1 developers-reference (3.4.13) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
4 * Fix typo in NMU section s/blocking/block/
6 -- Andreas Rönnquist <gusnan@gusnan.se> Tue, 22 Jul 2014 07:42:04 +0900
8 developers-reference (3.4.12) unstable; urgency=medium
11 * Update preferred contact method for the security team. Closes: #738607
12 Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the patch.
15 * Removed mention of Gandi's discontinued discount.
18 * Move maintenance to Git & collab-maint. Update Vcs-*.
19 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.5 (no change required).
21 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Tue, 08 Jul 2014 15:54:19 +0200
23 developers-reference (3.4.11) unstable; urgency=low
28 * Update versioning advice for security uploads as well. Closes: #709218
29 Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso for the patch.
31 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:06:40 +0200
33 developers-reference (3.4.10) unstable; urgency=low
38 * Add recommendations to re-introduce packages. Thanks to Paul Wise for the
39 patch. Closes: #685039
40 * Drop paragraph about vanilla debian/rules files which mainly points to a
41 no-longer working link.
44 * Introduce epub support. Closes: #652044
47 * Update versioning advice for uploads to stable/testing. Closes: #685646
48 * Advise to use codename-security instead of stable-security.
51 [ Translation updates ]
52 * French by David Prévot.
53 * Japanese by victory.
54 * German by Chris Leick.
58 - Update Standards-Version to 3.9.4 (no change required).
59 - Use canonical URL for Vcs-Svn.
61 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Thu, 16 May 2013 18:35:23 -0400
63 developers-reference (3.4.9) unstable; urgency=low
68 * Clarify that removals from testing are possible. Closes: #678710
69 Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
70 * Reword various parts to be gender-neutral. Closes: #678712
71 Thanks to Per Andersson and Steve Langasek for the patch.
72 * Recommend usage of gender-neutral formulations in README-contrib.
73 * Fix Vcs-Browser URL. Thanks to Charles Plessy who spotted it.
74 * Document the existence of "hints" that release managers can
75 use to tweak the conditions of testing migration. Closes: #679562
76 Thanks to Paul Gevers <paul@climbing.nl> for the patch.
78 [ Translation updates ]
79 * Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
80 * French by David Prévot.
81 * German by Chris Leick.
84 * Fix typo: Freenodes -> Freenode. Closes: #679735
86 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:34:59 -0400
88 developers-reference (3.4.8) unstable; urgency=low
91 * Move away po4a handling in its own directory with a single config file.
92 * Adapt Makefile and README-contrib to the current po4a tree.
93 * Upgrades to stable should be discussed using reportbug. Thanks to Don
94 Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> for the patch.
95 Acked-by: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> . Closes: #670362
96 * Use UTF-8 locale to prepare the text version. Closes: #658839
97 * Delayed queue goes from 0 to 15-day. Closes: #631353
100 * Make XeTeX backend to use xCJK package only for CJK and add tipa for
101 build dependency. (See #666569). Closes: #666578
103 * Translation updates (complete)
104 - French by David Prévot.
105 - German by Chris Leick.
108 * Update Standards-Version to 3.9.3 (no change required).
109 * Switch to xz compression for source.
110 * Clean up debian/rules by using dh (with compat level 8).
111 * Drop build-dependency on latex-cjk-xcjk since xeCJK.sty is provided
112 by texlive-xetex directly.
114 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:57:23 +0200
116 developers-reference (3.4.7) unstable; urgency=low
121 * Document some best practices for meta-packages. Extend those for
122 transitional packages. Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna
123 <dktrkranz@debian.org> (thanks!). Closes: #569219
124 * Update license pointer to correctly point to GPL-2. Closes: #643929
125 Thanks to Luca Falavigna.
126 * Update URL of Debian Mentors FAQ. Closes: #643930
127 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
128 * Refresh some release-specific information. Closes: #643931
129 Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna.
130 * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932
131 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
132 * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements.
