1 developers-reference (3.4.13) unstable; urgency=medium
4 * Fix typo in NMU section s/blocking/block/. Closes: #755515
7 * Fix typo in Vcs-Git:. Closes: #756491
8 * resources: Mention that some of the goodies also apply to DMs.
9 Thanks Philipp Kaluza for the patch. Closes: #581603
10 * Clarify type of changes accepted in NMUs. Thanks to Chris Knadle for the
11 patch! Closes: #672198
12 * Add Steam subscriptions to the list of goodies. Thanks to Paul Wise
13 for the patch. Closes: #736381
14 * Replace 'Debian GNU/Linux' with 'Debian' (except at one place). Thanks
15 to 'victory' for the patch. Closes: #708665
16 * Add pointer to debian-experimental-changes@l.d.o, where uploads to
17 experimental are sent. Thanks to Guo Yixuan for the patch! Closes: #671705
18 * Recommend git-bp instead of cvs-bp, and cowbuilder instead of pbuilder-uml.
19 Thanks to Osamu Aoki and Andreas Rönnquist for the patch! Closes: #741269
20 * Update for jessie. Thanks Fabien Givors for the patch! Closes: #719888
22 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jul 2014 17:52:15 +0200
24 developers-reference (3.4.12) unstable; urgency=medium
27 * Update preferred contact method for the security team. Closes: #738607
28 Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the patch.
31 * Removed mention of Gandi's discontinued discount.
34 * Move maintenance to Git & collab-maint. Update Vcs-*.
35 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.5 (no change required).
37 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Tue, 08 Jul 2014 15:54:19 +0200
39 developers-reference (3.4.11) unstable; urgency=low
44 * Update versioning advice for security uploads as well. Closes: #709218
45 Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the patch.
47 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:06:40 +0200
49 developers-reference (3.4.10) unstable; urgency=low
54 * Add recommendations to re-introduce packages. Thanks to Paul Wise for the
55 patch. Closes: #685039
56 * Drop paragraph about vanilla debian/rules files which mainly points to a
57 no-longer working link.
60 * Introduce epub support. Closes: #652044
63 * Update versioning advice for uploads to stable/testing. Closes: #685646
64 * Advise to use codename-security instead of stable-security.
67 [ Translation updates ]
68 * French by David Prévot.
69 * Japanese by victory.
70 * German by Chris Leick.
74 - Update Standards-Version to 3.9.4 (no change required).
75 - Use canonical URL for Vcs-Svn.
77 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2013 18:35:23 -0400
79 developers-reference (3.4.9) unstable; urgency=low
84 * Clarify that removals from testing are possible. Closes: #678710
85 Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
86 * Reword various parts to be gender-neutral. Closes: #678712
87 Thanks to Per Andersson and Steve Langasek for the patch.
88 * Recommend usage of gender-neutral formulations in README-contrib.
89 * Fix Vcs-Browser URL. Thanks to Charles Plessy who spotted it.
90 * Document the existence of "hints" that release managers can
91 use to tweak the conditions of testing migration. Closes: #679562
92 Thanks to Paul Gevers <paul@climbing.nl> for the patch.
94 [ Translation updates ]
95 * Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
96 * French by David Prévot.
97 * German by Chris Leick.
100 * Fix typo: Freenodes -> Freenode. Closes: #679735
102 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:34:59 -0400
104 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
107 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
108 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
109 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
110 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
111 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
112 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
113 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
116 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
117 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
119 * Translation updates (complete)
120 - French by David Prévot.
121 - German by Chris Leick.
124 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
125 * Switch to xz compression for source.
126 * Clean up debian/rules by using dh (with compat level 8).
127 * Drop build-dependency on latex-cjk-xcjk since xeCJK.sty is provided
128 by texlive-xetex directly.
