1 developers-reference (3.4.9) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Clarify that removals from testing are possible. Closes: #678710
5 Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
6 * Reword various parts to be gender-neutral. Closes: #678712
7 Thanks to Per Andersson and Steve Langasek for the patch.
8 * Recommend usage of gender-neutral formulations in README-contrib.
9 * Fix Vcs-Browser URL. Thanks to Charles Plessy who spotted it.
11 * Translation updates (complete)
12 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
13 - French by David Prévot.
15 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:46:20 +0200
17 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
20 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
21 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
22 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
23 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
24 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
25 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
26 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
29 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
30 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
32 * Translation updates (complete)
33 - French by David Prévot.
34 - German by Chris Leick.
37 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
38 * Switch to xz compression for source.
39 * Clean up debian/rules by using dh (with compat level 8).
40 * Drop build-dependency on latex-cjk-xcjk since xeCJK.sty is provided
41 by texlive-xetex directly.
43 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:57:23 +0200
45 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
50 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
51 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
52 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
53 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
54 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
55 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
56 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
57 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
58 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
59 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
60 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
61 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
62 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
63 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
64 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
65 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
66 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
67 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
68 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
69 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
72 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
73 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
74 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
75 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
78 * Translation updates (all completed)
79 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
80 - German by Chris Leick.
81 - French by David Prévot.
83 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
85 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
88 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
89 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
92 * Update my email address.
93 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
94 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
95 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
96 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
97 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
98 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
101 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
103 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
108 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
109 version tracking removed that requirement.
112 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
113 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
114 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
115 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
116 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
117 needed. Closes: #619990
118 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
119 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
122 * Initial German translation.
125 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
126 * Update French translation.
127 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
128 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
129 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
132 * Update Japanese translation.
134 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
136 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
139 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
140 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
143 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
144 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
145 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
146 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
147 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
148 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
149 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
150 patch. Closes: #540231
151 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
152 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
153 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
154 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
155 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
156 for the patch. Closes: #548823
157 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
158 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
159 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
160 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
161 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
162 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
163 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
164 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
165 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
166 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
167 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
168 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
169 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
170 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
172 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
173 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
174 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
176 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
177 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
178 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
179 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
180 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
182 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
184 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
185 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
186 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
187 patch. Closes: #573110
188 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
190 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
191 multi-lines substitution variables.
194 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
195 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
196 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
197 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
198 * Activate Japanese package.
199 * Handle addendum if it exists.
201 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
203 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
205 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
206 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
208 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
210 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
212 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
213 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
215 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
217 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
219 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
220 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
221 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
222 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
223 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
224 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
225 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
226 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
227 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
228 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
229 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
230 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
231 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
232 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
233 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
234 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
235 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
236 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
237 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
238 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
239 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
240 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
242 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
244 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
247 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
251 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
252 The most important changes are:
253 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
254 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
257 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
258 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
259 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
260 distinction. Closes: #464230.
261 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
262 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
263 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
264 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
265 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
266 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
268 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
269 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
271 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
272 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
274 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
275 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
277 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
279 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
280 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
282 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
283 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
284 Closes: #512620, #510783.
286 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
288 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
291 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
292 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
293 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
294 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
295 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
296 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
297 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
298 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
300 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
302 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
305 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
306 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
307 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
308 release codenames in <literal>
309 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
310 doesn't exist anymore.
311 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
312 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
313 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
314 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
315 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
316 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
317 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
318 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
319 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
320 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
321 team before upload. Closes: #459343
322 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
323 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
324 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
325 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
326 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
327 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
328 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
330 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
331 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
333 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
334 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
335 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
336 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
337 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
338 Thomas. Closes: #485837
340 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
341 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
343 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
345 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
349 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
350 - fix debian/copyright
351 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
352 - add pdf for French version.
353 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
354 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
355 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
356 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
357 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
358 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
359 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
360 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
361 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
363 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
364 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
366 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
368 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
369 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
370 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
371 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
372 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
373 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
375 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
378 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
379 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
380 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
381 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
382 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
383 * Update information concerning Alioth.