133 Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
134 * Update login information for rt.debian.org. Closes: #643934
135 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
136 * Drop section about yada. Its usage is highly discouraged. Closes: #643935
137 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch.
138 * Update best practice about unfuzzying PO file translations to recommend
139 msguntypot. Thanks to David Prévot for the patch.
140 Acked-by Christian Perrier. Closes: #655153
143 * Add doc-base file for the German translation.
144 * Typo fix, thanks to Andreas Moog. Closes: #655096
145 * Use XeTeX backend, that fix quotes in examples. Closes: #629530
146 * Build the Japanese PDF, thanks to Osamu Aoki and the maint-guide build
149 * Translation updates (all completed)
150 - Japanese by Hideki Yamane.
151 - German by Chris Leick.
152 - French by David Prévot.
154 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:36:12 -0400
156 developers-reference (3.4.6) unstable; urgency=low
159 * Update the NMU rules to take into account the 0-day NMU rule
160 instituted by the release managers. Closes: #625449
163 * Update my email address.
164 * Encourage the use of RT to contact the security team.
165 Patch from Thijs Kinkhorst. Closes: #610782
166 * Document the process of returning after retirement.
167 Patch from Serafeim Zanikolas. Closes: #540249
168 * Add instructions how to mark a non-free package as auto-buildable.
169 Patch from Moritz Muehlenhoff, ACKed by Andreas Barth.
172 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:52:10 +0200
174 developers-reference (3.4.5) unstable; urgency=low
179 * Remove part about -v for package uploads from experimental to unstable,
180 version tracking removed that requirement.
183 * Rework section on "sponsoring packages" and include a basic
184 checklist for the sponsor. Closes: #453313
185 * Update the "Debian Developer's Duties" chapter to be more explicit
186 about duties of package maintainers. Closes: #548867
187 * Update references to merkel (which is decommissionned) where
188 needed. Closes: #619990
189 Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch.
190 * Many typos fixed by Chris Leick <c.leick@vollbio.de>. Closes: #623512
193 * Initial German translation.
196 * Activate German package. Closes: #623489
197 * Update French translation.
198 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.2. No changes needed.
199 * Add build-arch and build-indep targets.
200 * Explicitly refer to GPL-2 file in debian/copyright.
203 * Update Japanese translation.
205 -- David Prévot <taffit@debian.org> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:56:46 -0400
207 developers-reference (3.4.4) unstable; urgency=low
210 * Document the new derivatives-bugs PTS keyword.
211 * Removed hp.debian.or.jp reference. Closes: 561597
214 * Update description of the PTS "summary" keyword. Thanks to
215 Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #469154
216 * Add accent on my first name in debian/control.
217 * Use "3.0 (native)" source format with bzip2 compression.
218 Created debian/source/{format,options} for this.
219 * Update guideline for override change to point to BTS
220 instead of email. Thanks to Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the
221 patch. Closes: #540231
222 * Include full URL to the README of the upload queue. Thanks to Simon
223 McVittie <smcv@debian.org> for the patch. Closes: #540974
224 * The key protecting #debian-private is now stored on a file
225 on master.debian.org, it's no more required to search into
226 the debian-private archives. Thanks to gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
227 for the patch. Closes: #548823
228 * Update information about upload queues. Thanks to Simon McVittie
229 <smcv@debian.org> for the patches:
230 - point to official names {ftp,ssh}.upload.debian.org. Closes: #554054
231 - drop references to non-working queues. Closes: #554077
232 * Mention docbook, POD and reST as convenient formats to write new manual
233 pages. Thanks to Charles Plessy and the debian-mentors list
234 for the idea and the patch. Closes: #557298
235 * Update several sections to take into account the new source formats “3.0
236 (quilt)” and “3.0 (native)”. Closes: #561952
237 * Drop reference to “dbs” in the section about including binary files.
238 * Fix typo “transfered“ → “transferred”. Closes: #555685
239 * Fix typo “programms“ → “programs”. Closes: #560808
240 * Drop section about debmake, it has been removed of Debian since lenny.
