1 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
4 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
5 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
6 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557
7 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
8 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
10 - Security uploads get urgency=high
11 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
13 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 5 Sep 2004 12:48:32 -0600
15 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
18 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
19 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
20 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
21 - documented Alioth, somewhat
23 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
24 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
26 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
27 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
28 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
29 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
33 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
35 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
36 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
37 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
38 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
41 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
43 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
46 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
48 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
49 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
50 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
52 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
53 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
54 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
55 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
58 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
60 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
61 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
62 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
63 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
64 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
66 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
67 it clear these are special cases
68 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
70 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
72 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
74 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
77 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
78 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
80 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
82 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
84 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
87 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
89 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
90 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
91 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
93 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
94 - the synopsis formula changed to either
95 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
97 <package-name> is <synopsis>
99 <package-name> are <synopsis>
101 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
102 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
103 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
104 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
105 package; closes: #187143
107 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
109 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
112 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
113 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
115 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
117 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
118 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
119 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
120 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
121 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
122 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
123 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
124 right places in the document, closes: #172897
125 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
129 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
131 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
132 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
133 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
134 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
135 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
136 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
137 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
139 - editorial changes on material added in this version
140 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
141 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
142 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
143 closes: #139957, #108416
144 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
145 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
147 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
149 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
152 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
154 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
155 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
156 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
157 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
159 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
160 for best practices for documentation
161 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
162 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
163 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
164 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
166 - spell-checking pass
168 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
170 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
173 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
174 descriptions" moved under there
175 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
176 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
177 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
178 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
179 the document where these tools are discussed
180 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
181 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
182 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
183 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
184 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
185 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
187 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
188 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
189 that can be fixed by DDP folks
190 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
191 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
192 - simply PS and PDF building rules
194 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
196 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
199 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
200 section and adjusted links
201 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
203 - ChangeLog attribution updates
204 - fix typos, closes: #171781
205 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
206 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
207 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
208 for debian/rules", and write an intro
209 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
210 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
211 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
212 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
213 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
214 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
215 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
216 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
217 "Internationalization"
218 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
219 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
220 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
221 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
222 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
223 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
224 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
225 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
226 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
228 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
229 rather useless and broken
230 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
231 names and the first word
232 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
233 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
234 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
236 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
237 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
238 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
240 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
242 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
245 - DDP publishing update
247 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
248 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
249 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
250 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
252 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
254 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
257 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
258 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
259 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
261 - added myself as co-author
262 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
264 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
265 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
267 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
268 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
270 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
272 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
275 - Corrected several errors with —
276 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
277 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
278 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
279 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
280 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
281 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
282 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
284 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
285 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
286 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
287 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
288 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
289 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
290 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
291 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
292 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
294 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
295 descriptions". closes: #158609
296 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
297 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
298 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
299 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
300 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
302 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
303 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
304 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
305 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
306 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
307 - updated the mailing lists section
309 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
310 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
313 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
315 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
318 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
319 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
321 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
323 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
324 Ch "The Debian Archive"
326 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
328 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
329 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
330 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
331 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
332 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
334 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
335 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
336 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
337 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
338 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
339 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
340 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
342 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
343 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
346 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
347 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
348 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
349 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
350 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
351 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
352 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
353 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
354 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
355 work-around with <...>
356 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
357 - update copyright date
358 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
359 - spell check and grammar corrections
363 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
365 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
366 recompile"; closes: #102626
367 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
368 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
369 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
370 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
371 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
373 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
374 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
375 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
377 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
379 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
380 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
381 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
382 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
383 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
384 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
385 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
386 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
387 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
389 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
391 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
393 - updated the list of available architectures.
394 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
395 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
396 of the package and nothing more.
397 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
398 any pain to the ftpmasters.
399 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
400 the use of the delayed queue.
401 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
402 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
404 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
405 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
406 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
407 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
408 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
409 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
410 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
412 - new Sec "Documentation"
413 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
414 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
415 "Being kind to porter" too
416 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
417 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
418 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
419 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
420 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
422 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
423 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
426 - update French translation
428 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
430 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
433 - some grammar corrections
434 - update French translation
436 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
437 anymore; closes: #135559
438 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
440 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
442 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
443 that would be welcome)
444 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
445 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
446 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
447 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
448 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
449 - other minor wording changes
450 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
451 - Ch "Package uploads":
452 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
453 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
454 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
455 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
456 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
457 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
458 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
460 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
462 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
464 * from Martin Michlmayr
465 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
466 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
467 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
469 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
471 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
473 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
475 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
476 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
477 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
480 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
482 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
485 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
487 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
490 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
492 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
493 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
494 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
495 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
496 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
497 talking about uploading to distributions
498 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
499 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
500 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
502 - French translation updated
504 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
505 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
506 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
508 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
510 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
513 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
514 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
517 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
519 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
522 * fix a typo in a link
523 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
524 update documentation accordingly
526 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
527 forwarding bugs upstream
529 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
530 entities which should be used
531 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
532 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
534 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
536 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
538 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
539 * French version: completely up-to-date now
540 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
541 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
543 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
546 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
548 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
550 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
552 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
553 this translation needs updating
554 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
555 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
556 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
558 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
559 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
560 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
562 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
563 included yet, however
565 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
567 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
569 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
571 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
572 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
574 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
576 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
578 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
580 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
581 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
582 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
584 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
586 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
588 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
591 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
592 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
593 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
594 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
595 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
596 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
597 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
598 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
599 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
600 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
601 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
602 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
604 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
605 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
606 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
607 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
608 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
610 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
612 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
613 * update copyright notice for 2001
614 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
615 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
616 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
618 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
620 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
622 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
624 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
