1 developers-reference (3.4.10) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Add recommendations to re-introduce packages. Thanks to Paul Wise for the
6 * Drop paragraph about vanilla debian/rules files which mainly points to a
7 no-longer working link.
10 * introduce epub support (Closes: #652044)
13 * Update versioning advice for uploads to stable/testing (closes: #685646).
14 * Advise to use codename-security instead of stable-security (closes:
17 [ Translation updates ]
18 * French by David Prévot.
21 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:20:49 +0200
23 developers-reference (3.4.9) unstable; urgency=low
28 * Clarify that removals from testing are possible. Closes: #678710
29 Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
30 * Reword various parts to be gender-neutral. Closes: #678712
31 Thanks to Per Andersson and Steve Langasek for the patch.
32 * Recommend usage of gender-neutral formulations in README-contrib.
33 * Fix Vcs-Browser URL. Thanks to Charles Plessy who spotted it.
34 * Document the existence of "hints" that release managers can
35 use to tweak the conditions of testing migration. Closes: #679562
36 Thanks to Paul Gevers <paul@climbing.nl> for the patch.
38 [ Translation updates ]
39 * Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
40 * French by David Prévot.
41 * German by Chris Leick.
44 * Fix typo: Freenodes -> Freenode. Closes: #679735
46 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:34:59 -0400
48 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
51 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
52 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
53 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
54 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
55 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
56 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
57 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
60 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
61 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
63 * Translation updates (complete)
64 - French by David Prévot.
65 - German by Chris Leick.
68 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
69 * Switch to xz compression for source.
70 * Clean up debian/rules by using dh (with compat level 8).
71 * Drop build-dependency on latex-cjk-xcjk since xeCJK.sty is provided
72 by texlive-xetex directly.
74 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:57:23 +0200
76 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
81 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
82 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
83 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
84 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
85 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
86 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
87 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
88 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
89 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
90 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
91 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
92 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
93 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
94 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
95 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
96 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
97 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
98 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
99 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
100 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
103 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
104 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
105 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
106 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
109 * Translation updates (all completed)
110 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
111 - German by Chris Leick.
112 - French by David Prévot.
114 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
116 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
119 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
120 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
123 * Update my email address.
124 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
125 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
126 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
127 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
128 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
129 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
132 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
134 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
139 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
140 version tracking removed that requirement.
143 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
144 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
145 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
146 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
147 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
148 needed. Closes: #619990
149 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
150 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
153 * Initial German translation.
156 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
157 * Update French translation.
158 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
159 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
160 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
163 * Update Japanese translation.
165 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
167 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
170 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
171 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
174 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
175 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
176 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
177 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
178 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
179 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
180 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
181 patch. Closes: #540231
182 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
183 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
184 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
185 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
186 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
187 for the patch. Closes: #548823
188 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
189 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
190 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
191 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
192 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
193 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
194 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
195 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
196 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
197 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
198 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
199 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
200 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
201 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
203 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
204 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
205 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
207 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
208 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
209 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
210 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
211 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
213 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
215 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
216 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
217 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
218 patch. Closes: #573110
219 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
221 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
222 multi-lines substitution variables.
225 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
226 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
227 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
228 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
229 * Activate Japanese package.
230 * Handle addendum if it exists.
232 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
234 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
236 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
237 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
239 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
241 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
243 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
244 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
246 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
248 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
250 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
251 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
252 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
253 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
254 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
255 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
256 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
257 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
258 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
259 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
260 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
261 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
262 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
263 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
264 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
265 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
266 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
267 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
268 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
269 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
270 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
271 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
273 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
275 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
278 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
282 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
283 The most important changes are:
284 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
285 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
288 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
289 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
290 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
291 distinction. Closes: #464230.
292 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
293 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
294 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
295 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
296 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
297 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
299 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
300 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
302 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
303 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
305 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
306 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
308 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
310 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
311 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
313 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
314 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
315 Closes: #512620, #510783.
317 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
319 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
322 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
323 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
324 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
325 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
326 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
327 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
328 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
329 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
331 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
333 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
336 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
337 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
338 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
339 release codenames in <literal>
340 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
341 doesn't exist anymore.
