1 developers-reference (3.4.10) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Add recommendations to re-introduce packages. Thanks to Paul Wise for the
6 * Drop paragraph about vanilla debian/rules files which mainly points to a
7 no-longer working link.
10 * introduce epub support (Closes: #652044)
12 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:20:49 +0200
14 developers-reference (3.4.9) unstable; urgency=low
19 * Clarify that removals from testing are possible. Closes: #678710
20 Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
21 * Reword various parts to be gender-neutral. Closes: #678712
22 Thanks to Per Andersson and Steve Langasek for the patch.
23 * Recommend usage of gender-neutral formulations in README-contrib.
24 * Fix Vcs-Browser URL. Thanks to Charles Plessy who spotted it.
25 * Document the existence of "hints" that release managers can
26 use to tweak the conditions of testing migration. Closes: #679562
27 Thanks to Paul Gevers <paul@climbing.nl> for the patch.
29 [ Translation updates ]
30 * Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
31 * French by David Prévot.
32 * German by Chris Leick.
35 * Fix typo: Freenodes -> Freenode. Closes: #679735
37 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:34:59 -0400
39 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
42 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
43 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
44 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
45 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
46 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
47 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
48 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
51 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
52 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
54 * Translation updates (complete)
55 - French by David Prévot.
56 - German by Chris Leick.
59 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
60 * Switch to xz compression for source.
61 * Clean up debian/rules by using dh (with compat level 8).
62 * Drop build-dependency on latex-cjk-xcjk since xeCJK.sty is provided
63 by texlive-xetex directly.
65 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:57:23 +0200
67 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
72 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
73 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
74 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
75 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
76 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
77 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
78 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
79 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
80 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
81 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
82 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
83 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
84 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
85 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
86 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
87 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
88 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
89 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
90 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
91 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
94 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
95 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
96 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
97 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
100 * Translation updates (all completed)
101 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
102 - German by Chris Leick.
103 - French by David Prévot.
105 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
107 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
110 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
111 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
114 * Update my email address.
115 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
116 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
117 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
118 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
119 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
120 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
123 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
125 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
130 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
131 version tracking removed that requirement.
134 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
135 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
136 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
137 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
138 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
139 needed. Closes: #619990
140 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
141 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
144 * Initial German translation.
147 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
148 * Update French translation.
149 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
150 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
151 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
154 * Update Japanese translation.
156 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
158 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
161 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
162 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
165 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
166 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
167 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
168 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
169 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
170 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
171 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
172 patch. Closes: #540231
173 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
174 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
175 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
176 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
177 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
178 for the patch. Closes: #548823
179 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
180 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
181 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
182 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
183 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
184 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
185 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
186 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
187 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
188 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
189 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
190 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
191 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
192 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
194 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
195 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
196 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
198 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
199 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
200 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
201 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
202 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
204 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
206 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
207 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
208 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
209 patch. Closes: #573110
210 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
212 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
213 multi-lines substitution variables.
216 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
217 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
218 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
219 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
220 * Activate Japanese package.
221 * Handle addendum if it exists.
223 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
225 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
227 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
228 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
230 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
232 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
234 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
235 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
237 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
239 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
241 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
242 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
243 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
244 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
245 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
246 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
247 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
248 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
249 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
250 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
251 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
252 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
253 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
254 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
255 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
256 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
257 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
258 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
259 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
260 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
261 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
262 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
264 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
266 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
269 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
273 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
274 The most important changes are:
275 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
276 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
279 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
280 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
281 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
282 distinction. Closes: #464230.
283 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
284 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
285 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
286 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
287 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
288 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
290 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
291 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
293 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
294 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
296 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
297 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
299 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
301 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
302 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
304 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
305 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
306 Closes: #512620, #510783.
308 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
310 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
313 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
314 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
315 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
316 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
317 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
318 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
319 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
320 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
322 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
324 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
327 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
328 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
329 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
330 release codenames in <literal>
331 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
332 doesn't exist anymore.
333 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
334 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
335 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
336 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
337 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
338 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
339 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
340 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
341 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
342 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
343 team before upload. Closes: #459343
344 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
345 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
346 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
347 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
348 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
349 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
350 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
352 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
353 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
355 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
356 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
357 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
358 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
359 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
360 Thomas. Closes: #485837
362 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
363 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
365 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
367 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
371 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
372 - fix debian/copyright
373 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
374 - add pdf for French version.
