1 developers-reference (3.4.14) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
3 * Update links from http to https where possible
5 -- Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> Wed, 20 Aug 2014 18:43:04 -0700
7 developers-reference (3.4.13) unstable; urgency=medium
10 * Fix typo in NMU section s/blocking/block/. Closes: #755515
13 * Fix typo in Vcs-Git:. Closes: #756491
14 * resources: Mention that some of the goodies also apply to DMs.
15 Thanks Philipp Kaluza for the patch. Closes: #581603
16 * Clarify type of changes accepted in NMUs. Thanks to Chris Knadle for the
17 patch! Closes: #672198
18 * Add Steam subscriptions to the list of goodies. Thanks to Paul Wise
19 for the patch. Closes: #736381
20 * Replace 'Debian GNU/Linux' with 'Debian' (except at one place). Thanks
21 to 'victory' for the patch. Closes: #708665
22 * Add pointer to debian-experimental-changes@l.d.o, where uploads to
23 experimental are sent. Thanks to Guo Yixuan for the patch! Closes: #671705
24 * Recommend git-bp instead of cvs-bp, and cowbuilder instead of pbuilder-uml.
25 Thanks to Osamu Aoki and Andreas Rönnquist for the patch! Closes: #741269
26 * Update for jessie. Thanks Fabien Givors for the patch! Closes: #719888
28 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jul 2014 17:52:15 +0200
30 developers-reference (3.4.12) unstable; urgency=medium
33 * Update preferred contact method for the security team. Closes: #738607
34 Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the patch.
37 * Removed mention of Gandi's discontinued discount.
40 * Move maintenance to Git & collab-maint. Update Vcs-*.
41 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.5 (no change required).
43 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Tue, 08 Jul 2014 15:54:19 +0200
45 developers-reference (3.4.11) unstable; urgency=low
50 * Update versioning advice for security uploads as well. Closes: #709218
51 Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the patch.
53 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:06:40 +0200
55 developers-reference (3.4.10) unstable; urgency=low
60 * Add recommendations to re-introduce packages. Thanks to Paul Wise for the
61 patch. Closes: #685039
62 * Drop paragraph about vanilla debian/rules files which mainly points to a
63 no-longer working link.
66 * Introduce epub support. Closes: #652044
69 * Update versioning advice for uploads to stable/testing. Closes: #685646
70 * Advise to use codename-security instead of stable-security.
73 [ Translation updates ]
74 * French by David Prévot.
75 * Japanese by victory.
76 * German by Chris Leick.
80 - Update Standards-Version to 3.9.4 (no change required).
81 - Use canonical URL for Vcs-Svn.
83 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2013 18:35:23 -0400
85 developers-reference (3.4.9) unstable; urgency=low
90 * Clarify that removals from testing are possible. Closes: #678710
91 Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
92 * Reword various parts to be gender-neutral. Closes: #678712
93 Thanks to Per Andersson and Steve Langasek for the patch.
94 * Recommend usage of gender-neutral formulations in README-contrib.
95 * Fix Vcs-Browser URL. Thanks to Charles Plessy who spotted it.
96 * Document the existence of "hints" that release managers can
97 use to tweak the conditions of testing migration. Closes: #679562
98 Thanks to Paul Gevers <paul@climbing.nl> for the patch.
100 [ Translation updates ]
101 * Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
102 * French by David Prévot.
103 * German by Chris Leick.
106 * Fix typo: Freenodes -> Freenode. Closes: #679735
108 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:34:59 -0400
110 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
113 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
114 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
115 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
116 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
117 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
118 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
119 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
122 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
123 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
125 * Translation updates (complete)
126 - French by David Prévot.
127 - German by Chris Leick.
130 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
131 * Switch to xz compression for source.
132 * Clean up debian/rules by using dh (with compat level 8).
133 * Drop build-dependency on latex-cjk-xcjk since xeCJK.sty is provided
134 by texlive-xetex directly.
