1 developers-reference (3.4.9) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Clarify that removals from testing are possible. Closes: #678710
5 Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
6 * Reword various parts to be gender-neutral. Closes: #678712
7 Thanks to Per Andersson and Steve Langasek for the patch.
8 * Recommend usage of gender-neutral formulations in README-contrib.
9 * Fix Vcs-Browser URL. Thanks to Charles Plessy who spotted it.
10 * Document the existence of "hints" that release managers can
11 use to tweak the conditions of testing migration. Closes: #679562
12 Thanks to Paul Gevers <paul@climbing.nl> for the patch.
14 [ Translation updates ]
15 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
16 - French by David Prévot.
18 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:46:20 +0200
20 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
23 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
24 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
25 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
26 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
27 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
28 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
29 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
32 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
33 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
35 * Translation updates (complete)
36 - French by David Prévot.
37 - German by Chris Leick.
40 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
41 * Switch to xz compression for source.
42 * Clean up debian/rules by using dh (with compat level 8).
43 * Drop build-dependency on latex-cjk-xcjk since xeCJK.sty is provided
44 by texlive-xetex directly.
46 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:57:23 +0200
48 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
53 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
54 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
55 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
56 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
57 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
58 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
59 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
60 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
61 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
62 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
63 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
64 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
65 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
66 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
67 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
68 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
69 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
70 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
71 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
72 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
75 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
76 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
77 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
78 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
81 * Translation updates (all completed)
82 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
83 - German by Chris Leick.
84 - French by David Prévot.
86 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
88 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
91 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
92 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
95 * Update my email address.
96 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
97 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
98 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
99 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
100 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
101 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
104 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
106 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
111 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
112 version tracking removed that requirement.
115 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
116 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
117 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
118 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
119 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
120 needed. Closes: #619990
121 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
122 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
125 * Initial German translation.
128 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
129 * Update French translation.
130 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
131 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
132 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
135 * Update Japanese translation.
137 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
139 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
142 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
143 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
146 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
147 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
148 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
149 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
150 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
151 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
152 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
153 patch. Closes: #540231
154 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
155 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
156 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
157 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
158 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
159 for the patch. Closes: #548823
160 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
161 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
162 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
163 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
164 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
165 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
166 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
167 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
168 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
169 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
170 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
171 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
172 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
173 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
175 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
176 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
177 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
179 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
180 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
181 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
182 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
183 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
185 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
187 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
188 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
189 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
190 patch. Closes: #573110
191 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
193 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
194 multi-lines substitution variables.
197 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
198 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
199 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
200 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
201 * Activate Japanese package.
202 * Handle addendum if it exists.
204 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
206 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
208 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
209 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
211 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
213 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
215 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
216 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
218 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
220 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
222 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
223 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
224 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
225 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
226 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
227 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
228 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
229 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
230 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
231 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
232 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
233 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
234 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
235 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
236 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
237 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
238 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
239 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
240 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
241 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
242 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
243 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
245 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
247 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
250 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
254 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
255 The most important changes are:
256 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
257 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
260 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
261 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
262 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
263 distinction. Closes: #464230.
264 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
265 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
266 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
267 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
268 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
269 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
271 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
272 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
274 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
275 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
277 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
278 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
280 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
282 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
283 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
285 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
286 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
287 Closes: #512620, #510783.
289 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
291 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
294 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
295 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
296 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
297 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
298 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
299 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
300 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
301 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
303 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
305 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
308 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
309 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
310 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
311 release codenames in <literal>
312 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
313 doesn't exist anymore.
314 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
315 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
316 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
317 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
318 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
319 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
320 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
321 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
322 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
323 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
324 team before upload. Closes: #459343
325 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
326 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
327 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
328 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
329 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
330 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
331 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
333 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
334 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
336 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
337 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
338 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
339 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
340 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
341 Thomas. Closes: #485837
343 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
344 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
346 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
348 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
352 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
353 - fix debian/copyright
354 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
355 - add pdf for French version.
356 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
357 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
358 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
359 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
360 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
361 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
362 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
363 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
364 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
366 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
367 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
369 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
371 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
372 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
373 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
374 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
375 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
376 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
378 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
381 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
382 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
383 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
384 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
385 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
386 * Update information concerning Alioth.