342 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
343 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
344 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
345 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
346 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
347 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
348 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
349 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
350 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
351 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
352 team before upload. Closes: #459343
353 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
354 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
355 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
356 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
357 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
358 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
359 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
361 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
362 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
364 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
365 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
366 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
367 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
368 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
369 Thomas. Closes: #485837
371 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
372 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
374 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
376 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
380 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
381 - fix debian/copyright
382 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
383 - add pdf for French version.
384 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
385 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
386 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
387 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
388 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
389 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
390 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
391 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
392 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
394 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
395 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
397 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
399 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
400 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
401 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
402 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
403 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
404 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
406 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
409 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
410 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
411 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
412 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
413 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
414 * Update information concerning Alioth.
415 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
416 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
418 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
419 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
421 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
424 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
426 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
428 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
430 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
431 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
433 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
434 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
435 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
437 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
438 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
439 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
441 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
442 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
443 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
444 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
445 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
446 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
447 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
448 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
449 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
450 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
451 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
452 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
454 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
455 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
456 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
457 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
458 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
459 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
460 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
461 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
462 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
463 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
467 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
469 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
471 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
474 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
475 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
476 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
477 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
478 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
479 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
481 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
483 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
485 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
487 - non-us discontinued.
488 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
490 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
491 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
492 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
493 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
494 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
495 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
496 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
497 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
498 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
499 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
500 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
501 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
502 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
503 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
504 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
505 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
506 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
507 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
509 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
510 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
512 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
515 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
517 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
519 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
522 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
523 - madison is on merkel.
524 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
525 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
526 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
527 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
528 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
529 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
531 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
532 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
533 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
534 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
535 - sync NM rules with reality.
537 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
539 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
541 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
544 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
545 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
546 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
547 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
548 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
549 - spelling, grammer fixes.
550 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
551 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
552 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
553 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
554 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
555 - add myself to uploaders.
556 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
557 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
558 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
559 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
560 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
561 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
562 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
563 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
564 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
565 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
566 - rewrote the NMU section, and
567 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
568 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
569 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
570 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
571 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
572 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
573 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
574 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
576 - Security uploads get urgency=high
577 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
579 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
581 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
583 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
586 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
587 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
588 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
589 - documented Alioth, somewhat
591 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
592 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
594 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
595 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
596 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
597 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
601 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
603 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
604 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
605 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
606 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
609 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
611 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
614 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
616 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
617 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
618 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
620 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
621 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
622 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
623 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
626 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
628 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
629 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
630 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
631 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
632 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
634 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
635 it clear these are special cases
636 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
638 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
640 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
642 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
645 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
646 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
648 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
650 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
652 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
655 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
657 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
658 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
659 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
661 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
662 - the synopsis formula changed to either
663 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
665 <package-name> is <synopsis>
667 <package-name> are <synopsis>
669 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
670 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
671 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
672 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
673 package; closes: #187143
675 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
677 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
680 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
681 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
683 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
685 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
686 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
687 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
688 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
689 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
690 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
691 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
692 right places in the document, closes: #172897
693 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
697 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
699 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
700 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
701 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
702 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
703 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
704 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
705 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
707 - editorial changes on material added in this version
708 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
709 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
710 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
711 closes: #139957, #108416
712 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
713 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
715 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
717 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
720 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
722 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
723 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
724 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
725 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
727 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
728 for best practices for documentation
729 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
730 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
731 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
732 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
734 - spell-checking pass
736 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
738 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
741 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
742 descriptions" moved under there
743 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
744 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
745 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
746 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
747 the document where these tools are discussed
748 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
749 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
750 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
751 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
752 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
753 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
755 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
756 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
757 that can be fixed by DDP folks
758 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
759 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
760 - simply PS and PDF building rules
762 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
764 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
767 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
768 section and adjusted links
769 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
771 - ChangeLog attribution updates
772 - fix typos, closes: #171781
773 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
774 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
775 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
776 for debian/rules", and write an intro
777 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
778 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
779 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
780 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
781 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
782 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
783 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
784 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
785 "Internationalization"
786 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
787 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
788 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
789 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
790 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
791 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
792 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
793 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
794 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
796 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
797 rather useless and broken
798 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
799 names and the first word
800 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
801 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
802 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
804 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
805 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
806 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
808 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
810 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
813 - DDP publishing update
815 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
816 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
817 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
818 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
820 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
822 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
825 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
826 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
827 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
829 - added myself as co-author
830 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
832 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
833 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
835 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
836 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
838 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
840 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
843 - Corrected several errors with —
844 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
845 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
846 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
847 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
848 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
849 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
850 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
852 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
853 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
854 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
855 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
856 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
857 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
858 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
859 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
860 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
862 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
863 descriptions". closes: #158609
864 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
865 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
866 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
867 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
868 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
870 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
871 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
872 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
873 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
874 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
875 - updated the mailing lists section
877 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
878 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
881 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
883 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
886 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
887 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
889 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
891 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
892 Ch "The Debian Archive"
894 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
896 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
897 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
898 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
899 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
900 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
902 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
903 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
904 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
905 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
906 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
907 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
908 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
910 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
911 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
914 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
915 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
916 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
917 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
918 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
919 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
920 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
921 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
922 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
923 work-around with <...>
924 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
925 - update copyright date
926 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
927 - spell check and grammar corrections
931 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
933 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
934 recompile"; closes: #102626
935 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
936 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
937 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
938 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
939 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
941 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
942 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
943 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
945 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
947 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
948 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
949 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
950 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
951 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
952 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
953 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
954 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
955 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
957 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
959 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
961 - updated the list of available architectures.
