1 developers-reference (3.4.14) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
4 * Update links from http to https where possible
7 * Drop section on goodies, point to wiki instead.
8 Closes: #751489, #586186
10 -- Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> Wed, 20 Aug 2014 18:43:04 -0700
12 developers-reference (3.4.13) unstable; urgency=medium
15 * Fix typo in NMU section s/blocking/block/. Closes: #755515
18 * Fix typo in Vcs-Git:. Closes: #756491
19 * resources: Mention that some of the goodies also apply to DMs.
20 Thanks Philipp Kaluza for the patch. Closes: #581603
21 * Clarify type of changes accepted in NMUs. Thanks to Chris Knadle for the
22 patch! Closes: #672198
23 * Add Steam subscriptions to the list of goodies. Thanks to Paul Wise
24 for the patch. Closes: #736381
25 * Replace 'Debian GNU/Linux' with 'Debian' (except at one place). Thanks
26 to 'victory' for the patch. Closes: #708665
27 * Add pointer to debian-experimental-changes@l.d.o, where uploads to
28 experimental are sent. Thanks to Guo Yixuan for the patch! Closes: #671705
29 * Recommend git-bp instead of cvs-bp, and cowbuilder instead of pbuilder-uml.
30 Thanks to Osamu Aoki and Andreas Rönnquist for the patch! Closes: #741269
31 * Update for jessie. Thanks Fabien Givors for the patch! Closes: #719888
33 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jul 2014 17:52:15 +0200
35 developers-reference (3.4.12) unstable; urgency=medium
38 * Update preferred contact method for the security team. Closes: #738607
39 Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the patch.
42 * Removed mention of Gandi's discontinued discount.
45 * Move maintenance to Git & collab-maint. Update Vcs-*.
46 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.5 (no change required).
48 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Tue, 08 Jul 2014 15:54:19 +0200
50 developers-reference (3.4.11) unstable; urgency=low
55 * Update versioning advice for security uploads as well. Closes: #709218
56 Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the patch.
58 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:06:40 +0200
60 developers-reference (3.4.10) unstable; urgency=low
65 * Add recommendations to re-introduce packages. Thanks to Paul Wise for the
66 patch. Closes: #685039
67 * Drop paragraph about vanilla debian/rules files which mainly points to a
68 no-longer working link.
71 * Introduce epub support. Closes: #652044
74 * Update versioning advice for uploads to stable/testing. Closes: #685646
75 * Advise to use codename-security instead of stable-security.
78 [ Translation updates ]
79 * French by David Prévot.
80 * Japanese by victory.
81 * German by Chris Leick.
85 - Update Standards-Version to 3.9.4 (no change required).
86 - Use canonical URL for Vcs-Svn.
88 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2013 18:35:23 -0400
90 developers-reference (3.4.9) unstable; urgency=low
95 * Clarify that removals from testing are possible. Closes: #678710
96 Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
97 * Reword various parts to be gender-neutral. Closes: #678712
98 Thanks to Per Andersson and Steve Langasek for the patch.
99 * Recommend usage of gender-neutral formulations in README-contrib.
100 * Fix Vcs-Browser URL. Thanks to Charles Plessy who spotted it.
101 * Document the existence of "hints" that release managers can
102 use to tweak the conditions of testing migration. Closes: #679562
103 Thanks to Paul Gevers <paul@climbing.nl> for the patch.
105 [ Translation updates ]
106 * Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
107 * French by David Prévot.
108 * German by Chris Leick.
111 * Fix typo: Freenodes -> Freenode. Closes: #679735
113 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:34:59 -0400
115 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
118 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
119 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
120 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
121 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
122 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
123 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
124 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
127 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
128 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
130 * Translation updates (complete)
131 - French by David Prévot.
132 - German by Chris Leick.
135 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
136 * Switch to xz compression for source.
137 * Clean up debian/rules by using dh (with compat level 8).
138 * Drop build-dependency on latex-cjk-xcjk since xeCJK.sty is provided
139 by texlive-xetex directly.