387 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
388 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
390 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
391 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
393 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
396 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
398 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
400 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
402 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
403 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
405 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
406 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
407 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
409 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
410 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
411 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
413 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
414 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
415 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
416 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
417 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
418 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
419 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
420 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
421 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
422 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
423 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
424 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
426 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
427 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
428 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
429 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
430 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
431 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
432 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
433 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
434 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
435 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
439 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
441 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
443 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
446 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
447 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
448 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
449 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
450 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
451 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
453 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
455 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
457 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
459 - non-us discontinued.
460 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
462 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
463 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
464 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
465 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
466 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
467 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
468 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
469 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
470 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
471 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
472 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
473 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
474 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
475 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
476 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
477 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
478 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
479 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
481 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
482 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
484 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
487 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
489 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
491 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
494 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
495 - madison is on merkel.
496 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
497 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
498 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
499 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
500 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
501 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
503 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
504 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
505 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
506 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
507 - sync NM rules with reality.
509 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
511 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
513 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
516 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
517 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
518 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
519 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
520 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
521 - spelling, grammer fixes.
522 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
523 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
524 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
525 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
526 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
527 - add myself to uploaders.
528 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
529 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
530 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
531 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
532 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
533 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
534 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
535 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
536 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
537 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
538 - rewrote the NMU section, and
539 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
540 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
541 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
542 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
543 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
544 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
545 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
546 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
548 - Security uploads get urgency=high
549 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
551 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
553 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
555 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
558 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
559 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
560 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
561 - documented Alioth, somewhat
563 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
564 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
566 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
567 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
568 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
569 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
573 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
575 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
576 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
577 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
578 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
581 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
583 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
586 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
588 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
589 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
590 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
592 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
593 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
594 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
595 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
598 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
600 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
601 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
602 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
603 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
604 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
606 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
607 it clear these are special cases
608 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
610 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
612 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
614 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
617 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
618 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
620 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
622 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
624 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
627 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
629 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
630 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
631 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
633 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
634 - the synopsis formula changed to either
635 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
637 <package-name> is <synopsis>
639 <package-name> are <synopsis>
641 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
642 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
643 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
644 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
645 package; closes: #187143
647 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
649 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
652 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
653 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
655 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
657 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
658 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
659 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
660 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
661 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
662 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
663 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
664 right places in the document, closes: #172897
665 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
669 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
671 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
672 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
673 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
674 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
675 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
676 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
677 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
679 - editorial changes on material added in this version
680 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
681 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
682 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
683 closes: #139957, #108416
684 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
685 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
687 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
689 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
692 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
694 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
695 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
696 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
697 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
699 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
700 for best practices for documentation
701 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
702 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
703 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
704 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
706 - spell-checking pass
708 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
710 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
713 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
714 descriptions" moved under there
715 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
716 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
717 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
718 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
719 the document where these tools are discussed
720 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
721 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
722 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
723 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
724 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
725 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
727 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
728 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
729 that can be fixed by DDP folks
730 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
731 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
732 - simply PS and PDF building rules
734 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
736 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
739 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
740 section and adjusted links
741 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
743 - ChangeLog attribution updates
744 - fix typos, closes: #171781
745 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
746 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
747 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
748 for debian/rules", and write an intro
749 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
750 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
751 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
752 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
753 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
754 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
755 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
756 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
757 "Internationalization"
758 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
759 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
760 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
761 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
762 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
763 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
764 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
765 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
766 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
768 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
769 rather useless and broken
770 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
771 names and the first word
772 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
773 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
774 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
776 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
777 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
778 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
780 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
782 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
785 - DDP publishing update
787 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
788 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
789 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
790 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
792 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
794 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
797 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
798 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
799 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
801 - added myself as co-author
802 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
804 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
805 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
807 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
808 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
810 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
812 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
815 - Corrected several errors with —
816 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
817 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
818 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
819 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
820 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
821 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
822 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
824 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
825 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
826 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
827 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
828 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
829 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
830 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
831 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
832 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
834 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
835 descriptions". closes: #158609
836 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
837 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
838 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
839 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
840 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
842 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
843 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
844 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
845 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
846 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
847 - updated the mailing lists section
849 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
850 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
853 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
855 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
858 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
859 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
861 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
863 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
864 Ch "The Debian Archive"
866 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
868 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
869 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
870 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
871 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
872 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
874 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
875 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
876 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
877 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
878 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
879 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
880 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
882 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
883 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
886 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
887 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
888 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
889 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
890 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
891 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
892 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
893 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
894 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
895 work-around with <...>
896 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
897 - update copyright date
898 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
899 - spell check and grammar corrections
903 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
905 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
906 recompile"; closes: #102626
907 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
908 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
909 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
910 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
911 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
913 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
914 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
915 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
917 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
919 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
920 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
921 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
922 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
923 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
924 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
925 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
926 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
927 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
929 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
931 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
933 - updated the list of available architectures.