241 * Update URL of the security tracker. Thanks to Salvatore Bonaccorso.
243 * Update URL of Packages-arch-specific. Closes: #553974
244 * Update section about Alioth to mention FusionForge instead of GForge.
245 Drop mention of separate cvs.debian.org it's managed by Alioth too.
247 * Document new "buildd" keyword from the PTS.
248 * Update URL explaining the "Debian Maintainer" status, it's now at
249 http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMaintainer. Closes: #564414
250 * Update number of source packages. Thanks Karl Goetz. Closes: #567235
251 * Update and simplify list of architectures. Thanks Karl Goetz.
253 * Small typo fixes and clarifications/rewordings suggested by Karl Goetz.
255 * Document the notion of "team upload": it looks like an NMU but it's not
256 really one because the uploader is an implicit co-maintainer since he's
257 part of the maintenance team. Thanks to Charles Plessy for the initial
258 patch. Closes: #573110
259 * Update standards-version to 3.9.1 and add missing ${misc:Depends} in
261 * Fix debian/tocsubstvars to cope with the new way dpkg-dev handles
262 multi-lines substitution variables.
265 * Update outdated mentions, typos and tags. Closes: #578664
266 * French translation updated from the 2006 debiandoc version.
267 * Apply updated patch from Nicolas François. Closes: #257150
268 * dinstall run happens four times a day. Closes: #585161
269 * Activate Japanese package.
270 * Handle addendum if it exists.
272 -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:28:03 -0400
274 developers-reference (3.4.3) unstable; urgency=low
276 * Fixed working of the repackaged tarballs section to avoid giving the
277 impression that it's a standard packages must comply with. Closes:
279 * Specify that bugs from removed packages must be closed in foo+rm.
281 * Change the maintainer address to debian-policy@, based on discussion
283 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3. No changes needed.
284 * Update copyright notices and list of authors.
286 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:56:19 +0200
288 developers-reference (3.4.2) unstable; urgency=low
290 * Applied patch from Justin B Rye that improves the discussion on writing
291 package descriptions. Closes: #516436.
292 * Lenny has been released, update the list of codenames. Closes: #527008.
293 * Applied patch from Paul Wise that adds a paragraph about hostile
294 upstreams. Closes: #523985.
295 * Applied patch from Charles Plessy about providing information to the
296 ftpmasters. Closes: #526410.
297 * In the section about patch systems, mention quilt (wasn not
298 mentionned before) and describe it as the recommended patch system.
299 also mention dpatch and cdbs' patch system. drop dbs. Closes: #525668.
300 * Added a note in the wanna-build section to mention
301 http://release.debian.org/wanna-build.txt. Closes: #516375.
302 * Clarified NMU versioning to reflect existing practices. Closes: #532945.
303 * s/README.Debian-source/README.source/ in the section
304 about repackaged upstream tarballs.
305 * Mention the Gandi.net hosting discount in section 4.13.
306 Applied patch from Tim Retout. Closes: #538245.
307 * Reduce length of title of L10N section so that it is no longer split.
308 Applied patch from Justin B Rye. Closes: #534688.
309 * Bumped debhelper compat level to 5 (4 was deprecated)
310 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.2. No changes needed.
311 * Added pointer to debian-project@ post about the wanna-build team.
313 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:28:04 +0200
315 developers-reference (3.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
318 * Create a publish target in the Makefile to reenable builds on the
322 * Commited DEP1: rework the whole NMU section.
323 The most important changes are:
324 + NMUs are now explicitely allowed for all bugs, not just "serious bugs".
325 + It is recommended to use the DELAYED queue, and some example delays are
328 + Describe the process of acknowleding NMUs in a way that works
329 with the BTS's version-tracking. Closes: #480723.
330 + No longer mention that only DDs can do NMU. Don't make any
331 distinction. Closes: #464230.
