1 developers-reference (3.4.8) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
6 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
7 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
8 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
9 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
10 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
11 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
12 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
15 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
16 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
18 * Translation updates (complete)
19 - French by David Prévot.
20 - German by Chris Leick.
23 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
24 * Switch to xz compression for source.
26 -- Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:54:05 +0900
28 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
33 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
34 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
35 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
36 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
37 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
38 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
39 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
40 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
41 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
42 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
43 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
44 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
45 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
46 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
47 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
48 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
49 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
50 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
51 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
52 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
55 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
56 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
57 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
58 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
61 * Translation updates (all completed)
62 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
63 - German by Chris Leick.
64 - French by David Prévot.
66 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
68 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
71 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
72 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
75 * Update my email address.
76 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
77 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
78 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
79 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
80 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
81 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
84 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
86 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
91 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
92 version tracking removed that requirement.
95 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
96 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
97 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
98 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
99 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
100 needed. Closes: #619990
101 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
102 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
105 * Initial German translation.
108 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
109 * Update French translation.
110 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
111 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
112 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
115 * Update Japanese translation.
117 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
119 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
122 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
123 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
126 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
127 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
128 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
129 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
130 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
131 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
132 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
133 patch. Closes: #540231
134 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
135 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
136 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
137 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
138 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
139 for the patch. Closes: #548823
140 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
141 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
142 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
143 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
144 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
145 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
146 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
147 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
148 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
149 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
150 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
151 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
152 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
153 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
155 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
156 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
157 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
159 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
160 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
161 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
162 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
163 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
165 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
167 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
168 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
169 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
170 patch. Closes: #573110
171 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
173 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
174 multi-lines substitution variables.
177 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
178 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
179 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
180 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
181 * Activate Japanese package.
182 * Handle addendum if it exists.
184 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
186 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
188 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
189 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
191 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
193 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
195 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
196 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
198 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
200 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
202 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
203 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
204 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
205 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
206 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
207 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
208 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
209 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
210 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
211 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
212 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
213 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
214 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
215 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
216 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
217 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
218 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
219 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
220 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
221 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
222 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
223 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
225 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
227 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
230 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
234 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
235 The most important changes are:
236 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
237 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
240 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
241 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
242 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
243 distinction. Closes: #464230.
244 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
245 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
246 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
247 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
248 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
249 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
251 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
252 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
254 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
255 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
257 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
258 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
260 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
262 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
263 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
265 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
266 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
267 Closes: #512620, #510783.
269 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
271 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
274 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
275 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
276 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
277 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
278 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
279 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
280 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
281 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
283 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
285 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
288 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
289 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
290 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
291 release codenames in <literal>
292 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
293 doesn't exist anymore.
294 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
295 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
296 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
297 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
298 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
299 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
300 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
301 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
302 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
303 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
304 team before upload. Closes: #459343
305 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
306 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
307 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
308 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
309 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
310 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
311 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
313 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
314 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
316 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
317 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
318 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
319 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
320 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
321 Thomas. Closes: #485837
323 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
324 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
326 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
328 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
332 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
333 - fix debian/copyright
334 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
335 - add pdf for French version.
336 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
337 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
338 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
339 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
340 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
341 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
342 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
343 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
344 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
346 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
347 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
349 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
351 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
352 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
353 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
354 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
355 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
356 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
358 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
361 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
362 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
363 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
364 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
365 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
366 * Update information concerning Alioth.
367 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
368 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
370 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
371 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
373 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
376 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
378 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
380 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
382 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
383 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
385 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
386 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
387 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
389 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
390 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
391 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
393 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
394 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
395 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
396 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
397 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
398 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
399 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
400 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
401 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
402 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
403 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
404 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
406 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
407 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
408 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
409 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
410 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
411 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
412 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
413 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
414 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
415 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
419 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
421 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
423 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
426 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
427 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
428 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
429 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
430 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
431 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
433 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
435 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
437 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
439 - non-us discontinued.
