1 developers-reference (3.4.9) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Clarify that removals from testing are possible. Closes: #678710
4 Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
5 * Reword various parts to be gender-neutral. Closes: #678712
6 Thanks to Per Andersson and Steve Langasek for the patch.
7 * Recommend usage of gender-neutral formulations in README-contrib.
8 * Fix Vcs-Browser URL. Thanks to Charles Plessy who spotted it.
10 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:46:20 +0200
12 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
15 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
16 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
17 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
18 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
19 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
20 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
21 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
24 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
25 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
27 * Translation updates (complete)
28 - French by David Prévot.
29 - German by Chris Leick.
32 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
33 * Switch to xz compression for source.
34 * Clean up debian/rules by using dh (with compat level 8).
35 * Drop build-dependency on latex-cjk-xcjk since xeCJK.sty is provided
36 by texlive-xetex directly.
38 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:57:23 +0200
40 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
45 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
46 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
47 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
48 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
49 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
50 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
51 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
52 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
53 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
54 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
55 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
56 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
57 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
58 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
59 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
60 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
61 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
62 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
63 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
64 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
67 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
68 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
69 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
70 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
73 * Translation updates (all completed)
74 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
75 - German by Chris Leick.
76 - French by David Prévot.
78 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
80 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
83 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
84 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
87 * Update my email address.
88 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
89 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
90 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
91 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
92 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
93 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
96 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
98 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
103 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
104 version tracking removed that requirement.
107 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
108 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
109 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
110 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
111 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
112 needed. Closes: #619990
113 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
114 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
117 * Initial German translation.
120 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
121 * Update French translation.
122 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
123 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
124 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
127 * Update Japanese translation.
129 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
131 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
134 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
135 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
138 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
139 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
140 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
141 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
142 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
143 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
144 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
145 patch. Closes: #540231
146 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
147 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
148 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
149 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
150 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
151 for the patch. Closes: #548823
152 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
153 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
154 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
155 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
156 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
157 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
158 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
159 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
160 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
161 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
162 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
163 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
164 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
165 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
167 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
168 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
169 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
171 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
172 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
173 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
174 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
175 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
177 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
179 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
180 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
181 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
182 patch. Closes: #573110
183 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
185 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
186 multi-lines substitution variables.
189 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
190 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
191 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
192 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
193 * Activate Japanese package.
194 * Handle addendum if it exists.
196 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
198 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
200 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
201 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
203 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
205 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
207 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
208 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
210 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
212 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
214 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
215 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
216 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
217 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
218 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
219 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
220 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
221 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
222 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
223 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
224 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
225 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
226 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
227 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
228 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
229 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
230 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
231 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
232 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
233 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
234 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
235 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
237 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
239 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
242 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
246 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
247 The most important changes are:
248 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
249 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
252 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
253 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
254 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
255 distinction. Closes: #464230.
256 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
257 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
258 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
259 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
260 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
261 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
263 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
264 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
266 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
267 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
269 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
270 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
272 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
274 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
275 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
277 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
278 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
279 Closes: #512620, #510783.
281 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
283 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
286 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
287 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
288 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
289 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
290 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
291 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
292 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
293 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
295 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
297 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
300 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
301 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
302 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
303 release codenames in <literal>
304 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
305 doesn't exist anymore.
306 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
307 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
308 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
309 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
310 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
311 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
312 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
313 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
314 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
315 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
316 team before upload. Closes: #459343
317 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
318 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
319 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
320 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
321 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
322 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
323 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
325 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
326 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
328 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
329 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
330 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
331 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
332 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
333 Thomas. Closes: #485837
335 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
336 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
338 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
340 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
344 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
345 - fix debian/copyright
346 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
347 - add pdf for French version.
348 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
349 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
350 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
351 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
352 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
353 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
354 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
355 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
356 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
358 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
359 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
361 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
363 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
364 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
365 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
366 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
367 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
368 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
370 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
373 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
374 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
375 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
376 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
377 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
378 * Update information concerning Alioth.