626 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
628 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
630 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
632 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
633 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
635 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
636 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
637 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
638 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
639 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
640 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
641 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
642 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
643 could be used if necessary
644 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
645 mention the rsync dupload method
646 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
648 * other small corrections
649 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
650 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
651 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
652 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
654 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
656 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
657 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
659 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
661 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
663 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
664 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
665 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
666 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
668 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
669 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
670 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
671 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
672 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
674 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
676 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
677 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
678 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
679 team (closes: Bug#52906)
680 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
681 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
682 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
684 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
685 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
686 - added a section about the LDAP database
687 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
688 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
690 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
691 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
693 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
695 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
697 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
698 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
699 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
701 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
702 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
703 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
704 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
705 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
706 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
707 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
708 description from developers-reference.sgml
710 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
712 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
714 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
715 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
717 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
719 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
720 releases are available at archive.debian.org
721 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
722 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
723 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
724 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
725 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
726 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
727 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
728 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
730 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
731 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
732 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
733 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
735 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
736 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
737 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
738 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
739 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
740 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
741 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
742 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
743 suggestion from James Troup
744 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
745 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
746 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
747 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
750 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
752 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
754 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
755 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
757 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
759 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
761 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
762 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
763 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
764 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
765 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
766 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
767 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
769 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
771 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
773 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
774 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
775 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
776 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
777 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
778 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
780 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
781 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
783 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
785 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
787 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
789 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
791 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
792 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
793 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
794 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
795 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
797 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
798 with intro; demoted server sections under that
799 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
800 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
802 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
803 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
804 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
805 a normal developer may have access.
807 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
809 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
811 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
812 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
813 step all over each other
815 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
817 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
819 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
820 address for PGP key updates
822 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
824 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
826 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
827 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
828 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
829 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
830 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
832 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
834 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
836 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
837 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
838 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
839 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
840 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
841 <keyring-maint> instead)
842 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
843 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
845 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
847 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
848 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
849 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
851 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
853 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
855 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
856 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
857 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
858 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
859 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
860 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
862 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
863 tighten up the language a bit
864 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
865 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
866 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
867 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
869 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
870 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
871 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
872 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
873 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
874 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
876 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
877 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
878 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
879 about how to depart Debian gracefully
880 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
881 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
882 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
883 number of available packages
884 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
885 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
887 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
889 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
891 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
894 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
896 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
898 * not officially released
899 * more spelling corrections
900 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
902 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
904 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
906 * not officially released
907 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
908 * some PGP-centricity removed
909 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
910 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
911 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
912 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
913 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
914 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
916 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
918 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
920 * not officially released
921 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
922 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
923 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
924 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
925 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
926 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
927 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
928 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
929 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
930 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
931 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
932 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
933 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
934 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
936 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
937 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
939 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
941 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
942 take a couple of weeks
943 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
944 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
945 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
946 excited about it and can't wait
947 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
948 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
950 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
951 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
953 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
954 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
955 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
957 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
959 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
961 * move to 3-level version number:
962 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
963 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
964 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
965 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
966 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
969 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
970 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
971 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
973 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
975 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
976 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
977 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
978 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
979 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
980 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
982 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
984 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
985 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
986 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
987 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
988 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
989 - "The CVS server": new section added
990 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
992 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
993 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
994 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
995 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
996 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
998 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
999 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1000 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1001 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1002 a canonical location?)
1003 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1004 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1005 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1006 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1008 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1010 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1011 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1012 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1013 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1015 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1017 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1019 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1020 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1021 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1022 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1023 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1024 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1025 and should not be included in this Reference.
1026 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1027 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1028 maintainer tools only!
1029 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1030 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1031 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1032 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1033 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1034 * Little corrections here and there.
1035 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1036 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1039 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1041 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1043 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1044 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1045 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1047 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1048 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1049 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1050 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1051 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1052 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1053 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1054 do prior to uploading
1055 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1056 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1058 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1059 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1060 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1061 duties with respect to bugs
1062 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1063 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1064 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1066 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1067 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1068 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1069 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1070 explicit what is used to build this package
1072 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1074 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1077 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1078 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1079 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1080 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1081 * utilize the new URL tag
1082 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1085 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1087 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1089 * non-maintainer release
1090 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1091 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1092 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1093 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1094 text, it can't hurt you.)
1095 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1096 reflect this packages version number
1097 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1099 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1101 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1105 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1107 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1109 * New version numbering scheme:
1111 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1112 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1113 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1116 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1117 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1118 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1119 differ between the manuals.
1121 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1122 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1123 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1124 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1126 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1127 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1129 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1131 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1133 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1135 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1137 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1138 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1140 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1141 (as requested by James Troup)
1143 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1145 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1147 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1149 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1151 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1153 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1155 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1157 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1158 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1159 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1160 the non-maintainer release
1162 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1163 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1164 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1167 - Lots of typos fixed
1169 * Compressed SGML source code
1171 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1172 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1174 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1176 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1178 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1180 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1181 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1182 - Announcing package uploads
1183 * New section about Debian Mentors
1184 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1185 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1186 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1187 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1189 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1191 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1193 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1194 of our FTP server and the development process
1195 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1196 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1197 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1199 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1200 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1201 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1202 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1203 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1204 contacting the maintainer
1205 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1206 a new manual released soon)
1207 * Some minor changes
1208 * Include SGML source in package
1209 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1210 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1212 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1214 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1218 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200