136 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:57:23 +0200
138 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
143 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
144 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
145 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
146 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
147 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
148 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
149 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
150 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
151 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
152 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
153 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
154 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
155 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
156 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
157 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
158 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
159 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
160 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
161 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
162 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
165 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
166 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
167 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
168 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
171 * Translation updates (all completed)
172 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
173 - German by Chris Leick.
174 - French by David Prévot.
176 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
178 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
181 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
182 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
185 * Update my email address.
186 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
187 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
188 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
189 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
190 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
191 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
194 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
196 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
201 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
202 version tracking removed that requirement.
205 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
206 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
207 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
208 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
209 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
210 needed. Closes: #619990
211 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
212 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
215 * Initial German translation.
218 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
219 * Update French translation.
220 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
221 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
222 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
225 * Update Japanese translation.
227 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
229 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
232 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
233 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
236 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
237 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
238 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
239 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
240 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
241 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
242 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
243 patch. Closes: #540231
244 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
245 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
246 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
247 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
248 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
249 for the patch. Closes: #548823
250 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
251 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
252 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
253 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
254 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
255 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
256 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
257 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
258 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
259 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
260 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
261 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
262 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
263 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
265 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
266 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
267 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
269 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
270 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
271 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
272 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
273 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
275 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
277 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
278 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
279 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
280 patch. Closes: #573110
281 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
283 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
284 multi-lines substitution variables.
287 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
288 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
289 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
290 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
291 * Activate Japanese package.
292 * Handle addendum if it exists.
294 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
296 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
298 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
299 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
301 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
303 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
305 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
306 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
308 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
310 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
312 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
313 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
314 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
315 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
316 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
317 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
318 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
319 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
320 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
321 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
322 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
323 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
324 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
325 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
326 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
327 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
328 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
329 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
330 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
331 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
332 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
333 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
335 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
337 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
340 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
344 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
345 The most important changes are:
346 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
347 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
350 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
351 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
352 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
353 distinction. Closes: #464230.
354 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
355 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
356 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
357 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
358 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
359 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
361 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
362 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
364 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
365 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
367 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
368 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
370 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
372 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
373 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
375 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
376 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
377 Closes: #512620, #510783.
379 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
381 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
384 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
385 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
386 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
387 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
388 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
389 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
390 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
391 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
393 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
395 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
398 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
399 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
400 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
401 release codenames in <literal>
402 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
403 doesn't exist anymore.
404 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
405 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
406 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
407 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
408 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
409 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
410 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
411 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
412 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
413 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
414 team before upload. Closes: #459343
415 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
416 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
417 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
418 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
419 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
420 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
421 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
423 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
424 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
426 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
427 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
428 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
429 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
430 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
431 Thomas. Closes: #485837
433 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
434 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
436 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
438 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
442 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
443 - fix debian/copyright
444 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
445 - add pdf for French version.
446 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
447 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
448 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
449 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
450 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
451 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
452 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
453 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
454 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
456 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
457 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
459 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
461 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
462 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
463 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
464 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
465 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
466 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
468 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
471 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
472 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
473 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
474 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
475 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
476 * Update information concerning Alioth.
477 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
478 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
480 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
481 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
483 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
486 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
488 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
490 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
492 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
493 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
495 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
496 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
497 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
499 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
500 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
501 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
503 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
504 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
505 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
506 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
507 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
508 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
509 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
510 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
511 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
512 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
513 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
514 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
516 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
517 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
518 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
519 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
520 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
521 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
522 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
523 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
524 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
525 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
529 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
531 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
533 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
536 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
537 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
538 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
539 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
540 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
541 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
543 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
545 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
547 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
549 - non-us discontinued.
550 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
552 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
553 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
554 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
555 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
556 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
557 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
558 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
559 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
560 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
561 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
562 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
563 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
564 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
565 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
566 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
567 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
568 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
569 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
571 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
572 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
574 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
577 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
579 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
581 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
584 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
585 - madison is on merkel.