130 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:57:23 +0200
132 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
137 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
138 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
139 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
140 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
141 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
142 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
143 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
144 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
145 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
146 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
147 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
148 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
149 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
150 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
151 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
152 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
153 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
154 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
155 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
156 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
159 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
160 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
161 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
162 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
165 * Translation updates (all completed)
166 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
167 - German by Chris Leick.
168 - French by David Prévot.
170 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
172 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
175 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
176 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
179 * Update my email address.
180 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
181 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
182 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
183 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
184 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
185 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
188 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
190 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
195 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
196 version tracking removed that requirement.
199 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
200 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
201 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
202 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
203 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
204 needed. Closes: #619990
205 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
206 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
209 * Initial German translation.
212 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
213 * Update French translation.
214 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
215 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
216 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
219 * Update Japanese translation.
221 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
223 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
226 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
227 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
230 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
231 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
232 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
233 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
234 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
235 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
236 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
237 patch. Closes: #540231
238 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
239 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
240 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
241 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
242 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
243 for the patch. Closes: #548823
244 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
245 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
246 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
247 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
248 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
249 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
250 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
251 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
252 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
253 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
254 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
255 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
256 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
257 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
259 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
260 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
261 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
263 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
264 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
265 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
266 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
267 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
269 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
271 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
272 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
273 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
274 patch. Closes: #573110
275 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
277 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
278 multi-lines substitution variables.
281 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
282 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
283 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
284 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
285 * Activate Japanese package.
286 * Handle addendum if it exists.
288 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
290 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
292 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
293 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
295 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
297 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
299 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
300 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
302 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
304 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
306 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
307 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
308 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
309 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
310 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
311 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
312 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
313 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
314 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
315 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
316 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
317 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
318 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
319 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
320 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
321 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
322 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
323 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
324 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
325 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
326 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
327 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
329 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
331 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
334 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
338 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
339 The most important changes are:
340 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
341 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
344 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
345 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
346 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
347 distinction. Closes: #464230.
348 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
349 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
350 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
351 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
352 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
353 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
355 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
356 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
358 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
359 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
361 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
362 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
364 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
366 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
367 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
369 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
370 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
371 Closes: #512620, #510783.
373 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
375 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
378 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
379 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
380 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
381 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
382 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
383 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
384 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
385 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
387 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
389 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
392 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
393 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
394 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
395 release codenames in <literal>
396 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
397 doesn't exist anymore.
398 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
399 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
400 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
401 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
402 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
403 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
404 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
405 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
406 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
407 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
408 team before upload. Closes: #459343
409 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
410 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
411 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
412 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
413 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
414 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
415 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
417 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
418 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
420 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
421 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
422 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
423 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
424 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
425 Thomas. Closes: #485837
427 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
428 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
430 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
432 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
436 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
437 - fix debian/copyright
438 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
439 - add pdf for French version.
440 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
441 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
442 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
443 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
444 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
445 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
446 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
447 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
448 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
450 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
451 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
453 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
455 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
456 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
457 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
458 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
459 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
460 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
462 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
465 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
466 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
467 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
468 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
469 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
470 * Update information concerning Alioth.
471 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
472 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
474 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
475 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
477 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
480 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
482 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
484 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
486 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
487 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
489 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
490 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
491 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
493 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
494 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
495 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
497 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
498 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
499 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
500 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
501 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
502 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
503 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
504 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
505 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
506 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
507 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
508 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
510 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
511 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
512 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
513 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
514 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
515 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
516 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
517 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
518 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
519 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
523 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
525 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
527 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
530 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
531 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
532 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
533 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
534 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
535 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
537 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
539 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
541 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
543 - non-us discontinued.
544 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
546 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
547 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
548 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
549 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
550 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
551 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
552 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
553 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
554 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
555 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
556 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
557 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
558 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
559 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
560 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
561 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
562 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
563 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
565 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
566 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
568 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
571 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
573 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
575 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
578 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
579 - madison is on merkel.
580 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
581 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
582 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
583 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
584 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
585 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
587 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
588 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
589 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
590 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
591 - sync NM rules with reality.