375 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
376 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
377 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
378 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
379 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
380 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
381 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
382 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
383 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
385 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
386 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
388 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
390 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
391 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
392 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
393 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
394 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
395 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
397 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
400 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
401 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
402 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
403 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
404 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
405 * Update information concerning Alioth.
406 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
407 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
409 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
410 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
412 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
415 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
417 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
419 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
421 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
422 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
424 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
425 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
426 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
428 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
429 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
430 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
432 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
433 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
434 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
435 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
436 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
437 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
438 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
439 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
440 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
441 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
442 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
443 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
445 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
446 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
447 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
448 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
449 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
450 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
451 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
452 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
453 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
454 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
458 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
460 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
462 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
465 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
466 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
467 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
468 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
469 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
470 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
472 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
474 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
476 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
478 - non-us discontinued.
479 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
481 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
482 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
483 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
484 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
485 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
486 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
487 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
488 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
489 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
490 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
491 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
492 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
493 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
494 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
495 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
496 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
497 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
498 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
500 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
501 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
503 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
506 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
508 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
510 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
513 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
514 - madison is on merkel.
515 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
516 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
517 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
518 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
519 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
520 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
522 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
523 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
524 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
525 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
526 - sync NM rules with reality.
528 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
530 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
532 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
535 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
536 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
537 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
538 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
539 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
540 - spelling, grammer fixes.
541 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
542 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
543 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
544 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
545 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
546 - add myself to uploaders.
547 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
548 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
549 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
550 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
551 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
552 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
553 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
554 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
555 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
556 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
557 - rewrote the NMU section, and
558 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
559 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
560 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
561 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
562 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
563 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
564 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
565 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
567 - Security uploads get urgency=high
568 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
570 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
572 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
574 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
577 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
578 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
579 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
580 - documented Alioth, somewhat
582 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
583 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
585 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
586 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
587 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
588 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
592 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
594 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
595 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
596 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
597 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
600 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
602 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
605 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
607 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
608 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
609 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
611 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
612 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
613 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
614 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
617 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
619 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
620 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
621 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
622 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
623 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
625 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
626 it clear these are special cases
627 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
629 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
631 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
633 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
636 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
637 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
639 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
641 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
643 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
646 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
648 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
649 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
650 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
652 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
653 - the synopsis formula changed to either
654 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
656 <package-name> is <synopsis>
658 <package-name> are <synopsis>
660 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
661 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
662 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
663 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
664 package; closes: #187143
666 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
668 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
671 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
672 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
674 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
676 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
677 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
678 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
679 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
680 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
681 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
682 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
683 right places in the document, closes: #172897
684 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
688 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
690 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
691 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
692 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
693 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
694 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
695 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
696 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
698 - editorial changes on material added in this version
699 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
700 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
701 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
702 closes: #139957, #108416
703 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
704 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
706 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
708 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
711 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
713 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
714 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
715 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
716 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
718 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
719 for best practices for documentation
720 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
721 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
722 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
723 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
725 - spell-checking pass
727 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
729 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
732 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
733 descriptions" moved under there
734 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
735 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
736 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
737 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
738 the document where these tools are discussed
739 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
740 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
741 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
742 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
743 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
744 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
746 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
747 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
748 that can be fixed by DDP folks
749 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
750 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
751 - simply PS and PDF building rules
753 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
755 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
758 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
759 section and adjusted links
760 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
762 - ChangeLog attribution updates
763 - fix typos, closes: #171781
764 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
765 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
766 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
767 for debian/rules", and write an intro
768 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
769 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
770 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
771 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
772 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
773 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
774 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
775 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
776 "Internationalization"
777 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
778 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
779 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
780 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
781 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
782 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
783 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
784 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
785 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
787 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
788 rather useless and broken
789 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
790 names and the first word
791 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
792 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
793 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
795 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
796 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
797 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
799 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
801 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
804 - DDP publishing update
806 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
807 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
808 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
809 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
811 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
813 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
816 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
817 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
818 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
820 - added myself as co-author
821 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
823 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
824 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
826 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
827 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
829 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
831 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
834 - Corrected several errors with —
835 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
836 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
837 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
838 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
839 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
840 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
841 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
843 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
844 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
845 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
846 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
847 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
848 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
849 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
850 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
851 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
853 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
854 descriptions". closes: #158609
855 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
856 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
857 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
858 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
859 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
861 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
862 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
863 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
864 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
865 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
866 - updated the mailing lists section
868 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
869 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
872 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
874 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
877 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
878 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
880 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
882 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
883 Ch "The Debian Archive"
885 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
887 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
888 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
889 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
890 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
891 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
893 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
894 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
895 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
896 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
897 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
898 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
899 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
901 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
902 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
905 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
906 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
907 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
908 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
909 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
910 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
911 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
912 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
913 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
914 work-around with <...>
915 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
916 - update copyright date
917 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
918 - spell check and grammar corrections
922 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
924 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
925 recompile"; closes: #102626
926 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
927 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
928 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
929 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
930 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
932 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
933 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
934 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
936 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
938 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
939 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
940 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
941 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
942 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
943 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
944 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
945 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
946 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
948 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
950 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
952 - updated the list of available architectures.