586 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
587 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
588 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
589 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
590 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
591 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
593 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
594 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
595 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
596 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
597 - sync NM rules with reality.
599 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
601 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
603 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
606 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
607 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
608 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
609 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
610 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
611 - spelling, grammer fixes.
612 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
613 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
614 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
615 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
616 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
617 - add myself to uploaders.
618 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
619 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
620 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
621 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
622 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
623 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
624 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
625 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
626 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
627 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
628 - rewrote the NMU section, and
629 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
630 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
631 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
632 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
633 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
634 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
635 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
636 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
638 - Security uploads get urgency=high
639 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
641 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
643 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
645 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
648 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
649 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
650 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
651 - documented Alioth, somewhat
653 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
654 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
656 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
657 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
658 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
659 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
663 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
665 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
666 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
667 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
668 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
671 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
673 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
676 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
678 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
679 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
680 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
682 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
683 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
684 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
685 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
688 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
690 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
691 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
692 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
693 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
694 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
696 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
697 it clear these are special cases
698 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
700 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
702 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
704 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
707 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
708 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
710 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
712 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
714 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
717 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
719 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
720 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
721 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
723 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
724 - the synopsis formula changed to either
725 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
727 <package-name> is <synopsis>
729 <package-name> are <synopsis>
731 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
732 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
733 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
734 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
735 package; closes: #187143
737 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
739 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
742 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
743 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
745 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
747 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
748 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
749 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
750 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
751 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
752 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
753 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
754 right places in the document, closes: #172897
755 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
759 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
761 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
762 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
763 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
764 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
765 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
766 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
767 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
769 - editorial changes on material added in this version
770 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
771 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
772 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
773 closes: #139957, #108416
774 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
775 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
777 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
779 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
782 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
784 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
785 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
786 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
787 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
789 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
790 for best practices for documentation
791 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
792 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
793 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
794 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
796 - spell-checking pass
798 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
800 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
803 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
804 descriptions" moved under there
805 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
806 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
807 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
808 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
809 the document where these tools are discussed
810 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
811 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
812 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
813 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
814 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
815 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
817 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
818 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
819 that can be fixed by DDP folks
820 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
821 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
822 - simply PS and PDF building rules
824 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
826 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
829 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
830 section and adjusted links
831 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
833 - ChangeLog attribution updates
834 - fix typos, closes: #171781
835 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
836 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
837 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
838 for debian/rules", and write an intro
839 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
840 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
841 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
842 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
843 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
844 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
845 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
846 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
847 "Internationalization"
848 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
849 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
850 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
851 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
852 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
853 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
854 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
855 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
856 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
858 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
859 rather useless and broken
860 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
861 names and the first word
862 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
863 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
864 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
866 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
867 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
868 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
870 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
872 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
875 - DDP publishing update
877 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
878 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
879 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
880 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
882 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
884 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
887 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
888 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
889 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
891 - added myself as co-author
892 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
894 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
895 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
897 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
898 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
900 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
902 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
905 - Corrected several errors with —
906 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
907 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
908 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
909 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
910 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
911 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
912 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
914 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
915 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
916 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
917 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
918 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
919 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
920 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
921 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
922 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
924 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
925 descriptions". closes: #158609
926 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
927 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
928 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
929 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
930 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
932 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
933 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
934 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
935 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
936 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
937 - updated the mailing lists section
939 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
940 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
943 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
945 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
948 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
949 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
951 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
953 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
954 Ch "The Debian Archive"
956 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
958 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
959 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
960 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
961 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
962 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
964 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
965 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
966 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
967 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
968 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
969 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
970 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
972 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
973 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
976 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
977 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
978 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
979 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
980 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
981 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
982 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
983 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
984 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
985 work-around with <...>
986 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
987 - update copyright date
988 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
989 - spell check and grammar corrections
993 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
995 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
996 recompile"; closes: #102626
997 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
998 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
999 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
1000 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
1001 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
1003 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
1004 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
1005 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
1007 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
1009 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
1010 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
1011 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
1012 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
1013 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
1014 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
1015 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
1016 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
1017 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
1019 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
1021 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
1023 - updated the list of available architectures.