141 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:57:23 +0200
143 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
148 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
149 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
150 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
151 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
152 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
153 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
154 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
155 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
156 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
157 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
158 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
159 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
160 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
161 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
162 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
163 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
164 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
165 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
166 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
167 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
170 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
171 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
172 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
173 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
176 * Translation updates (all completed)
177 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
178 - German by Chris Leick.
179 - French by David Prévot.
181 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
183 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
186 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
187 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
190 * Update my email address.
191 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
192 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
193 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
194 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
195 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
196 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
199 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
201 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
206 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
207 version tracking removed that requirement.
210 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
211 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
212 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
213 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
214 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
215 needed. Closes: #619990
216 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
217 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
220 * Initial German translation.
223 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
224 * Update French translation.
225 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
226 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
227 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
230 * Update Japanese translation.
232 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
234 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
237 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
238 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
241 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
242 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
243 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
244 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
245 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
246 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
247 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
248 patch. Closes: #540231
249 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
250 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
251 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
252 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
253 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
254 for the patch. Closes: #548823
255 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
256 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
257 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
258 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
259 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
260 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
261 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
262 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
263 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
264 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
265 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
266 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
267 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
268 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
270 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
271 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
272 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
274 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
275 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
276 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
277 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
278 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
280 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
282 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
283 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
284 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
285 patch. Closes: #573110
286 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
288 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
289 multi-lines substitution variables.
292 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
293 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
294 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
295 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
296 * Activate Japanese package.
297 * Handle addendum if it exists.
299 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
301 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
303 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
304 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
306 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
308 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
310 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
311 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
313 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
315 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
317 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
318 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
319 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
320 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
321 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
322 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
323 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
324 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
325 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
326 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
327 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
328 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
329 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
330 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
331 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
332 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
333 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
334 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
335 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
336 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
337 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
338 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
340 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
342 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
345 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
349 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
350 The most important changes are:
351 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
352 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
355 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
356 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
357 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
358 distinction. Closes: #464230.
359 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
360 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
361 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
362 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
363 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
364 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
366 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
367 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
369 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
370 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
372 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
373 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
375 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
377 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
378 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
380 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
381 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
382 Closes: #512620, #510783.
384 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
386 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
389 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
390 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
391 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
392 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
393 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
394 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
395 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
396 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
398 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
400 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
403 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
404 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
405 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
406 release codenames in <literal>
407 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
408 doesn't exist anymore.
409 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
410 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
411 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
412 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
413 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
414 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
415 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
416 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
417 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
418 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
419 team before upload. Closes: #459343
420 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
421 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
422 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
423 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
424 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
425 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
426 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
428 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
429 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
431 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
432 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
433 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
434 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
435 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
436 Thomas. Closes: #485837
438 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
439 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
441 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
443 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
447 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
448 - fix debian/copyright
449 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
450 - add pdf for French version.
451 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
452 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
453 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
454 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
455 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
456 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
457 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
458 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
459 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
461 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
462 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
464 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
466 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
467 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
468 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
469 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
470 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
471 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
473 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
476 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
477 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
478 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
479 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
480 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
481 * Update information concerning Alioth.
482 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
483 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
485 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
486 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
488 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
491 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
493 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
495 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
497 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
498 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
500 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
501 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
502 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
504 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
505 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
506 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
508 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
509 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
510 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
511 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
512 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
513 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
514 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
515 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
516 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
517 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
518 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
519 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
521 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
522 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
523 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
524 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
525 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
526 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
527 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
528 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
529 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
530 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
534 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
536 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
538 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
541 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
542 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
543 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
544 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
545 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
546 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
548 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
550 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
552 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
554 - non-us discontinued.
555 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
557 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
558 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
559 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
560 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
561 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
562 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
563 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
564 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
565 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
566 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
567 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
568 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
569 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
570 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
571 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
572 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
573 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
574 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
576 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
577 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
579 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
582 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
584 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
586 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
589 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
590 - madison is on merkel.