440 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
442 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
443 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
444 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
445 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
446 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
447 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
448 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
449 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
450 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
451 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
452 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
453 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
454 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
455 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
456 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
457 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
458 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
459 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
461 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
462 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
464 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
467 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
469 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
471 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
474 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
475 - madison is on merkel.
476 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
477 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
478 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
479 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
480 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
481 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
483 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
484 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
485 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
486 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
487 - sync NM rules with reality.
489 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
491 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
493 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
496 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
497 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
498 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
499 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
500 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
501 - spelling, grammer fixes.
502 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
503 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
504 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
505 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
506 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
507 - add myself to uploaders.
508 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
509 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
510 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
511 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
512 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
513 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
514 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
515 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
516 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
517 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
518 - rewrote the NMU section, and
519 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
520 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
521 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
522 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
523 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
524 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
525 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
526 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
528 - Security uploads get urgency=high
529 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
531 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
533 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
535 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
538 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
539 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
540 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
541 - documented Alioth, somewhat
543 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
544 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
546 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
547 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
548 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
549 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
553 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
555 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
556 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
557 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
558 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
561 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
563 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
566 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
568 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
569 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
570 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
572 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
573 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
574 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
575 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
578 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
580 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
581 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
582 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
583 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
584 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
586 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
587 it clear these are special cases
588 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
590 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
592 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
594 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
597 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
598 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
600 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
602 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
604 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
607 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
609 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
610 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
611 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
613 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
614 - the synopsis formula changed to either
615 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
617 <package-name> is <synopsis>
619 <package-name> are <synopsis>
621 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
622 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
623 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
624 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
625 package; closes: #187143
627 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
629 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
632 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
633 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
635 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
637 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
638 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
639 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
640 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
641 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
642 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
643 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
644 right places in the document, closes: #172897
645 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
649 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
651 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
652 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
653 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
654 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
655 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
656 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
657 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
659 - editorial changes on material added in this version
660 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
661 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
662 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
663 closes: #139957, #108416
664 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
665 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
667 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
669 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
672 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
674 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
675 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
676 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
677 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
679 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
680 for best practices for documentation
681 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
682 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
683 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
684 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
686 - spell-checking pass
688 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
690 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
693 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
694 descriptions" moved under there
695 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
696 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
697 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
698 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
699 the document where these tools are discussed
700 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
701 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
702 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
703 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
704 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
705 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
707 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
708 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
709 that can be fixed by DDP folks
710 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
711 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
712 - simply PS and PDF building rules
714 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
716 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
719 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
720 section and adjusted links
721 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
723 - ChangeLog attribution updates
724 - fix typos, closes: #171781
725 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
726 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
727 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
728 for debian/rules", and write an intro
729 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
730 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
731 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
732 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
733 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
734 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
735 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
736 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
737 "Internationalization"
738 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
739 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
740 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
741 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
742 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
743 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
744 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
745 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
746 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
748 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
749 rather useless and broken
750 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
751 names and the first word
752 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
753 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
754 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
756 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
757 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
758 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
760 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
762 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
765 - DDP publishing update
767 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
768 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
769 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
770 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
772 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
774 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
777 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
778 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
779 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
781 - added myself as co-author
782 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
784 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
785 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
787 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
788 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
790 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
792 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
795 - Corrected several errors with —
796 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
797 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
798 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
799 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
800 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
801 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
802 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
804 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
805 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
806 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
807 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
808 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
809 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
810 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
811 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
812 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
814 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
815 descriptions". closes: #158609
816 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
817 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
818 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
819 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
820 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
822 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
823 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
824 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
825 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
826 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
827 - updated the mailing lists section
829 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
830 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
833 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
835 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
838 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
839 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
841 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
843 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
844 Ch "The Debian Archive"
846 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
848 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
849 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
850 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
851 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
852 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
854 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
855 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
856 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
857 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
858 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
859 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
860 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
862 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
863 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
866 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
867 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
868 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
869 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
870 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
871 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
872 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
873 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
874 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
875 work-around with <...>
876 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
877 - update copyright date
878 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
879 - spell check and grammar corrections
883 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
885 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
886 recompile"; closes: #102626
887 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
888 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
889 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
890 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
891 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
893 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
894 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
895 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
897 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
899 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
900 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
901 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
902 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
903 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
904 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
905 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
906 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
907 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
909 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
911 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
913 - updated the list of available architectures.