1024 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
1025 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
1026 of the package and nothing more.
1027 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
1028 any pain to the ftpmasters.
1029 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
1030 the use of the delayed queue.
1031 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
1032 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
1034 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
1035 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
1036 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
1037 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
1038 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
1039 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
1040 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
1042 - new Sec "Documentation"
1043 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
1044 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
1045 "Being kind to porter" too
1046 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
1047 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
1048 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
1049 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
1050 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
1052 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
1053 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
1056 - update French translation
1058 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
1060 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
1063 - some grammar corrections
1064 - update French translation
1066 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
1067 anymore; closes: #135559
1068 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
1070 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
1072 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
1073 that would be welcome)
1074 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
1075 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
1076 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
1077 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
1078 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
1079 - other minor wording changes
1080 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
1081 - Ch "Package uploads":
1082 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
1083 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
1084 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
1085 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
1086 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
1087 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
1088 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
1090 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
1092 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1094 * from Martin Michlmayr
1095 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
1096 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
1097 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
1099 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
1101 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1103 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
1105 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
1106 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
1107 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
1108 - minor build tweaks
1110 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1111 * from Chris Tillman
1112 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1115 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1117 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1120 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1122 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1123 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1124 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1125 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1126 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1127 talking about uploading to distributions
1128 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1129 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1130 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1132 - French translation updated
1134 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1135 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1136 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1138 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1140 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1143 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1144 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1147 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1149 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1152 * fix a typo in a link
1153 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1154 update documentation accordingly
1156 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1157 forwarding bugs upstream
1159 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1160 entities which should be used
1161 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1162 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1164 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1166 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1168 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1169 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1170 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1171 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1173 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1176 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1178 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1180 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1182 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1183 this translation needs updating
1184 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1185 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1186 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1188 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1189 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1190 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1192 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1193 included yet, however
1195 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1197 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1199 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1201 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1202 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1204 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1206 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1208 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1210 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1211 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1212 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1214 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1216 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1218 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1221 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1222 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1223 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1224 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1225 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1226 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1227 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1228 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1229 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1230 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1231 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1232 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1234 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1235 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1236 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1237 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1238 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1240 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1242 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1243 * update copyright notice for 2001
1244 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1245 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1246 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1248 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1250 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1252 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1254 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1256 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1258 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1260 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1262 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1263 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1265 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1266 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1267 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1268 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1269 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1270 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1271 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1272 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1273 could be used if necessary
1274 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1275 mention the rsync dupload method
1276 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1278 * other small corrections
1279 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1280 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1281 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1282 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1284 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1286 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1287 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1289 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1291 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1293 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1294 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1295 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1296 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1298 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1299 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1300 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1301 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1302 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1304 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1306 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1307 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1308 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1309 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1310 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1311 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1312 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1314 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1315 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1316 - added a section about the LDAP database
1317 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1318 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1320 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1321 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1323 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1325 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1327 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1328 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1329 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1331 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1332 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1333 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1334 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1335 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1336 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1337 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1338 description from developers-reference.sgml
1340 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1342 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1344 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1345 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1347 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1349 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1350 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1351 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1352 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1353 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1354 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1355 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1356 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1357 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1358 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1360 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1361 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1362 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1363 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1365 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1366 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1367 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1368 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1369 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1370 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1371 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1372 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1373 suggestion from James Troup
1374 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1375 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1376 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1377 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1380 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1382 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1384 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1385 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1387 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1389 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1391 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1392 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1393 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1394 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1395 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1396 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1397 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1399 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1401 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1403 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1404 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1405 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1406 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1407 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1408 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1410 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1411 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1413 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1415 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1417 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1419 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1421 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1422 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1423 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1424 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1425 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1427 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1428 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1429 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1430 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1432 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1433 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1434 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1435 a normal developer may have access.