332 + Switch to +nmu for NMU versioning. Closes: #437392.
333 + Mention nmudiff. Closes: #483227.
334 * Mention docbook-xml, and that debiandoc-sgml is deprecated. Thanks to
335 W. Martin Borgert for the patch. Closes: #485689.
336 * Fixed typo and example in the blurb about debug packages.
337 Thanks to Theppitak Karoonboonyanan for the patch.
339 * Update instructions on the delayed queue.
340 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
342 * Clarify wording about repackaged .orig.tar.gz.
343 Thanks to Cyril Brulebois for the patch.
345 * Improved README.contrib. Mention command to checkout the SVN
346 version. Thanks to Christine Spang for the patch.
348 * Document usertags. Thanks to Chris Lamb for the patch.
350 * Updated documentation on translation updates.
351 Thanks to Christian Perrier for the patch.
353 * Update instructions on handling of security issues.
354 Thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst for the patch.
355 Closes: #512620, #510783.
357 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:57:54 +0100
359 developers-reference (3.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
362 * Update Vcs-* fields after DDP's SVN restructuring. Closes: #483428.
363 * Fix conditions for updates from unstable to testing. Closes: #470754.
364 * linda has been removed. Remove section A.2.2. Closes: #483242.
365 * Co-maintainers are listed in the Uploaders field. Closes: #483230.
366 * Collaborative Maintenance: the 'global part' of debian/control
367 is the first paragraph, about the source package. Closes: #483231.
368 * debian-private archives are on master. Closes: #475531.
369 * Mention Debian Maintainers and the debian-maintainers package.
371 * README.contrib: document that short lines are preferred.
373 * build-rdeps allows to list reverse build-dependencies.
376 [ Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt ]
377 * Replace abused <emphasis> tags with <literal> tags.
378 * In the same spirit, wrap all uses of stable/testing/unstable and
379 release codenames in <literal>
380 * Remove reference to upload queue on auric in section 5.6.5, auric
381 doesn't exist anymore.
382 * Fix several typesetting errors and typos noticed by Sandro Tosi,
383 thanks for the notes! Closes: #483223
384 * Update several bits about release management/testing transitions
385 and release-critical bugs. Closes: #483237, #456494
386 * Update and rewrite the porting guidelines in chapter 5, bringing
387 the dev-ref up to the state of porting in the year 2008. Also
388 fixes several wording issues, such as possible misunderstandings
389 about the need to rebuild uploads. Closes: #483226
390 * Update the instructions for uploads to the (old)stable
391 distributions. Emphasize the importance of contacting the SRM
392 team before upload. Closes: #459343
393 * Update instructions for package removal requests. Closes: #454216
394 * Clarify instructions for bug reassignment, emphasizing the
395 need to inform the maintainers you reassign the bug to. Also
396 hint to using cloned bugs to avoid re-reporting. Heavily based
397 on patch by Marc Haber - thanks for the work! Closes: #484806
398 * Clarify instructions for replacing/renaming binary packages,
399 pointing out that using Provides is sometimes advisable. Closes:
401 * Update description of the madison tool (by replacing it with a
402 description of the dak ls tool). Update the example while we're
404 * Update explanation of best practice for closing bugs, seems to
405 have been forgotten when everything was upgraded to use
406 debbugs version-tracking. Closes: #485969
407 * Clarify ITP instructions and emphasize our wish that people send
408 ITPs, explaining a few of the reasons. Thanks for the note,
409 Thomas. Closes: #485837
411 + Update Uploaders to include Lucas, Raphael and me.
412 + Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0. No changes needed!
414 -- Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:45:49 +0200
416 developers-reference (3.3.9) unstable; urgency=low
420 - bump standards-version to 3.7.3 (no change)
421 - fix debian/copyright
422 - move debhelper to Build-Depends.
423 - add pdf for French version.