379 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
380 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
382 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
383 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
385 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
388 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
390 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
392 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
394 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
395 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
397 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
398 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
399 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
401 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
402 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
403 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
405 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
406 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
407 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
408 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
409 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
410 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
411 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
412 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
413 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
414 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
415 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
416 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
418 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
419 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
420 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
421 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
422 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
423 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
424 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
425 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
426 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
427 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
431 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
433 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
435 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
438 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
439 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
440 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
441 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
442 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
443 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
445 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
447 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
449 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
451 - non-us discontinued.
452 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
454 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
455 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
456 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
457 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
458 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
459 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
460 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
461 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
462 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
463 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
464 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
465 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
466 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
467 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
468 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
469 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
470 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
471 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
473 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
474 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
476 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
479 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
481 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
483 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
486 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
487 - madison is on merkel.
488 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
489 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
490 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
491 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
492 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
493 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
495 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
496 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
497 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
498 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
499 - sync NM rules with reality.
501 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
503 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
505 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
508 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
509 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
510 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
511 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
512 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
513 - spelling, grammer fixes.
514 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
515 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
516 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
517 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
518 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
519 - add myself to uploaders.
520 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
521 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
522 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
523 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
524 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
525 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
526 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
527 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
528 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
529 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
530 - rewrote the NMU section, and
531 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
532 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
533 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
534 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
535 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
536 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
537 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
538 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
540 - Security uploads get urgency=high
541 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
543 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
545 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
547 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
550 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
551 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
552 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
553 - documented Alioth, somewhat
555 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
556 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
558 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
559 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
560 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
561 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
565 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
567 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
568 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
569 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
570 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
573 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
575 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
578 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
580 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
581 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
582 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
584 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
585 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
586 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
587 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
590 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
592 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
593 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
594 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
595 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
596 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
598 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
599 it clear these are special cases
600 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
602 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
604 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
606 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
609 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
610 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
612 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
614 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
616 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
619 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
621 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
622 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
623 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
625 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
626 - the synopsis formula changed to either
627 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
629 <package-name> is <synopsis>
631 <package-name> are <synopsis>
633 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
634 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
635 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
636 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
637 package; closes: #187143
639 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
641 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
644 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
645 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
647 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
649 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
650 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
651 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
652 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
653 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
654 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
655 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
656 right places in the document, closes: #172897
657 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
661 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
663 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
664 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
665 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
666 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
667 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
668 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
669 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
671 - editorial changes on material added in this version
672 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
673 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
674 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
675 closes: #139957, #108416
676 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
677 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
679 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
681 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
684 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
686 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
687 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
688 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
689 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
691 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
692 for best practices for documentation
693 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
694 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
695 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
696 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
698 - spell-checking pass
700 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
702 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
705 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
706 descriptions" moved under there
707 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
708 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
709 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
710 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
711 the document where these tools are discussed
712 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
713 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
714 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
715 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
716 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
717 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
719 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
720 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
721 that can be fixed by DDP folks
722 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
723 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
724 - simply PS and PDF building rules
726 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
728 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
731 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
732 section and adjusted links
733 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
735 - ChangeLog attribution updates
736 - fix typos, closes: #171781
737 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
738 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
739 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
740 for debian/rules", and write an intro
741 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
742 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
743 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
744 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
745 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
746 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
747 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
748 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
749 "Internationalization"
750 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
751 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
752 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
753 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
754 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
755 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
756 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
757 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
758 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
760 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
761 rather useless and broken
762 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
763 names and the first word
764 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
765 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
766 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
768 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
769 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
770 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
772 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
774 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
777 - DDP publishing update
779 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
780 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
781 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
782 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
784 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
786 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
789 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
790 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
791 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
793 - added myself as co-author
794 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
796 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
797 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
799 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
800 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
802 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
804 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
807 - Corrected several errors with —
808 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
809 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
810 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
811 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
812 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
813 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
814 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
816 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
817 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
818 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
819 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
820 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
821 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
822 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
823 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
824 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
826 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
827 descriptions". closes: #158609
828 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
829 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
830 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
831 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
832 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
834 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
835 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
836 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
837 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
838 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
839 - updated the mailing lists section
841 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
842 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
845 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
847 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
850 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
851 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
853 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
855 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
856 Ch "The Debian Archive"
858 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
860 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
861 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
862 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
863 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
864 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
866 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
867 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
868 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
869 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
870 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
871 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
872 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
874 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
875 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
878 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
879 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
880 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
881 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
882 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
883 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
884 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
885 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
886 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
887 work-around with <...>
888 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
889 - update copyright date
890 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
891 - spell check and grammar corrections
895 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
897 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
898 recompile"; closes: #102626
899 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
900 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
901 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
902 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
903 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
905 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
906 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
907 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
909 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
911 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
912 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
913 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
914 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
915 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
916 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
917 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
918 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
919 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
921 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
923 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
925 - updated the list of available architectures.