1437 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1439 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1441 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1442 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1443 step all over each other
1445 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1447 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1449 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1450 address for PGP key updates
1452 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1454 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1456 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1457 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1458 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1459 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1460 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1462 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1464 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1466 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1467 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1468 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1469 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1470 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1471 <keyring-maint> instead)
1472 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1473 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1475 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1477 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1478 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1479 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1481 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1483 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1485 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1486 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1487 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1488 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1489 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1490 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1492 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1493 tighten up the language a bit
1494 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1495 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1496 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1497 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1499 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1500 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1501 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1502 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1503 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1504 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1506 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1507 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1508 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1509 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1510 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1511 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1512 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1513 number of available packages
1514 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1515 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1517 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1519 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1521 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1524 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1526 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1528 * not officially released
1529 * more spelling corrections
1530 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1532 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1534 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1536 * not officially released
1537 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1538 * some PGP-centricity removed
1539 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1540 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1541 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1542 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1543 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1544 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1546 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1548 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1550 * not officially released
1551 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1552 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1553 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1554 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1555 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1556 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1557 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1558 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1559 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1560 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1561 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1562 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1563 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1564 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1566 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1567 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1569 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1571 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1572 take a couple of weeks
1573 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1574 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1575 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1576 excited about it and can't wait
1577 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1578 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1580 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1581 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1583 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1584 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1585 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1587 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1589 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1591 * move to 3-level version number:
1592 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1593 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1594 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1595 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1596 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1599 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1600 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1601 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1603 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1605 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1606 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1607 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1608 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1609 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1610 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1612 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1614 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1615 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1616 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1617 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1618 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1619 - "The CVS server": new section added
1620 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1622 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1623 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1624 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1625 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1626 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1627 with respect to GPG.
1628 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1629 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1630 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1631 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1632 a canonical location?)
1633 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1634 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1635 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1636 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1638 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1640 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1641 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1642 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1643 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1645 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1647 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1649 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1650 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1651 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1652 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1653 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1654 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1655 and should not be included in this Reference.
1656 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1657 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1658 maintainer tools only!
1659 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1660 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1661 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1662 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1663 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1664 * Little corrections here and there.
1665 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1666 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1669 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1671 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1673 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1674 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1675 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1677 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1678 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1679 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1680 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1681 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1682 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1683 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1684 do prior to uploading
1685 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1686 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1688 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1689 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1690 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1691 duties with respect to bugs
1692 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1693 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1694 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1696 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1697 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1698 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1699 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1700 explicit what is used to build this package
1702 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1704 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1707 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1708 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1709 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1710 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1711 * utilize the new URL tag
1712 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1715 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1717 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1719 * non-maintainer release
1720 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1721 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1722 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1723 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1724 text, it can't hurt you.)
1725 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1726 reflect this packages version number
1727 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1729 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1731 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1735 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1737 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1739 * New version numbering scheme:
1741 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1742 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1743 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1746 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1747 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1748 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1749 differ between the manuals.
1751 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1752 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1753 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1754 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1756 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1757 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1759 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1761 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1763 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1765 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1767 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1768 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1770 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1771 (as requested by James Troup)
1773 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1775 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1777 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1779 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1781 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1783 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1785 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1787 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1788 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1789 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1790 the non-maintainer release
1792 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1793 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1794 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1797 - Lots of typos fixed
1799 * Compressed SGML source code
1801 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1802 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1804 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1806 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1808 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1810 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1811 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1812 - Announcing package uploads
1813 * New section about Debian Mentors
1814 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1815 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1816 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1817 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1819 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1821 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1823 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1824 of our FTP server and the development process
1825 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1826 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1827 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1829 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1830 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1831 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1832 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1833 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1834 contacting the maintainer
1835 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1836 a new manual released soon)
1837 * Some minor changes
1838 * Include SGML source in package
1839 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1840 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1842 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1844 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1848 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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