424 * Document changes to stable release management. Closes: #414291
425 * Debconf error templates no longer discouraged. Thanks,
426 Christian Perrier. Closes: #427832
427 * Keyring now uses RT. Closes: #428846
428 * Document -dbg-packages within BPs. Thanks, Joey Hess. Closes: #420540
429 * NMUs now also close bugs. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum. Closes: #419507
430 * Fix documentation about gender neutral. Closes: #384178
431 * Fix typo. Closes: #405453
432 * More details on how to write documentation. Thanks, Josh Triplett.
434 * Add XS-Vcs-*. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli. Closes: #391023
435 * Small brushup to debconf description. Thanks, Thomas Huriaux.
437 * Document Team-Maintainence better. Thanks, Lucas Nussbaum.
439 * Add link to more removal ressources. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt,
440 Justin Pryzby. Closes: #412757, #356720
441 * Repacking source packages need to be documented in copyright.
442 Thanks, Russ Allbery. Closes: #413320
443 * Better describe version of debian native packages NMUs. Closes: #405818
444 * Source, HTML and text are now encoded in UTF-8. Thanks, Jörg Sommer.
446 * Source is now DocBook XML instead of debiandoc. Closes: #374220
449 * Add a link to enrico's excellent Debian Community Guidelines.
450 * Recommend the use of DSA's request tracker instead of mailing them.
451 * Remove reference to #debian-sf, #debian-bsd which don't exist anymore. Put
452 a reference to #debian-dpkg instead.
453 * Remove all stuff concerning non-US.
454 * Update information concerning Alioth.
455 * Update information concerning the Package Tracking System.
456 * Mention Alioth as the main resource for VCS repositories and deprecate
458 * Remove XS- prefix for Vcs-* fields since dpkg now supports them.
459 * Document the Homepage field. Thanks, Christian Perrier. Closes:
461 * Add Vcs-Svn and Vcs-Browser fields pointing to the new SVN
464 -- W. Martin Borgert <debacle@debian.org> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:16:40 +0000
466 developers-reference (3.3.8) unstable; urgency=low
468 * mia-history is replaced by mia-query. Thanks, Christoph Berg.
470 * fix missing quite. Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #365994
471 * use gnugp instead of gpg. Thanks, Justin Pryzby, Jon Dowland.
473 * better destinction between maintainer and developer. Thanks for
474 the suggestion to Colin Tuckley. Closes: #380458
475 * irc.d.o points to oftc. Thanks, Christoph Biedl, Jon Dowland.
477 * Bugs are now always closed thanks to version tracking.
478 Closes: #339552, #353447, #376199
479 * Clarify what "a conflicts b" means in testing migration.
481 * Packages in testing disappear if they're removed from unstable.
482 Thanks, Frank Küster, Al Stone. Closes: #365993
483 * Document only the most recent changelog entry is used. Thanks
484 to Kevin Glynn to the suggestion. Closes: #374738
485 * Add more tools for reverse depends. Close: #376582
486 * delayed-queue on gluck is uploaded more often now. Closes: #397907
487 * stop using capitals, minor fixes, language fixes.
488 Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Colin Tuckley, Russ Allbery.
489 Closes: #368046, #378929, #361744
490 * add CVE Ids to your changelog. Closes: #376961
491 * add reasoning why debconf questions shouldn't be longer than
492 20 lines. Thanks, Thijs Kinkhorst, Christian Perrier, Russ Allbery.
494 * section changing needs re-uploading orig.tar.gz.
495 Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #387154
496 * binary files in diffs could be en/decoded with perl.
497 Thanks, Frank Küster. Closes: #397786
498 * Add pointer to new-reject-FAQ. Closes: #324967
499 * Hint to dd-list/whodepends. Closes: #353874
500 * Don't use too generic mail ids. Closes: #355725
501 * pts/summary is actually used. Thanks, Holger Levsen. Closes: #387108
502 * clarify that one should append the NMU-diff to a bug. Closes: #394033
503 * more detailed instructions on binary package removals.