953 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
954 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
955 of the package and nothing more.
956 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
957 any pain to the ftpmasters.
958 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
959 the use of the delayed queue.
960 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
961 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
963 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
964 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
965 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
966 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
967 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
968 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
969 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
971 - new Sec "Documentation"
972 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
973 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
974 "Being kind to porter" too
975 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
976 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
977 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
978 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
979 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
981 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
982 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
985 - update French translation
987 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
989 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
992 - some grammar corrections
993 - update French translation
995 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
996 anymore; closes: #135559
997 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
999 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
1001 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
1002 that would be welcome)
1003 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
1004 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
1005 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
1006 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
1007 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
1008 - other minor wording changes
1009 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
1010 - Ch "Package uploads":
1011 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
1012 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
1013 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
1014 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
1015 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
1016 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
1017 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
1019 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
1021 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1023 * from Martin Michlmayr
1024 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
1025 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
1026 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
1028 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
1030 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1032 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
1034 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
1035 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
1036 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
1037 - minor build tweaks
1039 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1040 * from Chris Tillman
1041 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1044 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1046 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1049 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1051 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1052 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1053 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1054 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1055 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1056 talking about uploading to distributions
1057 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1058 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1059 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1061 - French translation updated
1063 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1064 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1065 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1067 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1069 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1072 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1073 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1076 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1078 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1081 * fix a typo in a link
1082 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1083 update documentation accordingly
1085 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1086 forwarding bugs upstream
1088 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1089 entities which should be used
1090 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1091 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1093 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1095 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1097 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1098 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1099 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1100 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1102 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1105 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1107 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1109 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1111 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1112 this translation needs updating
1113 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1114 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1115 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1117 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1118 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1119 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1121 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1122 included yet, however
1124 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1126 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1128 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1130 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1131 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1133 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1135 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1137 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1139 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1140 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1141 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1143 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1145 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1147 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1150 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1151 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1152 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1153 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1154 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1155 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1156 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1157 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1158 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1159 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1160 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1161 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1163 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1164 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1165 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1166 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1167 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1169 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1171 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1172 * update copyright notice for 2001
1173 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1174 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1175 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1177 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1179 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1181 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1183 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1185 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1187 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1189 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1191 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1192 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1194 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1195 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1196 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1197 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1198 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1199 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1200 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1201 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1202 could be used if necessary
1203 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1204 mention the rsync dupload method
1205 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1207 * other small corrections
1208 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1209 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1210 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1211 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1213 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1215 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1216 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1218 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1220 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1222 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1223 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1224 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1225 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1227 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1228 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1229 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1230 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1231 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1233 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1235 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1236 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1237 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1238 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1239 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1240 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1241 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1243 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1244 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1245 - added a section about the LDAP database
1246 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1247 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1249 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1250 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1252 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1254 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1256 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1257 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1258 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1260 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1261 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1262 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1263 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1264 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1265 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1266 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1267 description from developers-reference.sgml
1269 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1271 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1273 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1274 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1276 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1278 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1279 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1280 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1281 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1282 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1283 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1284 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1285 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1286 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1287 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1289 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1290 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1291 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1292 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1294 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1295 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1296 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1297 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1298 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1299 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1300 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1301 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1302 suggestion from James Troup
1303 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1304 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1305 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1306 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1309 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1311 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1313 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1314 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1316 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1318 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1320 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1321 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1322 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1323 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1324 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1325 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1326 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1328 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1330 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1332 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1333 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1334 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1335 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1336 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1337 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1339 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1340 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1342 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1344 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1346 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1348 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1350 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1351 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1352 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1353 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1354 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1356 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1357 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1358 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1359 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1361 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1362 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1363 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1364 a normal developer may have access.