384 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
385 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
387 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
388 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
390 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
393 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
395 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
397 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
399 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
400 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
402 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
403 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
404 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
406 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
407 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
408 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
410 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
411 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
412 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
413 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
414 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
415 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
416 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
417 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
418 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
419 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
420 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
421 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
423 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
424 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
425 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
426 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
427 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
428 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
429 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
430 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
431 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
432 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
436 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
438 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
440 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
443 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
444 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
445 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
446 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
447 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
448 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
450 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
452 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
454 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
456 - non-us discontinued.
457 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
459 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
460 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
461 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
462 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
463 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
464 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
465 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
466 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
467 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
468 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
469 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
470 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
471 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
472 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
473 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
474 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
475 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
476 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
478 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
479 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
481 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
484 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
486 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
488 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
491 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
492 - madison is on merkel.
493 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
494 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
495 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
496 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
497 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
498 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
500 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
501 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
502 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
503 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
504 - sync NM rules with reality.
506 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
508 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
510 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
513 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
514 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
515 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
516 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
517 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
518 - spelling, grammer fixes.
519 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
520 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
521 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
522 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
523 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
524 - add myself to uploaders.
525 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
526 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
527 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
528 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
529 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
530 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
531 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
532 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
533 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
534 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
535 - rewrote the NMU section, and
536 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
537 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
538 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
539 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
540 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
541 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
542 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
543 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
545 - Security uploads get urgency=high
546 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
548 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
550 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
552 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
555 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
556 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
557 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
558 - documented Alioth, somewhat
560 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
561 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
563 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
564 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
565 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
566 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
570 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
572 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
573 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
574 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
575 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
578 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
580 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
583 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
585 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
586 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
587 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
589 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
590 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
591 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
592 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
595 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
597 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
598 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
599 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
600 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
601 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
603 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
604 it clear these are special cases
605 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
607 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
609 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
611 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
614 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
615 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
617 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
619 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
621 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
624 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
626 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
627 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
628 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
630 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
631 - the synopsis formula changed to either
632 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
634 <package-name> is <synopsis>
636 <package-name> are <synopsis>
638 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
639 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
640 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
641 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
642 package; closes: #187143
644 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
646 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
649 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
650 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
652 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
654 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
655 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
656 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
657 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
658 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
659 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
660 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
661 right places in the document, closes: #172897
662 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
666 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
668 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
669 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
670 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
671 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
672 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
673 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
674 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
676 - editorial changes on material added in this version
677 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
678 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
679 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
680 closes: #139957, #108416
681 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
682 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
684 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
686 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
689 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
691 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
692 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
693 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
694 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
696 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
697 for best practices for documentation
698 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
699 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
700 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
701 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
703 - spell-checking pass
705 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
707 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
710 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
711 descriptions" moved under there
712 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
713 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
714 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
715 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
716 the document where these tools are discussed
717 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
718 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
719 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
720 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
721 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
722 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
724 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
725 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
726 that can be fixed by DDP folks
727 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
728 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
729 - simply PS and PDF building rules
731 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
733 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
736 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
737 section and adjusted links
738 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
740 - ChangeLog attribution updates
741 - fix typos, closes: #171781
742 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
743 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
744 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
745 for debian/rules", and write an intro
746 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
747 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
748 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
749 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
750 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
751 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
752 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
753 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
754 "Internationalization"
755 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
756 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
757 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
758 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
759 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
760 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
761 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
762 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
763 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
765 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
766 rather useless and broken
767 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
768 names and the first word
769 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
770 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
771 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
773 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
774 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
775 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
777 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
779 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
782 - DDP publishing update
784 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
785 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
786 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
787 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
789 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
791 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
794 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
795 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
796 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
798 - added myself as co-author
799 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
801 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
802 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
804 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
805 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
807 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
809 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
812 - Corrected several errors with —
813 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
814 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
815 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
816 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
817 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
818 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
819 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
821 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
822 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
823 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
824 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
825 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
826 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
827 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
828 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
829 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
831 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
832 descriptions". closes: #158609
833 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
834 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
835 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
836 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
837 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
839 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
840 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
841 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
842 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
843 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
844 - updated the mailing lists section
846 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
847 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
850 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
852 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
855 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
856 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
858 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
860 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
861 Ch "The Debian Archive"
863 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
865 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
866 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
867 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
868 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
869 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
871 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
872 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
873 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
874 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
875 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
876 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
877 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
879 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
880 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
883 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
884 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
885 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
886 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
887 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
888 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
889 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
890 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
891 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
892 work-around with <...>
893 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
894 - update copyright date
895 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
896 - spell check and grammar corrections
900 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
902 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
903 recompile"; closes: #102626
904 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
905 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
906 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
907 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
908 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
910 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
911 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
912 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
914 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
916 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
917 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
918 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
919 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
920 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
921 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
922 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
923 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
924 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
926 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
928 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
930 - updated the list of available architectures.