593 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
595 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
597 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
600 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
601 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
602 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
603 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
604 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
605 - spelling, grammer fixes.
606 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
607 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
608 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
609 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
610 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
611 - add myself to uploaders.
612 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
613 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
614 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
615 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
616 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
617 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
618 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
619 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
620 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
621 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
622 - rewrote the NMU section, and
623 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
624 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
625 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
626 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
627 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
628 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
629 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
630 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
632 - Security uploads get urgency=high
633 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
635 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
637 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
639 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
642 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
643 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
644 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
645 - documented Alioth, somewhat
647 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
648 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
650 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
651 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
652 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
653 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
657 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
659 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
660 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
661 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
662 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
665 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
667 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
670 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
672 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
673 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
674 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
676 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
677 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
678 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
679 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
682 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
684 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
685 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
686 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
687 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
688 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
690 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
691 it clear these are special cases
692 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
694 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
696 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
698 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
701 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
702 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
704 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
706 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
708 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
711 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
713 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
714 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
715 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
717 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
718 - the synopsis formula changed to either
719 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
721 <package-name> is <synopsis>
723 <package-name> are <synopsis>
725 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
726 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
727 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
728 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
729 package; closes: #187143
731 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
733 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
736 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
737 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
739 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
741 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
742 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
743 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
744 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
745 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
746 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
747 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
748 right places in the document, closes: #172897
749 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
753 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
755 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
756 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
757 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
758 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
759 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
760 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
761 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
763 - editorial changes on material added in this version
764 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
765 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
766 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
767 closes: #139957, #108416
768 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
769 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
771 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
773 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
776 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
778 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
779 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
780 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
781 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
783 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
784 for best practices for documentation
785 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
786 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
787 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
788 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
790 - spell-checking pass
792 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
794 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
797 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
798 descriptions" moved under there
799 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
800 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
801 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
802 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
803 the document where these tools are discussed
804 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
805 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
806 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
807 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
808 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
809 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
811 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
812 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
813 that can be fixed by DDP folks
814 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
815 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
816 - simply PS and PDF building rules
818 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
820 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
823 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
824 section and adjusted links
825 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
827 - ChangeLog attribution updates
828 - fix typos, closes: #171781
829 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
830 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
831 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
832 for debian/rules", and write an intro
833 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
834 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
835 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
836 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
837 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
838 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
839 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
840 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
841 "Internationalization"
842 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
843 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
844 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
845 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
846 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
847 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
848 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
849 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
850 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
852 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
853 rather useless and broken
854 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
855 names and the first word
856 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
857 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
858 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
860 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
861 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
862 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
864 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
866 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
869 - DDP publishing update
871 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
872 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
873 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
874 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
876 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
878 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
881 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
882 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
883 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
885 - added myself as co-author
886 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
888 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
889 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
891 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
892 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
894 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
896 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
899 - Corrected several errors with —
900 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
901 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
902 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
903 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
904 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
905 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
906 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
908 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
909 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
910 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
911 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
912 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
913 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
914 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
915 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
916 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
918 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
919 descriptions". closes: #158609
920 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
921 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
922 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
923 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
924 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
926 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
927 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
928 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
929 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
930 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
931 - updated the mailing lists section
933 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
934 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
937 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
939 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
942 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
943 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
945 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
947 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
948 Ch "The Debian Archive"
950 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
952 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
953 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
954 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
955 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
956 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
958 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
959 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
960 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
961 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
962 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
963 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
964 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
966 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
967 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
970 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
971 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
972 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
973 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
974 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
975 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
976 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
977 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
978 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
979 work-around with <...>
980 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
981 - update copyright date
982 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
983 - spell check and grammar corrections
987 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
989 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
990 recompile"; closes: #102626
991 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
992 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
993 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
994 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
995 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
997 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
998 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
999 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
1001 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
1003 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
1004 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
1005 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
1006 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
1007 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
1008 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
1009 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
1010 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
1011 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
1013 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
1015 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
1017 - updated the list of available architectures.