914 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
915 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
916 of the package and nothing more.
917 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
918 any pain to the ftpmasters.
919 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
920 the use of the delayed queue.
921 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
922 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
924 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
925 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
926 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
927 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
928 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
929 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
930 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
932 - new Sec "Documentation"
933 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
934 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
935 "Being kind to porter" too
936 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
937 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
938 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
939 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
940 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
942 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
943 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
946 - update French translation
948 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
950 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
953 - some grammar corrections
954 - update French translation
956 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
957 anymore; closes: #135559
958 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
960 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
962 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
963 that would be welcome)
964 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
965 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
966 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
967 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
968 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
969 - other minor wording changes
970 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
971 - Ch "Package uploads":
972 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
973 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
974 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
975 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
976 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
977 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
978 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
980 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
982 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
984 * from Martin Michlmayr
985 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
986 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
987 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
989 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
991 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
993 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
995 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
996 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
997 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
1000 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1001 * from Chris Tillman
1002 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1005 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1007 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1010 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1012 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1013 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1014 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1015 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1016 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1017 talking about uploading to distributions
1018 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1019 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1020 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1022 - French translation updated
1024 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1025 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1026 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1028 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1030 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1033 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1034 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1037 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1039 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1042 * fix a typo in a link
1043 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1044 update documentation accordingly
1046 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1047 forwarding bugs upstream
1049 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1050 entities which should be used
1051 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1052 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1054 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1056 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1058 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1059 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1060 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1061 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1063 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1066 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1068 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1070 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1072 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1073 this translation needs updating
1074 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1075 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1076 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1078 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1079 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1080 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1082 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1083 included yet, however
1085 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1087 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1089 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1091 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1092 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1094 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1096 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1098 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1100 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1101 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1102 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1104 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1106 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1108 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1111 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1112 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1113 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1114 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1115 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1116 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1117 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1118 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1119 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1120 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1121 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1122 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1124 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1125 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1126 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1127 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1128 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1130 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1132 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1133 * update copyright notice for 2001
1134 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1135 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1136 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1138 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1140 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1142 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1144 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1146 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1148 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1150 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1152 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1153 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1155 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1156 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1157 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1158 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1159 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1160 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1161 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1162 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1163 could be used if necessary
1164 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1165 mention the rsync dupload method
1166 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1168 * other small corrections
1169 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1170 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1171 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1172 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1174 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1176 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1177 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1179 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1181 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1183 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1184 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1185 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1186 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1188 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1189 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1190 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1191 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1192 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1194 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1196 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1197 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1198 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1199 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1200 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1201 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1202 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1204 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1205 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1206 - added a section about the LDAP database
1207 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1208 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1210 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1211 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1213 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1215 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1217 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1218 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1219 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1221 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1222 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1223 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1224 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1225 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1226 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1227 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1228 description from developers-reference.sgml
1230 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1232 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1234 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1235 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1237 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1239 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1240 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1241 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1242 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1243 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1244 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1245 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1246 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1247 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1248 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1250 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1251 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1252 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1253 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1255 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1256 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1257 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1258 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1259 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1260 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1261 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1262 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1263 suggestion from James Troup
1264 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1265 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1266 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1267 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1270 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1272 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1274 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1275 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1277 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1279 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1281 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1282 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1283 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1284 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1285 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1286 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1287 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1289 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1291 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1293 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1294 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1295 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1296 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1297 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1298 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1300 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1301 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1303 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1305 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1307 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1309 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1311 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1312 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1313 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1314 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1315 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1317 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1318 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1319 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1320 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1322 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1323 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1324 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1325 a normal developer may have access.