934 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
935 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
936 of the package and nothing more.
937 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
938 any pain to the ftpmasters.
939 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
940 the use of the delayed queue.
941 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
942 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
944 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
945 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
946 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
947 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
948 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
949 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
950 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
952 - new Sec "Documentation"
953 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
954 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
955 "Being kind to porter" too
956 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
957 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
958 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
959 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
960 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
962 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
963 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
966 - update French translation
968 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
970 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
973 - some grammar corrections
974 - update French translation
976 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
977 anymore; closes: #135559
978 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
980 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
982 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
983 that would be welcome)
984 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
985 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
986 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
987 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
988 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
989 - other minor wording changes
990 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
991 - Ch "Package uploads":
992 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
993 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
994 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
995 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
996 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
997 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
998 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
1000 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
1002 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1004 * from Martin Michlmayr
1005 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
1006 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
1007 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
1009 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
1011 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1013 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
1015 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
1016 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
1017 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
1018 - minor build tweaks
1020 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1021 * from Chris Tillman
1022 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1025 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1027 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1030 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1032 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1033 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1034 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1035 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1036 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1037 talking about uploading to distributions
1038 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1039 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1040 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1042 - French translation updated
1044 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1045 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1046 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1048 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1050 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1053 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1054 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1057 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1059 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1062 * fix a typo in a link
1063 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1064 update documentation accordingly
1066 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1067 forwarding bugs upstream
1069 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1070 entities which should be used
1071 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1072 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1074 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1076 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1078 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1079 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1080 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1081 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1083 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1086 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1088 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1090 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1092 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1093 this translation needs updating
1094 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1095 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1096 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1098 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1099 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1100 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1102 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1103 included yet, however
1105 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1107 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1109 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1111 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1112 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1114 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1116 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1118 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1120 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1121 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1122 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1124 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1126 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1128 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1131 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1132 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1133 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1134 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1135 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1136 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1137 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1138 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1139 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1140 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1141 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1142 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1144 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1145 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1146 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1147 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1148 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1150 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1152 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1153 * update copyright notice for 2001
1154 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1155 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1156 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1158 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1160 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1162 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1164 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1166 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1168 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1170 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1172 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1173 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1175 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1176 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1177 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1178 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1179 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1180 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1181 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1182 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1183 could be used if necessary
1184 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1185 mention the rsync dupload method
1186 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1188 * other small corrections
1189 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1190 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1191 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1192 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1194 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1196 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1197 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1199 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1201 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1203 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1204 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1205 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1206 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1208 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1209 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1210 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1211 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1212 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1214 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1216 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1217 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1218 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1219 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1220 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1221 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1222 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1224 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1225 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1226 - added a section about the LDAP database
1227 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1228 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1230 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1231 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1233 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1235 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1237 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1238 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1239 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1241 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1242 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1243 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1244 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1245 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1246 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1247 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1248 description from developers-reference.sgml
1250 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1252 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1254 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1255 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1257 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1259 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1260 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1261 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1262 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1263 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1264 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1265 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1266 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1267 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1268 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1270 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1271 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1272 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1273 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1275 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1276 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1277 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1278 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1279 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1280 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1281 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1282 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1283 suggestion from James Troup
1284 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1285 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1286 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1287 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1290 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1292 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1294 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1295 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1297 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1299 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1301 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1302 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1303 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1304 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1305 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1306 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1307 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1309 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1311 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1313 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1314 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1315 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1316 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1317 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1318 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1320 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1321 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1323 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1325 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1327 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1329 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1331 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1332 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1333 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1334 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1335 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1337 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1338 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1339 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1340 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1342 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1343 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1344 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1345 a normal developer may have access.