931 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
932 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
933 of the package and nothing more.
934 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
935 any pain to the ftpmasters.
936 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
937 the use of the delayed queue.
938 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
939 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
941 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
942 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
943 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
944 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
945 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
946 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
947 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
949 - new Sec "Documentation"
950 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
951 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
952 "Being kind to porter" too
953 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
954 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
955 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
956 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
957 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
959 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
960 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
963 - update French translation
965 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
967 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
970 - some grammar corrections
971 - update French translation
973 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
974 anymore; closes: #135559
975 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
977 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
979 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
980 that would be welcome)
981 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
982 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
983 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
984 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
985 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
986 - other minor wording changes
987 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
988 - Ch "Package uploads":
989 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
990 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
991 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
992 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
993 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
994 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
995 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
997 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
999 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1001 * from Martin Michlmayr
1002 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
1003 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
1004 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
1006 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
1008 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1010 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
1012 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
1013 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
1014 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
1015 - minor build tweaks
1017 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1018 * from Chris Tillman
1019 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1022 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1024 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1027 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1029 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1030 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1031 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1032 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1033 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1034 talking about uploading to distributions
1035 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1036 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1037 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1039 - French translation updated
1041 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1042 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1043 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1045 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1047 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1050 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1051 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1054 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1056 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1059 * fix a typo in a link
1060 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1061 update documentation accordingly
1063 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1064 forwarding bugs upstream
1066 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1067 entities which should be used
1068 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1069 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1071 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1073 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1075 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1076 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1077 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1078 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1080 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1083 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1085 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1087 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1089 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1090 this translation needs updating
1091 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1092 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1093 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1095 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1096 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1097 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1099 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1100 included yet, however
1102 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1104 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1106 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1108 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1109 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1111 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1113 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1115 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1117 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1118 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1119 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1121 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1123 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1125 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1128 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1129 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1130 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1131 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1132 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1133 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1134 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1135 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1136 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1137 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1138 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1139 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1141 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1142 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1143 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1144 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1145 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1147 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1149 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1150 * update copyright notice for 2001
1151 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1152 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1153 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1155 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1157 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1159 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1161 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1163 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1165 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1167 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1169 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1170 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1172 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1173 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1174 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1175 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1176 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1177 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1178 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1179 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1180 could be used if necessary
1181 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1182 mention the rsync dupload method
1183 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1185 * other small corrections
1186 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1187 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1188 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1189 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1191 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1193 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1194 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1196 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1198 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1200 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1201 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1202 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1203 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1205 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1206 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1207 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1208 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1209 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1211 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1213 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1214 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1215 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1216 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1217 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1218 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1219 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1221 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1222 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1223 - added a section about the LDAP database
1224 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1225 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1227 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1228 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1230 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1232 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1234 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1235 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1236 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1238 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1239 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1240 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1241 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1242 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1243 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1244 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1245 description from developers-reference.sgml
1247 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1249 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1251 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1252 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1254 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1256 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1257 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1258 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1259 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1260 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1261 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1262 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1263 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1264 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1265 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1267 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1268 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1269 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1270 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1272 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1273 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1274 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1275 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1276 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1277 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1278 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1279 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1280 suggestion from James Troup
1281 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1282 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1283 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1284 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1287 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1289 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1291 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1292 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1294 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1296 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1298 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1299 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1300 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1301 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1302 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1303 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1304 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1306 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1308 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1310 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1311 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1312 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1313 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1314 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1315 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1317 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1318 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1320 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1322 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1324 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1326 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1328 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1329 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1330 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1331 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1332 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1334 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1335 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1336 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1337 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1339 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1340 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1341 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1342 a normal developer may have access.
