1 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
4 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
5 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
6 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
7 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
8 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
9 - spelling, grammer fixes.
10 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
11 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
12 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
13 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
14 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
15 - add myself to uploaders.
16 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
17 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
18 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
19 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
20 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
21 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
22 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
23 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
24 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
25 - updated information about testing distribution.
26 - rewrote the NMU section, and
27 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
28 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
29 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
30 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
32 - Security uploads get urgency=high
33 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
35 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 5 Sep 2004 14:02:11 -0600
37 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
40 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
41 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
42 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
43 - documented Alioth, somewhat
45 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
46 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
48 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
49 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
50 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
51 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
55 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
57 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
58 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
59 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
60 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
63 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
65 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
68 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
70 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
71 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
72 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
74 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
75 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
76 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
77 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
80 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
82 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
83 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
84 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
85 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
86 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
88 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
89 it clear these are special cases
90 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
92 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
94 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
96 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
99 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
100 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
102 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
104 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
106 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
109 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
111 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
112 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
113 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
115 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
116 - the synopsis formula changed to either
117 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
119 <package-name> is <synopsis>
121 <package-name> are <synopsis>
123 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
124 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
125 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
126 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
127 package; closes: #187143
129 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
131 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
134 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
135 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
137 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
139 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
140 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
141 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
142 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
143 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
144 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
145 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
146 right places in the document, closes: #172897
147 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
151 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
153 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
154 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
155 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
156 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
157 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
158 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
159 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
161 - editorial changes on material added in this version
162 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
163 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
164 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
165 closes: #139957, #108416
166 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
167 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
169 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
171 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
174 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
176 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
177 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
178 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
179 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
181 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
182 for best practices for documentation
183 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
184 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
185 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
186 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
188 - spell-checking pass
190 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
192 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
195 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
196 descriptions" moved under there
197 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
198 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
199 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
200 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
201 the document where these tools are discussed
202 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
203 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
204 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
205 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
206 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
207 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
209 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
210 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
211 that can be fixed by DDP folks
212 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
213 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
214 - simply PS and PDF building rules
216 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
218 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
221 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
222 section and adjusted links
223 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
225 - ChangeLog attribution updates
226 - fix typos, closes: #171781
227 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
228 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
229 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
230 for debian/rules", and write an intro
231 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
232 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
233 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
234 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
235 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
236 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
237 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
238 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
239 "Internationalization"
240 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
241 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
242 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
243 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
244 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
245 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
246 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
247 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
248 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
250 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
251 rather useless and broken
252 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
253 names and the first word
254 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
255 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
256 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
258 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
259 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
260 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
262 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
264 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
267 - DDP publishing update
269 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
270 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
271 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
272 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
274 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
276 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
279 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
280 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
281 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
283 - added myself as co-author
284 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
286 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
287 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
289 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
290 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
292 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
294 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
297 - Corrected several errors with —
298 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
299 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
300 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
301 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
302 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
303 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
304 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
306 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
307 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
308 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
309 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
310 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
311 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
312 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
313 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
314 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
316 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
317 descriptions". closes: #158609
318 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
319 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
320 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
321 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
322 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
324 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
325 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
326 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
327 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
328 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
329 - updated the mailing lists section
331 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
332 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
335 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
337 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
340 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
341 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
343 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
345 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
346 Ch "The Debian Archive"
348 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
350 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
351 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
352 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
353 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
354 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
356 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
357 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
358 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
359 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
360 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
361 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
362 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
364 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
365 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
368 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
369 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
370 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
371 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
372 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
373 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
374 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
375 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
376 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
377 work-around with <...>
378 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
379 - update copyright date
380 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
381 - spell check and grammar corrections
385 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
387 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
388 recompile"; closes: #102626
389 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
390 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
391 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
392 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
393 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
395 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
396 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
397 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
399 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
401 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
402 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
403 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
404 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
405 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
406 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
407 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
408 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
409 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
411 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
413 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
415 - updated the list of available architectures.
416 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
417 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
418 of the package and nothing more.
419 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
420 any pain to the ftpmasters.
421 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
422 the use of the delayed queue.