926 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
927 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
928 of the package and nothing more.
929 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
930 any pain to the ftpmasters.
931 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
932 the use of the delayed queue.
933 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
934 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
936 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
937 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
938 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
939 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
940 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
941 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
942 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
944 - new Sec "Documentation"
945 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
946 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
947 "Being kind to porter" too
948 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
949 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
950 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
951 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
952 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
954 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
955 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
958 - update French translation
960 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
962 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
965 - some grammar corrections
966 - update French translation
968 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
969 anymore; closes: #135559
970 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
972 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
974 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
975 that would be welcome)
976 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
977 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
978 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
979 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
980 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
981 - other minor wording changes
982 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
983 - Ch "Package uploads":
984 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
985 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
986 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
987 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
988 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
989 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
990 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
992 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
994 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
996 * from Martin Michlmayr
997 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
998 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
999 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
1001 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
1003 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1005 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
1007 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
1008 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
1009 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
1010 - minor build tweaks
1012 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1013 * from Chris Tillman
1014 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1017 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1019 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1022 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1024 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1025 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1026 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1027 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1028 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1029 talking about uploading to distributions
1030 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1031 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1032 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1034 - French translation updated
1036 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1037 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1038 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1040 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1042 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1045 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1046 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1049 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1051 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1054 * fix a typo in a link
1055 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1056 update documentation accordingly
1058 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1059 forwarding bugs upstream
1061 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1062 entities which should be used
1063 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1064 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1066 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1068 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1070 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1071 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1072 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1073 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1075 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1078 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1080 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1082 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1084 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1085 this translation needs updating
1086 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1087 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1088 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1090 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1091 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1092 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1094 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1095 included yet, however
1097 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1099 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1101 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1103 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1104 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1106 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1108 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1110 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1112 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1113 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1114 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1116 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1118 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1120 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1123 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1124 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1125 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1126 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1127 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1128 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1129 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1130 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1131 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1132 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1133 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1134 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1136 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1137 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1138 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1139 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1140 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1142 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1144 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1145 * update copyright notice for 2001
1146 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1147 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1148 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1150 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1152 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1154 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1156 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1158 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1160 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1162 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1164 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1165 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1167 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1168 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1169 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1170 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1171 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1172 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1173 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1174 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1175 could be used if necessary
1176 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1177 mention the rsync dupload method
1178 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1180 * other small corrections
1181 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1182 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1183 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1184 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1186 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1188 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1189 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1191 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1193 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1195 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1196 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1197 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1198 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1200 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1201 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1202 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1203 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1204 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1206 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1208 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1209 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1210 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1211 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1212 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1213 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1214 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1216 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1217 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1218 - added a section about the LDAP database
1219 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1220 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1222 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1223 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1225 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1227 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1229 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1230 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1231 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1233 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1234 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1235 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1236 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1237 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1238 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1239 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1240 description from developers-reference.sgml
1242 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1244 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1246 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1247 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1249 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1251 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1252 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1253 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1254 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1255 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1256 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1257 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1258 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1259 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1260 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1262 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1263 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1264 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1265 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1267 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1268 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1269 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1270 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1271 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1272 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1273 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1274 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1275 suggestion from James Troup
1276 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1277 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1278 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1279 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1282 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1284 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1286 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1287 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1289 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1291 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1293 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1294 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1295 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1296 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1297 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1298 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1299 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1301 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1303 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1305 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1306 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1307 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1308 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1309 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1310 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1312 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1313 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1315 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1317 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1319 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1321 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1323 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1324 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1325 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1326 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1327 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1329 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1330 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1331 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1332 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1334 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1335 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1336 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1337 a normal developer may have access.