1344 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1346 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1348 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1349 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1350 step all over each other
1352 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1354 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1356 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1357 address for PGP key updates
1359 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1361 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1363 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1364 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1365 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1366 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1367 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1369 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1371 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1373 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1374 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1375 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1376 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1377 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1378 <keyring-maint> instead)
1379 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1380 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1382 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1384 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1385 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1386 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1388 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1390 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1392 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1393 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1394 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1395 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1396 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1397 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1399 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1400 tighten up the language a bit
1401 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1402 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1403 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1404 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1406 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1407 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1408 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1409 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1410 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1411 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1413 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1414 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1415 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1416 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1417 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1418 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1419 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1420 number of available packages
1421 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1422 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1424 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1426 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1428 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1431 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1433 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1435 * not officially released
1436 * more spelling corrections
1437 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1439 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1441 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1443 * not officially released
1444 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1445 * some PGP-centricity removed
1446 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1447 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1448 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1449 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1450 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1451 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1453 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1455 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1457 * not officially released
1458 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1459 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1460 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1461 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1462 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1463 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1464 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1465 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1466 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1467 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1468 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1469 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1470 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1471 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1473 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1474 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1476 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1478 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1479 take a couple of weeks
1480 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1481 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1482 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1483 excited about it and can't wait
1484 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1485 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1487 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1488 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1490 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1491 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1492 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1494 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1496 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1498 * move to 3-level version number:
1499 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1500 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1501 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1502 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1503 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1506 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1507 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1508 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1510 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1512 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1513 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1514 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1515 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1516 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1517 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1519 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1521 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1522 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1523 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1524 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1525 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1526 - "The CVS server": new section added
1527 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1529 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1530 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1531 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1532 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1533 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1534 with respect to GPG.
1535 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1536 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1537 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1538 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1539 a canonical location?)
1540 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1541 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1542 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1543 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1545 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1547 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1548 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1549 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1550 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1552 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1554 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1556 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1557 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1558 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1559 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1560 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1561 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1562 and should not be included in this Reference.
1563 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1564 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1565 maintainer tools only!
1566 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1567 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1568 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1569 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1570 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1571 * Little corrections here and there.
1572 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1573 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1576 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1578 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1580 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1581 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1582 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1584 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1585 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1586 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1587 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1588 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1589 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1590 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1591 do prior to uploading
1592 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1593 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1595 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1596 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1597 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1598 duties with respect to bugs
1599 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1600 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1601 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1603 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1604 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1605 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1606 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1607 explicit what is used to build this package
1609 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1611 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1614 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1615 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1616 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1617 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1618 * utilize the new URL tag
1619 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1622 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1624 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1626 * non-maintainer release
1627 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1628 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1629 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1630 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1631 text, it can't hurt you.)
1632 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1633 reflect this packages version number
1634 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1636 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1638 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1642 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1644 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1646 * New version numbering scheme:
1648 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1649 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1650 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1653 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1654 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1655 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1656 differ between the manuals.
1658 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1659 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1660 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1661 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1663 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1664 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1666 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1668 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1670 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1672 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1674 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1675 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1677 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1678 (as requested by James Troup)
1680 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1682 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1684 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1686 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1688 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1690 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1692 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1694 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1695 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1696 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1697 the non-maintainer release
1699 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1700 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1701 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1704 - Lots of typos fixed
1706 * Compressed SGML source code
1708 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1709 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1711 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1713 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1715 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1717 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1718 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1719 - Announcing package uploads
1720 * New section about Debian Mentors
1721 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1722 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1723 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1724 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1726 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1728 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1730 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1731 of our FTP server and the development process
1732 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1733 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1734 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1736 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1737 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1738 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1739 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1740 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1741 contacting the maintainer
1742 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1743 a new manual released soon)
1744 * Some minor changes
1745 * Include SGML source in package
1746 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1747 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1749 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1751 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1755 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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