591 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
592 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
593 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
594 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
595 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
596 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
598 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
599 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
600 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
601 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
602 - sync NM rules with reality.
604 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
606 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
608 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
611 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
612 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
613 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
614 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
615 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
616 - spelling, grammer fixes.
617 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
618 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
619 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
620 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
621 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
622 - add myself to uploaders.
623 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
624 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
625 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
626 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
627 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
628 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
629 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
630 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
631 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
632 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
633 - rewrote the NMU section, and
634 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
635 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
636 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
637 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
638 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
639 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
640 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
641 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
643 - Security uploads get urgency=high
644 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
646 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
648 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
650 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
653 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
654 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
655 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
656 - documented Alioth, somewhat
658 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
659 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
661 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
662 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
663 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
664 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
668 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
670 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
671 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
672 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
673 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
676 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
678 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
681 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
683 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
684 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
685 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
687 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
688 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
689 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
690 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
693 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
695 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
696 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
697 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
698 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
699 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
701 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
702 it clear these are special cases
703 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
705 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
707 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
709 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
712 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
713 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
715 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
717 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
719 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
722 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
724 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
725 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
726 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
728 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
729 - the synopsis formula changed to either
730 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
732 <package-name> is <synopsis>
734 <package-name> are <synopsis>
736 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
737 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
738 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
739 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
740 package; closes: #187143
742 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
744 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
747 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
748 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
750 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
752 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
753 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
754 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
755 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
756 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
757 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
758 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
759 right places in the document, closes: #172897
760 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
764 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
766 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
767 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
768 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
769 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
770 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
771 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
772 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
774 - editorial changes on material added in this version
775 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
776 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
777 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
778 closes: #139957, #108416
779 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
780 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
782 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
784 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
787 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
789 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
790 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
791 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
792 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
794 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
795 for best practices for documentation
796 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
797 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
798 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
799 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
801 - spell-checking pass
803 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
805 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
808 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
809 descriptions" moved under there
810 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
811 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
812 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
813 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
814 the document where these tools are discussed
815 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
816 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
817 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
818 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
819 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
820 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
822 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
823 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
824 that can be fixed by DDP folks
825 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
826 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
827 - simply PS and PDF building rules
829 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
831 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
834 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
835 section and adjusted links
836 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
838 - ChangeLog attribution updates
839 - fix typos, closes: #171781
840 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
841 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
842 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
843 for debian/rules", and write an intro
844 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
845 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
846 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
847 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
848 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
849 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
850 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
851 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
852 "Internationalization"
853 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
854 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
855 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
856 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
857 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
858 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
859 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
860 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
861 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
863 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
864 rather useless and broken
865 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
866 names and the first word
867 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
868 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
869 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
871 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
872 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
873 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
875 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
877 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
880 - DDP publishing update
882 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
883 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
884 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
885 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
887 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
889 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
892 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
893 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
894 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
896 - added myself as co-author
897 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
899 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
900 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
902 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
903 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
905 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
907 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
910 - Corrected several errors with —
911 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
912 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
913 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
914 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
915 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
916 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
917 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
919 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
920 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
921 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
922 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
923 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
924 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
925 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
926 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
927 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
929 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
930 descriptions". closes: #158609
931 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
932 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
933 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
934 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
935 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
937 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
938 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
939 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
940 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
941 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
942 - updated the mailing lists section
944 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
945 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
948 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
950 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
953 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
954 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
956 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
958 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
959 Ch "The Debian Archive"
961 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
963 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
964 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
965 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
966 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
967 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
969 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
970 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
971 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
972 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
973 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
974 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
975 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
977 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
978 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
981 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
982 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
983 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
984 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
985 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
986 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
987 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
988 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
989 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
990 work-around with <...>
991 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
992 - update copyright date
993 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
994 - spell check and grammar corrections
998 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
1000 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
1001 recompile"; closes: #102626
1002 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
1003 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
1004 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
1005 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
1006 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
1008 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
1009 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
1010 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
1012 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
1014 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
1015 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
1016 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
1017 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
1018 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
1019 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
1020 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
1021 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
1022 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
1024 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
1026 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
1028 - updated the list of available architectures.