1018 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
1019 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
1020 of the package and nothing more.
1021 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
1022 any pain to the ftpmasters.
1023 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
1024 the use of the delayed queue.
1025 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
1026 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
1028 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
1029 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
1030 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
1031 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
1032 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
1033 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
1034 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
1036 - new Sec "Documentation"
1037 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
1038 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
1039 "Being kind to porter" too
1040 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
1041 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
1042 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
1043 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
1044 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
1046 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
1047 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
1050 - update French translation
1052 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
1054 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
1057 - some grammar corrections
1058 - update French translation
1060 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
1061 anymore; closes: #135559
1062 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
1064 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
1066 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
1067 that would be welcome)
1068 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
1069 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
1070 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
1071 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
1072 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
1073 - other minor wording changes
1074 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
1075 - Ch "Package uploads":
1076 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
1077 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
1078 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
1079 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
1080 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
1081 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
1082 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
1084 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
1086 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1088 * from Martin Michlmayr
1089 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
1090 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
1091 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
1093 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
1095 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1097 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
1099 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
1100 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
1101 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
1102 - minor build tweaks
1104 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1105 * from Chris Tillman
1106 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1109 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1111 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1114 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1116 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1117 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1118 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1119 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1120 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1121 talking about uploading to distributions
1122 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1123 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1124 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1126 - French translation updated
1128 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1129 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1130 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1132 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1134 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1137 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1138 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1141 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1143 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1146 * fix a typo in a link
1147 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1148 update documentation accordingly
1150 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1151 forwarding bugs upstream
1153 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1154 entities which should be used
1155 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1156 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1158 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1160 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1162 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1163 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1164 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1165 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1167 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1170 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1172 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1174 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1176 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1177 this translation needs updating
1178 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1179 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1180 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1182 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1183 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1184 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1186 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1187 included yet, however
1189 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1191 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1193 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1195 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1196 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1198 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1200 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1202 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1204 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1205 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1206 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1208 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1210 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1212 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1215 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1216 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1217 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1218 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1219 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1220 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1221 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1222 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1223 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1224 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1225 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1226 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1228 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1229 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1230 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1231 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1232 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1234 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1236 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1237 * update copyright notice for 2001
1238 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1239 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1240 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1242 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1244 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1246 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1248 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1250 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1252 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1254 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1256 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1257 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1259 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1260 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1261 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1262 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1263 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1264 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1265 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1266 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1267 could be used if necessary
1268 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1269 mention the rsync dupload method
1270 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1272 * other small corrections
1273 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1274 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1275 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1276 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1278 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1280 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1281 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1283 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1285 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1287 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1288 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1289 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1290 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1292 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1293 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1294 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1295 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1296 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1298 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1300 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1301 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1302 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1303 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1304 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1305 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1306 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1308 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1309 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1310 - added a section about the LDAP database
1311 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1312 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1314 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1315 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1317 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1319 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1321 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1322 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1323 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1325 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1326 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1327 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1328 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1329 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1330 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1331 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1332 description from developers-reference.sgml
1334 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1336 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1338 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1339 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1341 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1343 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1344 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1345 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1346 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1347 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1348 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1349 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1350 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1351 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1352 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1354 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1355 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1356 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1357 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1359 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1360 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1361 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1362 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1363 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1364 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1365 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1366 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1367 suggestion from James Troup
1368 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1369 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1370 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1371 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1374 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1376 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1378 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1379 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1381 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1383 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1385 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1386 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1387 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1388 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1389 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1390 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1391 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1393 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1395 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1397 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1398 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1399 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1400 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1401 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1402 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1404 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1405 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1407 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1409 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1411 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1413 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1415 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1416 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1417 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1418 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1419 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1421 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1422 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1423 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1424 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1426 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1427 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1428 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1429 a normal developer may have access.