1366 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1368 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1370 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1371 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1372 step all over each other
1374 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1376 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1378 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1379 address for PGP key updates
1381 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1383 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1385 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1386 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1387 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1388 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1389 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1391 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1393 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1395 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1396 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1397 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1398 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1399 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1400 <keyring-maint> instead)
1401 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1402 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1404 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1406 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1407 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1408 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1410 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1412 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1414 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1415 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1416 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1417 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1418 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1419 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1421 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1422 tighten up the language a bit
1423 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1424 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1425 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1426 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1428 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1429 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1430 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1431 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1432 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1433 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1435 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1436 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1437 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1438 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1439 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1440 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1441 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1442 number of available packages
1443 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1444 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1446 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1448 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1450 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1453 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1455 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1457 * not officially released
1458 * more spelling corrections
1459 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1461 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1463 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1465 * not officially released
1466 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1467 * some PGP-centricity removed
1468 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1469 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1470 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1471 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1472 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1473 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1475 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1477 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1479 * not officially released
1480 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1481 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1482 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1483 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1484 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1485 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1486 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1487 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1488 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1489 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1490 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1491 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1492 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1493 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1495 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1496 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1498 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1500 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1501 take a couple of weeks
1502 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1503 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1504 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1505 excited about it and can't wait
1506 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1507 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1509 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1510 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1512 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1513 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1514 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1516 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1518 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1520 * move to 3-level version number:
1521 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1522 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1523 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1524 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1525 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1528 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1529 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1530 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1532 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1534 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1535 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1536 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1537 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1538 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1539 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1541 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1543 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1544 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1545 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1546 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1547 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1548 - "The CVS server": new section added
1549 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1551 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1552 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1553 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1554 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1555 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1556 with respect to GPG.
1557 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1558 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1559 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1560 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1561 a canonical location?)
1562 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1563 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1564 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1565 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1567 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1569 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1570 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1571 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1572 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1574 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1576 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1578 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1579 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1580 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1581 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1582 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1583 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1584 and should not be included in this Reference.
1585 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1586 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1587 maintainer tools only!
1588 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1589 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1590 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1591 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1592 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1593 * Little corrections here and there.
1594 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1595 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1598 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1600 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1602 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1603 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1604 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1606 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1607 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1608 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1609 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1610 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1611 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1612 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1613 do prior to uploading
1614 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1615 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1617 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1618 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1619 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1620 duties with respect to bugs
1621 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1622 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1623 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1625 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1626 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1627 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1628 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1629 explicit what is used to build this package
1631 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1633 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1636 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1637 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1638 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1639 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1640 * utilize the new URL tag
1641 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1644 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1646 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1648 * non-maintainer release
1649 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1650 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1651 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1652 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1653 text, it can't hurt you.)
1654 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1655 reflect this packages version number
1656 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1658 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1660 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1664 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1666 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1668 * New version numbering scheme:
1670 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1671 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1672 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1675 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1676 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1677 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1678 differ between the manuals.
1680 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1681 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1682 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1683 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1685 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1686 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1688 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1690 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1692 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1694 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1696 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1697 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1699 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1700 (as requested by James Troup)
1702 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1704 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1706 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1708 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1710 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1712 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1714 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1716 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1717 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1718 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1719 the non-maintainer release
1721 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1722 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1723 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1726 - Lots of typos fixed
1728 * Compressed SGML source code
1730 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1731 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1733 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1735 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1737 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1739 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1740 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1741 - Announcing package uploads
1742 * New section about Debian Mentors
1743 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1744 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1745 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1746 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1748 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1750 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1752 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1753 of our FTP server and the development process
1754 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1755 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1756 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1758 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1759 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1760 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1761 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1762 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1763 contacting the maintainer
1764 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1765 a new manual released soon)
1766 * Some minor changes
1767 * Include SGML source in package
1768 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1769 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1771 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1773 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1777 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200