1327 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1329 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1331 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1332 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1333 step all over each other
1335 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1337 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1339 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1340 address for PGP key updates
1342 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1344 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1346 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1347 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1348 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1349 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1350 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1352 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1354 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1356 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1357 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1358 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1359 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1360 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1361 <keyring-maint> instead)
1362 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1363 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1365 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1367 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1368 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1369 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1371 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1373 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1375 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1376 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1377 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1378 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1379 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1380 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1382 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1383 tighten up the language a bit
1384 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1385 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1386 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1387 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1389 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1390 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1391 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1392 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1393 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1394 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1396 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1397 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1398 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1399 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1400 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1401 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1402 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1403 number of available packages
1404 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1405 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1407 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1409 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1411 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1414 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1416 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1418 * not officially released
1419 * more spelling corrections
1420 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1422 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1424 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1426 * not officially released
1427 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1428 * some PGP-centricity removed
1429 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1430 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1431 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1432 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1433 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1434 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1436 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1438 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1440 * not officially released
1441 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1442 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1443 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1444 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1445 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1446 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1447 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1448 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1449 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1450 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1451 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1452 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1453 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1454 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1456 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1457 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1459 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1461 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1462 take a couple of weeks
1463 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1464 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1465 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1466 excited about it and can't wait
1467 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1468 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1470 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1471 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1473 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1474 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1475 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1477 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1479 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1481 * move to 3-level version number:
1482 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1483 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1484 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1485 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1486 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1489 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1490 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1491 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1493 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1495 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1496 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1497 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1498 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1499 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1500 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1502 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1504 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1505 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1506 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1507 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1508 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1509 - "The CVS server": new section added
1510 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1512 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1513 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1514 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1515 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1516 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1517 with respect to GPG.
1518 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1519 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1520 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1521 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1522 a canonical location?)
1523 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1524 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1525 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1526 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1528 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1530 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1531 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1532 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1533 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1535 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1537 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1539 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1540 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1541 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1542 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1543 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1544 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1545 and should not be included in this Reference.
1546 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1547 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1548 maintainer tools only!
1549 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1550 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1551 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1552 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1553 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1554 * Little corrections here and there.
1555 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1556 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1559 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1561 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1563 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1564 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1565 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1567 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1568 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1569 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1570 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1571 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1572 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1573 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1574 do prior to uploading
1575 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1576 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1578 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1579 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1580 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1581 duties with respect to bugs
1582 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1583 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1584 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1586 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1587 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1588 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1589 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1590 explicit what is used to build this package
1592 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1594 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1597 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1598 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1599 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1600 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1601 * utilize the new URL tag
1602 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1605 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1607 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1609 * non-maintainer release
1610 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1611 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1612 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1613 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1614 text, it can't hurt you.)
1615 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1616 reflect this packages version number
1617 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1619 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1621 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1625 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1627 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1629 * New version numbering scheme:
1631 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1632 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1633 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1636 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1637 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1638 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1639 differ between the manuals.
1641 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1642 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1643 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1644 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1646 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1647 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1649 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1651 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1653 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1655 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1657 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1658 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1660 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1661 (as requested by James Troup)
1663 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1665 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1667 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1669 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1671 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1673 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1675 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1677 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1678 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1679 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1680 the non-maintainer release
1682 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1683 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1684 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1687 - Lots of typos fixed
1689 * Compressed SGML source code
1691 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1692 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1694 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1696 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1698 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1700 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1701 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1702 - Announcing package uploads
1703 * New section about Debian Mentors
1704 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1705 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1706 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1707 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1709 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1711 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1713 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1714 of our FTP server and the development process
1715 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1716 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1717 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1719 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1720 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1721 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1722 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1723 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1724 contacting the maintainer
1725 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1726 a new manual released soon)
1727 * Some minor changes
1728 * Include SGML source in package
1729 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1730 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1732 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1734 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1738 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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