1339 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1341 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1343 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1344 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1345 step all over each other
1347 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1349 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1351 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1352 address for PGP key updates
1354 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1356 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1358 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1359 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1360 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1361 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1362 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1364 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1366 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1368 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1369 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1370 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1371 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1372 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1373 <keyring-maint> instead)
1374 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1375 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1377 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1379 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1380 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1381 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1383 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1385 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1387 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1388 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1389 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1390 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1391 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1392 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1394 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1395 tighten up the language a bit
1396 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1397 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1398 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1399 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1401 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1402 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1403 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1404 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1405 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1406 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1408 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1409 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1410 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1411 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1412 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1413 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1414 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1415 number of available packages
1416 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1417 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1419 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1421 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1423 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1426 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1428 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1430 * not officially released
1431 * more spelling corrections
1432 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1434 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1436 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1438 * not officially released
1439 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1440 * some PGP-centricity removed
1441 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1442 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1443 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1444 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1445 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1446 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1448 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1450 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1452 * not officially released
1453 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1454 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1455 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1456 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1457 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1458 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1459 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1460 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1461 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1462 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1463 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1464 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1465 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1466 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1468 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1469 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1471 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1473 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1474 take a couple of weeks
1475 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1476 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1477 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1478 excited about it and can't wait
1479 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1480 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1482 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1483 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1485 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1486 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1487 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1489 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1491 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1493 * move to 3-level version number:
1494 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1495 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1496 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1497 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1498 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1501 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1502 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1503 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1505 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1507 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1508 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1509 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1510 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1511 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1512 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1514 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1516 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1517 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1518 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1519 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1520 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1521 - "The CVS server": new section added
1522 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1524 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1525 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1526 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1527 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1528 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1529 with respect to GPG.
1530 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1531 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1532 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1533 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1534 a canonical location?)
1535 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1536 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1537 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1538 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1540 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1542 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1543 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1544 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1545 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1547 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1549 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1551 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1552 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1553 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1554 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1555 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1556 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1557 and should not be included in this Reference.
1558 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1559 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1560 maintainer tools only!
1561 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1562 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1563 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1564 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1565 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1566 * Little corrections here and there.
1567 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1568 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1571 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1573 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1575 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1576 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1577 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1579 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1580 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1581 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1582 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1583 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1584 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1585 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1586 do prior to uploading
1587 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1588 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1590 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1591 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1592 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1593 duties with respect to bugs
1594 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1595 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1596 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1598 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1599 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1600 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1601 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1602 explicit what is used to build this package
1604 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1606 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1609 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1610 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1611 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1612 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1613 * utilize the new URL tag
1614 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1617 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1619 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1621 * non-maintainer release
1622 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1623 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1624 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1625 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1626 text, it can't hurt you.)
1627 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1628 reflect this packages version number
1629 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1631 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1633 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1637 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1639 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1641 * New version numbering scheme:
1643 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1644 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1645 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1648 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1649 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1650 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1651 differ between the manuals.
1653 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1654 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1655 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1656 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1658 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1659 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1661 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1663 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1665 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1667 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1669 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1670 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1672 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1673 (as requested by James Troup)
1675 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1677 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1679 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1681 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1683 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1685 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1687 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1689 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1690 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1691 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1692 the non-maintainer release
1694 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1695 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1696 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1699 - Lots of typos fixed
1701 * Compressed SGML source code
1703 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1704 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1706 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1708 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1710 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1712 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1713 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1714 - Announcing package uploads
1715 * New section about Debian Mentors
1716 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1717 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1718 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1719 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1721 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1723 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1725 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1726 of our FTP server and the development process
1727 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1728 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1729 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1731 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1732 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1733 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1734 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1735 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1736 contacting the maintainer
1737 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1738 a new manual released soon)
1739 * Some minor changes
1740 * Include SGML source in package
1741 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1742 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1744 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1746 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1750 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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