423 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
424 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
426 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
427 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
428 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
429 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
430 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
431 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
432 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
434 - new Sec "Documentation"
435 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
436 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
437 "Being kind to porter" too
438 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
439 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
440 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
441 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
442 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
444 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
445 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
448 - update French translation
450 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
452 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
455 - some grammar corrections
456 - update French translation
458 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
459 anymore; closes: #135559
460 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
462 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
464 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
465 that would be welcome)
466 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
467 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
468 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
469 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
470 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
471 - other minor wording changes
472 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
473 - Ch "Package uploads":
474 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
475 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
476 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
477 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
478 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
479 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
480 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
482 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
484 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
486 * from Martin Michlmayr
487 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
488 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
489 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
491 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
493 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
495 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
497 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
498 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
499 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
502 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
504 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
507 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
509 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
512 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
514 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
515 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
516 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
517 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
518 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
519 talking about uploading to distributions
520 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
521 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
522 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
524 - French translation updated
526 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
527 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
528 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
530 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
532 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
535 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
536 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
539 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
541 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
544 * fix a typo in a link
545 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
546 update documentation accordingly
548 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
549 forwarding bugs upstream
551 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
552 entities which should be used
553 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
554 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
556 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
558 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
560 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
561 * French version: completely up-to-date now
562 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
563 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
565 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
568 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
570 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
572 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
574 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
575 this translation needs updating
576 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
577 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
578 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
580 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
581 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
582 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
584 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
585 included yet, however
587 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
589 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
591 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
593 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
594 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
596 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
598 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
600 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
602 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
603 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
604 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
606 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
608 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
610 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
613 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
614 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
615 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
616 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
617 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
618 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
619 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
620 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
621 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
622 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
623 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
624 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
626 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
627 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
628 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
629 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
630 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
632 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
634 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
635 * update copyright notice for 2001
636 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
637 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
638 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
640 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
642 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
644 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
646 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
648 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
650 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
652 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
654 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
655 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
657 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
658 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
659 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
660 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
661 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
662 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
663 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
664 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
665 could be used if necessary
666 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
667 mention the rsync dupload method
668 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
670 * other small corrections
671 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
672 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
673 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
674 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
676 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
678 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
679 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
681 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
683 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
685 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
686 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
687 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
688 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
690 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
691 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
692 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
693 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
694 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
696 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
698 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
699 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
700 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
701 team (closes: Bug#52906)
702 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
703 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
704 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
706 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
707 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
708 - added a section about the LDAP database
709 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
710 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
712 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
713 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
715 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
717 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
719 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
720 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
721 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
723 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
724 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
725 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
726 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
727 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
728 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
729 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
730 description from developers-reference.sgml
732 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
734 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
736 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
737 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
739 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
741 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
742 releases are available at archive.debian.org
743 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
744 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
745 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
746 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
747 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
748 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
749 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
750 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
752 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
753 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
754 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
755 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
757 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
758 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
759 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
760 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
761 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
762 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
763 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
764 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
765 suggestion from James Troup
766 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
767 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
768 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
769 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
772 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
774 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
776 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
777 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
779 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
781 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
783 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
784 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
785 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
786 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
787 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
788 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
789 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
791 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
793 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
795 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
796 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
797 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
798 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
799 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
800 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
802 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
803 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
805 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
807 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
809 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
811 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
813 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
814 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
815 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
816 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
817 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
819 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
820 with intro; demoted server sections under that
821 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
822 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
824 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
825 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
826 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
827 a normal developer may have access.
829 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
831 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
833 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
834 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
835 step all over each other
837 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
839 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
841 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
842 address for PGP key updates
844 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
846 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
848 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
849 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
850 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
851 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
852 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
854 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
856 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
858 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
859 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
860 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
861 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
862 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
863 <keyring-maint> instead)
864 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
865 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
867 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
869 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
870 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
871 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
873 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
875 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
877 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
878 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
879 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
880 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
881 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
882 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
884 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
885 tighten up the language a bit
886 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
887 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
888 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
889 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
891 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
892 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
893 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
894 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
895 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
896 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
898 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
899 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
900 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
901 about how to depart Debian gracefully
902 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
903 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
904 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
905 number of available packages
906 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
907 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
909 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
911 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
913 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
916 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
918 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
920 * not officially released
921 * more spelling corrections
922 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
924 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
926 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
928 * not officially released
929 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
930 * some PGP-centricity removed
931 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
932 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
933 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
934 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
935 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
936 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
938 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
940 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
942 * not officially released
943 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
944 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
945 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
946 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
947 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
948 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
949 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
950 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
951 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
952 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
953 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
954 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
955 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
956 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
958 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
959 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
961 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
963 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
964 take a couple of weeks
965 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
966 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
967 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
968 excited about it and can't wait
969 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
970 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
972 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
973 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
975 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
976 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
977 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
979 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
981 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
983 * move to 3-level version number:
984 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
985 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
986 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
987 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
988 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
991 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
992 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
993 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
995 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
997 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
998 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
999 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1000 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1001 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1002 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1004 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1006 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1007 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1008 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1009 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1010 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1011 - "The CVS server": new section added
1012 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1014 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1015 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1016 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1017 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1018 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1019 with respect to GPG.
1020 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1021 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1022 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1023 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1024 a canonical location?)
1025 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1026 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1027 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1028 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1030 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1032 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1033 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1034 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1035 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1037 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1039 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1041 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1042 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1043 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1044 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1045 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1046 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1047 and should not be included in this Reference.
1048 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1049 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1050 maintainer tools only!
1051 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1052 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1053 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1054 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1055 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1056 * Little corrections here and there.
1057 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1058 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1061 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1063 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1065 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1066 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1067 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1069 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1070 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1071 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1072 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1073 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1074 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1075 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1076 do prior to uploading
1077 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1078 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1080 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1081 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1082 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1083 duties with respect to bugs
1084 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1085 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1086 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1088 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1089 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1090 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1091 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1092 explicit what is used to build this package
1094 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1096 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1099 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1100 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1101 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1102 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1103 * utilize the new URL tag
1104 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1107 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1109 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1111 * non-maintainer release
1112 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1113 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1114 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1115 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1116 text, it can't hurt you.)
1117 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1118 reflect this packages version number
1119 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1121 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1123 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1127 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1129 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1131 * New version numbering scheme:
1133 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1134 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1135 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1138 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1139 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1140 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1141 differ between the manuals.
1143 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1144 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1145 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1146 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1148 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1149 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1151 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1153 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1155 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1157 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1159 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1160 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1162 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1163 (as requested by James Troup)
1165 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1167 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1169 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1171 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1173 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1175 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1177 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1179 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1180 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1181 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1182 the non-maintainer release
1184 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1185 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1186 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1189 - Lots of typos fixed
1191 * Compressed SGML source code
1193 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1194 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1196 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1198 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1200 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1202 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1203 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1204 - Announcing package uploads
1205 * New section about Debian Mentors
1206 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1207 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1208 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1209 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1211 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1213 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1215 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1216 of our FTP server and the development process
1217 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1218 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1219 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1221 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1222 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1223 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1224 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1225 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1226 contacting the maintainer
1227 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1228 a new manual released soon)
1229 * Some minor changes
1230 * Include SGML source in package
1231 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1232 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1234 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1236 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1240 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200