1431 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1433 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1435 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1436 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1437 step all over each other
1439 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1441 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1443 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1444 address for PGP key updates
1446 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1448 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1450 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1451 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1452 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1453 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1454 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1456 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1458 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1460 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1461 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1462 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1463 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1464 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1465 <keyring-maint> instead)
1466 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1467 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1469 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1471 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1472 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1473 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1475 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1477 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1479 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1480 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1481 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1482 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1483 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1484 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1486 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1487 tighten up the language a bit
1488 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1489 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1490 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1491 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1493 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1494 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1495 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1496 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1497 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1498 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1500 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1501 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1502 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1503 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1504 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1505 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1506 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1507 number of available packages
1508 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1509 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1511 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1513 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1515 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1518 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1520 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1522 * not officially released
1523 * more spelling corrections
1524 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1526 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1528 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1530 * not officially released
1531 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1532 * some PGP-centricity removed
1533 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1534 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1535 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1536 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1537 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1538 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1540 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1542 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1544 * not officially released
1545 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1546 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1547 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1548 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1549 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1550 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1551 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1552 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1553 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1554 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1555 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1556 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1557 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1558 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1560 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1561 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1563 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1565 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1566 take a couple of weeks
1567 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1568 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1569 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1570 excited about it and can't wait
1571 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1572 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1574 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1575 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1577 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1578 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1579 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1581 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1583 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1585 * move to 3-level version number:
1586 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1587 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1588 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1589 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1590 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1593 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1594 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1595 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1597 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1599 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1600 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1601 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1602 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1603 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1604 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1606 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1608 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1609 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1610 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1611 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1612 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1613 - "The CVS server": new section added
1614 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1616 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1617 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1618 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1619 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1620 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1621 with respect to GPG.
1622 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1623 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1624 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1625 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1626 a canonical location?)
1627 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1628 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1629 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1630 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1632 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1634 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1635 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1636 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1637 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1639 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1641 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1643 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1644 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1645 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1646 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1647 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1648 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1649 and should not be included in this Reference.
1650 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1651 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1652 maintainer tools only!
1653 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1654 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1655 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1656 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1657 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1658 * Little corrections here and there.
1659 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1660 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1663 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1665 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1667 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1668 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1669 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1671 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1672 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1673 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1674 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1675 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1676 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1677 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1678 do prior to uploading
1679 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1680 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1682 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1683 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1684 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1685 duties with respect to bugs
1686 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1687 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1688 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1690 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1691 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1692 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1693 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1694 explicit what is used to build this package
1696 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1698 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1701 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1702 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1703 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1704 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1705 * utilize the new URL tag
1706 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1709 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1711 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1713 * non-maintainer release
1714 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1715 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1716 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1717 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1718 text, it can't hurt you.)
1719 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1720 reflect this packages version number
1721 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1723 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1725 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1729 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1731 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1733 * New version numbering scheme:
1735 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1736 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1737 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1740 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1741 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1742 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1743 differ between the manuals.
1745 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1746 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1747 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1748 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1750 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1751 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1753 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1755 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1757 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1759 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1761 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1762 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1764 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1765 (as requested by James Troup)
1767 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1769 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1771 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1773 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1775 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1777 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1779 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1781 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1782 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1783 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1784 the non-maintainer release
1786 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1787 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1788 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1791 - Lots of typos fixed
1793 * Compressed SGML source code
1795 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1796 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1798 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1800 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1802 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1804 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1805 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1806 - Announcing package uploads
1807 * New section about Debian Mentors
1808 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1809 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1810 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1811 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1813 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1815 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1817 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1818 of our FTP server and the development process
1819 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1820 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1821 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1823 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1824 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1825 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1826 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1827 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1828 contacting the maintainer
1829 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1830 a new manual released soon)
1831 * Some minor changes
1832 * Include SGML source in package
1833 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1834 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1836 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1838 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1842 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200