1029 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
1030 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
1031 of the package and nothing more.
1032 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
1033 any pain to the ftpmasters.
1034 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
1035 the use of the delayed queue.
1036 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
1037 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
1039 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
1040 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
1041 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
1042 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
1043 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
1044 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
1045 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
1047 - new Sec "Documentation"
1048 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
1049 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
1050 "Being kind to porter" too
1051 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
1052 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
1053 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
1054 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
1055 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
1057 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
1058 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
1061 - update French translation
1063 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
1065 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
1068 - some grammar corrections
1069 - update French translation
1071 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
1072 anymore; closes: #135559
1073 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
1075 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
1077 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
1078 that would be welcome)
1079 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
1080 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
1081 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
1082 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
1083 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
1084 - other minor wording changes
1085 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
1086 - Ch "Package uploads":
1087 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
1088 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
1089 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
1090 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
1091 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
1092 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
1093 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
1095 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
1097 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1099 * from Martin Michlmayr
1100 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
1101 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
1102 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
1104 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
1106 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1108 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
1110 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
1111 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
1112 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
1113 - minor build tweaks
1115 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1116 * from Chris Tillman
1117 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1120 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1122 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1125 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1127 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1128 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1129 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1130 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1131 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1132 talking about uploading to distributions
1133 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1134 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1135 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1137 - French translation updated
1139 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1140 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1141 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1143 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1145 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1148 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1149 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1152 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1154 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1157 * fix a typo in a link
1158 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1159 update documentation accordingly
1161 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1162 forwarding bugs upstream
1164 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1165 entities which should be used
1166 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1167 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1169 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1171 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1173 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1174 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1175 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1176 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1178 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1181 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1183 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1185 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1187 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1188 this translation needs updating
1189 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1190 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1191 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1193 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1194 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1195 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1197 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1198 included yet, however
1200 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1202 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1204 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1206 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1207 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1209 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1211 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1213 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1215 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1216 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1217 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1219 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1221 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1223 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1226 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1227 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1228 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1229 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1230 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1231 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1232 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1233 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1234 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1235 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1236 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1237 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1239 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1240 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1241 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1242 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1243 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1245 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1247 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1248 * update copyright notice for 2001
1249 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1250 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1251 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1253 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1255 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1257 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1259 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1261 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1263 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1265 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1267 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1268 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1270 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1271 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1272 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1273 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1274 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1275 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1276 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1277 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1278 could be used if necessary
1279 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1280 mention the rsync dupload method
1281 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1283 * other small corrections
1284 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1285 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1286 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1287 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1289 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1291 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1292 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1294 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1296 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1298 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1299 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1300 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1301 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1303 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1304 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1305 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1306 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1307 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1309 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1311 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1312 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1313 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1314 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1315 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1316 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1317 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1319 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1320 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1321 - added a section about the LDAP database
1322 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1323 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1325 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1326 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1328 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1330 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1332 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1333 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1334 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1336 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1337 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1338 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1339 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1340 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1341 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1342 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1343 description from developers-reference.sgml
1345 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1347 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1349 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1350 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1352 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1354 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1355 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1356 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1357 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1358 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1359 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1360 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1361 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1362 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1363 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1365 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1366 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1367 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1368 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1370 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1371 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1372 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1373 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1374 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1375 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1376 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1377 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1378 suggestion from James Troup
1379 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1380 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1381 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1382 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1385 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1387 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1389 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1390 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1392 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1394 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1396 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1397 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1398 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1399 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1400 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1401 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1402 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1404 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1406 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1408 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1409 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1410 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1411 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1412 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1413 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1415 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1416 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1418 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1420 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1422 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1424 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1426 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1427 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1428 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1429 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1430 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1432 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1433 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1434 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1435 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1437 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1438 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1439 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1440 a normal developer may have access.
