excited about it and can't wait
1548 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1549 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1551 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1552 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1554 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1555 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1556 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1558 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1560 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1562 * move to 3-level version number:
1563 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1564 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1565 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1566 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1567 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1570 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1571 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1572 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1574 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1576 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1577 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1578 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1579 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1580 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1581 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1583 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1585 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1586 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1587 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1588 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1589 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1590 - "The CVS server": new section added
1591 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1593 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1594 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1595 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1596 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1597 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1598 with respect to GPG.
1599 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1600 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1601 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1602 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1603 a canonical location?)
1604 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1605 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1606 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1607 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1609 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1611 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1612 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1613 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1614 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1616 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1618 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1620 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1621 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1622 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1623 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1624 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1625 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1626 and should not be included in this Reference.
1627 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1628 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1629 maintainer tools only!
1630 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1631 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1632 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1633 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1634 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1635 * Little corrections here and there.
1636 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1637 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1640 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1642 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1644 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1645 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1646 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1648 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1649 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1650 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1651 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1652 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1653 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1654 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1655 do prior to uploading
1656 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1657 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1659 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1660 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1661 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1662 duties with respect to bugs
1663 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1664 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1665 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1667 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1668 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1669 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1670 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1671 explicit what is used to build this package
1673 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1675 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1678 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1679 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1680 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1681 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1682 * utilize the new URL tag
1683 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1686 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1688 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1690 * non-maintainer release
1691 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1692 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1693 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1694 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1695 text, it can't hurt you.)
1696 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1697 reflect this packages version number
1698 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1700 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1702 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1706 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1708 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1710 * New version numbering scheme:
1712 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1713 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1714 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1717 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1718 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1719 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1720 differ between the manuals.
1722 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1723 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1724 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1725 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1727 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1728 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1730 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1732 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1734 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1736 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1738 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1739 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1741 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1742 (as requested by James Troup)
1744 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1746 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1748 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1750 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1752 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1754 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1756 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1758 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1759 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1760 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1761 the non-maintainer release
1763 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1764 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1765 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1768 - Lots of typos fixed
1770 * Compressed SGML source code
1772 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1773 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1775 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1777 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1779 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1781 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1782 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1783 - Announcing package uploads
1784 * New section about Debian Mentors
1785 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1786 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1787 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1788 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1790 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1792 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1794 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1795 of our FTP server and the development process
1796 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1797 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1798 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1800 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1801 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1802 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1803 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1804 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1805 contacting the maintainer
1806 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1807 a new manual released soon)
1808 * Some minor changes
1809 * Include SGML source in package
1810 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1811 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1813 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1815 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1819 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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