962 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
963 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
964 of the package and nothing more.
965 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
966 any pain to the ftpmasters.
967 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
968 the use of the delayed queue.
969 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
970 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
972 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
973 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
974 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
975 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
976 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
977 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
978 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
980 - new Sec "Documentation"
981 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
982 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
983 "Being kind to porter" too
984 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
985 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
986 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
987 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
988 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
990 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
991 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
994 - update French translation
996 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
998 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
1001 - some grammar corrections
1002 - update French translation
1004 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
1005 anymore; closes: #135559
1006 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
1008 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
1010 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
1011 that would be welcome)
1012 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
1013 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
1014 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
1015 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
1016 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
1017 - other minor wording changes
1018 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
1019 - Ch "Package uploads":
1020 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
1021 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
1022 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
1023 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
1024 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
1025 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
1026 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
1028 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
1030 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1032 * from Martin Michlmayr
1033 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
1034 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
1035 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
1037 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
1039 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1041 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
1043 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
1044 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
1045 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
1046 - minor build tweaks
1048 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1049 * from Chris Tillman
1050 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1053 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1055 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1058 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1060 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1061 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1062 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1063 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1064 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1065 talking about uploading to distributions
1066 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1067 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1068 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1070 - French translation updated
1072 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1073 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1074 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1076 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1078 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1081 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1082 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1085 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1087 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1090 * fix a typo in a link
1091 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1092 update documentation accordingly
1094 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1095 forwarding bugs upstream
1097 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1098 entities which should be used
1099 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1100 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1102 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1104 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1106 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1107 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1108 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1109 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1111 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1114 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1116 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1118 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1120 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1121 this translation needs updating
1122 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1123 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1124 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1126 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1127 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1128 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1130 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1131 included yet, however
1133 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1135 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1137 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1139 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1140 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1142 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1144 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1146 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1148 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1149 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1150 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1152 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1154 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1156 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1159 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1160 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1161 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1162 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1163 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1164 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1165 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1166 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1167 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1168 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1169 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1170 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1172 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1173 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1174 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1175 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1176 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1178 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1180 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1181 * update copyright notice for 2001
1182 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1183 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1184 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1186 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1188 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1190 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1192 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1194 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1196 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1198 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1200 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1201 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1203 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1204 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1205 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1206 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1207 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1208 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1209 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1210 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1211 could be used if necessary
1212 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1213 mention the rsync dupload method
1214 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1216 * other small corrections
1217 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1218 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1219 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1220 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1222 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1224 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1225 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1227 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1229 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1231 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1232 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1233 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1234 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1236 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1237 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1238 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1239 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1240 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1242 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1244 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1245 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1246 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1247 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1248 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1249 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1250 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1252 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1253 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1254 - added a section about the LDAP database
1255 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1256 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1258 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1259 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1261 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1263 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1265 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1266 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1267 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1269 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1270 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1271 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1272 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1273 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1274 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1275 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1276 description from developers-reference.sgml
1278 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1280 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1282 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1283 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1285 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1287 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1288 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1289 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1290 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1291 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1292 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1293 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1294 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1295 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1296 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1298 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1299 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1300 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1301 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1303 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1304 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1305 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1306 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1307 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1308 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1309 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1310 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1311 suggestion from James Troup
1312 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1313 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1314 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1315 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1318 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1320 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1322 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1323 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1325 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1327 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1329 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1330 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1331 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1332 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1333 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1334 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1335 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1337 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1339 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1341 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1342 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1343 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1344 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1345 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1346 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1348 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1349 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1351 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1353 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1355 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1357 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1359 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1360 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1361 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1362 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1363 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1365 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1366 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1367 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1368 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1370 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1371 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1372 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1373 a normal developer may have access.