1347 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1349 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1351 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1352 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1353 step all over each other
1355 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1357 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1359 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1360 address for PGP key updates
1362 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1364 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1366 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1367 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1368 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1369 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1370 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1372 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1374 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1376 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1377 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1378 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1379 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1380 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1381 <keyring-maint> instead)
1382 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1383 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1385 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1387 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1388 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1389 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1391 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1393 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1395 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1396 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1397 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1398 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1399 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1400 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1402 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1403 tighten up the language a bit
1404 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1405 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1406 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1407 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1409 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1410 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1411 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1412 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1413 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1414 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1416 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1417 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1418 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1419 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1420 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1421 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1422 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1423 number of available packages
1424 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1425 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1427 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1429 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1431 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1434 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1436 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1438 * not officially released
1439 * more spelling corrections
1440 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1442 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1444 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1446 * not officially released
1447 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1448 * some PGP-centricity removed
1449 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1450 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1451 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1452 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1453 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1454 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1456 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1458 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1460 * not officially released
1461 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1462 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1463 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1464 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1465 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1466 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1467 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1468 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1469 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1470 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1471 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1472 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1473 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1474 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1476 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1477 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1479 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1481 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1482 take a couple of weeks
1483 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1484 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1485 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1486 excited about it and can't wait
1487 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1488 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1490 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1491 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1493 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1494 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1495 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1497 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1499 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1501 * move to 3-level version number:
1502 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1503 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1504 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1505 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1506 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1509 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1510 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1511 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1513 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1515 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1516 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1517 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1518 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1519 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1520 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1522 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1524 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1525 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1526 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1527 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1528 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1529 - "The CVS server": new section added
1530 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1532 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1533 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1534 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1535 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1536 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1537 with respect to GPG.
1538 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1539 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1540 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1541 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1542 a canonical location?)
1543 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1544 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1545 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1546 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1548 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1550 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1551 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1552 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1553 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1555 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1557 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1559 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1560 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1561 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1562 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1563 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1564 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1565 and should not be included in this Reference.
1566 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1567 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1568 maintainer tools only!
1569 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1570 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1571 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1572 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1573 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1574 * Little corrections here and there.
1575 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1576 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1579 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1581 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1583 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1584 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1585 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1587 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1588 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1589 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1590 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1591 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1592 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1593 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1594 do prior to uploading
1595 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1596 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1598 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1599 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1600 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1601 duties with respect to bugs
1602 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1603 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1604 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1606 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1607 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1608 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1609 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1610 explicit what is used to build this package
1612 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1614 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1617 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1618 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1619 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1620 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1621 * utilize the new URL tag
1622 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1625 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1627 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1629 * non-maintainer release
1630 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1631 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1632 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1633 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1634 text, it can't hurt you.)
1635 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1636 reflect this packages version number
1637 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1639 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1641 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1645 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1647 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1649 * New version numbering scheme:
1651 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1652 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1653 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1656 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1657 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1658 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1659 differ between the manuals.
1661 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1662 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1663 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1664 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1666 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1667 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1669 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1671 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1673 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1675 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1677 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1678 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1680 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1681 (as requested by James Troup)
1683 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1685 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1687 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1689 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1691 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1693 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1695 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1697 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1698 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1699 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1700 the non-maintainer release
1702 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1703 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1704 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1707 - Lots of typos fixed
1709 * Compressed SGML source code
1711 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1712 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1714 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1716 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1718 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1720 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1721 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1722 - Announcing package uploads
1723 * New section about Debian Mentors
1724 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1725 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1726 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1727 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1729 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1731 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1733 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1734 of our FTP server and the development process
1735 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1736 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1737 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1739 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1740 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1741 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1742 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1743 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1744 contacting the maintainer
1745 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1746 a new manual released soon)
1747 * Some minor changes
1748 * Include SGML source in package
1749 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1750 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1752 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1754 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1758 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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