1442 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1444 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1446 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1447 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1448 step all over each other
1450 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1452 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1454 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1455 address for PGP key updates
1457 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1459 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1461 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1462 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1463 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1464 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1465 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1467 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1469 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1471 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1472 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1473 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1474 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1475 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1476 <keyring-maint> instead)
1477 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1478 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1480 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1482 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1483 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1484 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1486 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1488 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1490 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1491 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1492 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1493 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1494 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1495 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1497 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1498 tighten up the language a bit
1499 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1500 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1501 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1502 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1504 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1505 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1506 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1507 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1508 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1509 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1511 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1512 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1513 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1514 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1515 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1516 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1517 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1518 number of available packages
1519 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1520 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1522 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1524 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1526 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1529 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1531 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1533 * not officially released
1534 * more spelling corrections
1535 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1537 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1539 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1541 * not officially released
1542 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1543 * some PGP-centricity removed
1544 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1545 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1546 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1547 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1548 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1549 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1551 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1553 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1555 * not officially released
1556 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1557 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1558 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1559 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1560 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1561 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1562 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1563 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1564 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1565 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1566 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1567 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1568 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1569 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1571 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1572 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1574 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1576 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1577 take a couple of weeks
1578 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1579 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1580 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1581 excited about it and can't wait
1582 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1583 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1585 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1586 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1588 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1589 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1590 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1592 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1594 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1596 * move to 3-level version number:
1597 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1598 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1599 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1600 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1601 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1604 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1605 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1606 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1608 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1610 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1611 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1612 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1613 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1614 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1615 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1617 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1619 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1620 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1621 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1622 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1623 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1624 - "The CVS server": new section added
1625 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1627 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1628 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1629 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1630 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1631 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1632 with respect to GPG.
1633 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1634 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1635 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1636 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1637 a canonical location?)
1638 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1639 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1640 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1641 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1643 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1645 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1646 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1647 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1648 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1650 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1652 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1654 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1655 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1656 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1657 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1658 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1659 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1660 and should not be included in this Reference.
1661 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1662 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1663 maintainer tools only!
1664 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1665 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1666 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1667 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1668 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1669 * Little corrections here and there.
1670 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1671 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1674 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1676 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1678 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1679 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1680 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1682 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1683 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1684 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1685 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1686 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1687 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1688 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1689 do prior to uploading
1690 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1691 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1693 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1694 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1695 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1696 duties with respect to bugs
1697 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1698 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1699 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1701 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1702 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1703 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1704 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1705 explicit what is used to build this package
1707 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1709 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1712 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1713 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1714 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1715 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1716 * utilize the new URL tag
1717 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1720 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1722 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1724 * non-maintainer release
1725 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1726 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1727 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1728 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1729 text, it can't hurt you.)
1730 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1731 reflect this packages version number
1732 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1734 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1736 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1740 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1742 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1744 * New version numbering scheme:
1746 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1747 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1748 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1751 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1752 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1753 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1754 differ between the manuals.
1756 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1757 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1758 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1759 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1761 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1762 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1764 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1766 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1768 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1770 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1772 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1773 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1775 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1776 (as requested by James Troup)
1778 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1780 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1782 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1784 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1786 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1788 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1790 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1792 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1793 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1794 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1795 the non-maintainer release
1797 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1798 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1799 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1802 - Lots of typos fixed
1804 * Compressed SGML source code
1806 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1807 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1809 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1811 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1813 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1815 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1816 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1817 - Announcing package uploads
1818 * New section about Debian Mentors
1819 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1820 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1821 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1822 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1824 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1826 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1828 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1829 of our FTP server and the development process
1830 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1831 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1832 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1834 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1835 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1836 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1837 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1838 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1839 contacting the maintainer
1840 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1841 a new manual released soon)
1842 * Some minor changes
1843 * Include SGML source in package
1844 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1845 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1847 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1849 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1853 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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