1375 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1377 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1379 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1380 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1381 step all over each other
1383 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1385 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1387 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1388 address for PGP key updates
1390 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1392 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1394 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1395 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1396 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1397 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1398 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1400 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1402 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1404 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1405 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1406 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1407 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1408 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1409 <keyring-maint> instead)
1410 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1411 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1413 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1415 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1416 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1417 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1419 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1421 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1423 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1424 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1425 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1426 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1427 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1428 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1430 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1431 tighten up the language a bit
1432 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1433 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1434 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1435 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1437 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1438 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1439 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1440 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1441 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1442 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1444 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1445 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1446 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1447 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1448 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1449 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1450 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1451 number of available packages
1452 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1453 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1455 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1457 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1459 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1462 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1464 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1466 * not officially released
1467 * more spelling corrections
1468 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1470 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1472 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1474 * not officially released
1475 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1476 * some PGP-centricity removed
1477 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1478 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1479 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1480 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1481 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1482 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1484 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1486 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1488 * not officially released
1489 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1490 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1491 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1492 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1493 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1494 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1495 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1496 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1497 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1498 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1499 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1500 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1501 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1502 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1504 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1505 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1507 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1509 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1510 take a couple of weeks
1511 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1512 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1513 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1514 excited about it and can't wait
1515 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1516 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1518 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1519 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1521 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1522 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1523 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1525 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1527 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1529 * move to 3-level version number:
1530 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1531 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1532 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1533 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1534 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1537 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1538 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1539 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1541 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1543 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1544 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1545 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1546 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1547 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1548 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1550 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1552 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1553 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1554 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1555 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1556 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1557 - "The CVS server": new section added
1558 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1560 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1561 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1562 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1563 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1564 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1565 with respect to GPG.
1566 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1567 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1568 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1569 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1570 a canonical location?)
1571 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1572 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1573 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1574 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1576 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1578 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1579 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1580 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1581 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1583 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1585 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1587 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1588 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1589 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1590 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1591 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1592 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1593 and should not be included in this Reference.
1594 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1595 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1596 maintainer tools only!
1597 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1598 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1599 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1600 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1601 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1602 * Little corrections here and there.
1603 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1604 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1607 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1609 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1611 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1612 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1613 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1615 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1616 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1617 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1618 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1619 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1620 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1621 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1622 do prior to uploading
1623 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1624 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1626 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1627 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1628 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1629 duties with respect to bugs
1630 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1631 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1632 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1634 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1635 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1636 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1637 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1638 explicit what is used to build this package
1640 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1642 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1645 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1646 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1647 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1648 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1649 * utilize the new URL tag
1650 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1653 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1655 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1657 * non-maintainer release
1658 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1659 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1660 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1661 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1662 text, it can't hurt you.)
1663 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1664 reflect this packages version number
1665 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1667 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1669 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1673 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1675 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1677 * New version numbering scheme:
1679 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1680 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1681 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1684 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1685 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1686 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1687 differ between the manuals.
1689 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1690 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1691 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1692 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1694 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1695 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1697 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1699 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1701 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1703 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1705 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1706 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1708 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1709 (as requested by James Troup)
1711 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1713 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1715 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1717 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1719 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1721 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1723 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1725 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1726 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1727 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1728 the non-maintainer release
1730 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1731 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1732 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1735 - Lots of typos fixed
1737 * Compressed SGML source code
1739 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1740 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1742 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1744 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1746 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1748 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1749 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1750 - Announcing package uploads
1751 * New section about Debian Mentors
1752 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1753 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1754 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1755 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1757 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1759 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1761 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1762 of our FTP server and the development process
1763 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1764 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1765 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1767 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1768 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1769 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1770 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1771 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1772 contacting the maintainer
1773 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1774 a new manual released soon)
1775 * Some minor changes
1776 * Include SGML source in package
1777 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1778 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1780 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1782 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1786 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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