507 - French translation updated to version 3.3.8
509 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:55:44 -0700
511 developers-reference (3.3.7) unstable; urgency=low
514 - adjust information about distributions with reality.
515 - add note on alioth accounts. Thanks, Phillip Kern. Closes: #306630
516 - correct manpage section of dpkg-scanpackages. Closes: #297069
517 - fix RFC 2440 URL. Closes: #308103
518 - add $arch@buildd information. Closes: #295483
519 - link to keyring.d.o for key replacement. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
521 - add information about Packages-arch-specific. Thanks, Frank Küster.
523 - add hint about LWN subscription. Thanks, Martin Michlmayr.
525 - more about debconf-style translation. Thanks, Christian Perrier.
527 - non-us discontinued.
528 - document nmu changes wrt version tracking. Thanks, Justin Pryzby.
530 - fix spelling issues. Thanks to various people.
531 Closes: #336146, #326857, #338660
532 - update menu policy helpers. Thanks, Florian Ernst. Closes: #340024
533 - send mia-mail to mia@qa. Thanks, Adam D. Barratt. Closes: #341568
534 - Joerg Jaspert is now freenode contact. Closes: #344303
535 - give a clearer description of the gpg v4-key issues. Thanks,
536 Martin Michlmayr and Peter Palfrader. Closes: #317411
537 - more verbose about Homepage. Closes: #339826
538 - add sarge and etch. Closes: #327682
539 - document severity of RoM-request bugs. Closes: #305947
540 - update FSF address. Closes: #334820
541 - fix P-a-s link. Closes: #341195
542 - reflect binNMU changes. Closes: #349493
543 - new security upload queue. Closes: #352749
544 - fix experimental's sources.list entry. Closes: #347229
545 - remove deprecated "Closes:..." to ACK NMU bug fixes. Closes: #353447
546 - when resigning, gpg-sign your mail. Closes: #348160
547 - make pristine source and repackaged origtargz anchors work.
549 - same number of RC bugs is ok. Closes: #351944
550 - dpkg-source doesn't keep permissions. Thanks, Enrico Zini.
552 - also mention aspell. Closes: #320981
555 - French translation updated to version 3.3.7, proofread by Bernard Adrian
557 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:31:52 -0600
559 developers-reference (3.3.6) unstable; urgency=low
562 - closes: and NMUs/experimental uploads. Closes: #284714
563 - madison is on merkel.
564 - more gender-neutral. Closes: #290583, #290584, #263114
565 - explain current incoming. Closes: #290019
566 - remove broken sponsoring URL. Closes: #291698
567 - add handling hints about orig.tar.gz. Thanks, Frank. Closes: #278524
568 - duplicate bug reports should be merged. Closes: #285381
569 - if you're on vacation, please check whether someone needs keysigning.
571 - freenode has developer cloacks. Closes: #285687
572 - cleaned up uploaders / maintainer field
573 - explain how dak detects NMUs. Closes: #292354
574 - add "mass" to lots of bugs. Closes: #292946
575 - sync NM rules with reality.
577 - French translation updated to version 3.3.6
579 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:08:49 -0700
581 developers-reference (3.3.5) unstable; urgency=low
584 - uploads to more than one dist are not possible.
585 - updated upload queues. Closes: #235213
586 - updated URL of vanilla rules files. Closes: #237557, #252048
587 - please speak with stable RM before uploading to stable. Closes: #261464
588 - information on wnpp usage synced with wnpp. Closes: #255298
589 - spelling, grammer fixes.
590 Closes: #202444, #202499, #203202, #203378, #221902, #226208
591 - add hint about partitial key id. Closes: #243968
592 - spohr is restriced, and also ftp-master. Closes: #255814
593 - bpp: Hint about locale generation as non-root. Closes: #208021
594 - bpp: deborphan-compliant transition packages. Closes: #183654
595 - add myself to uploaders.
596 - add chapter about i10n. Closes: #208156
597 - add information about dchroot. Closes: #211845
598 - add information about NEWS.Debian. Closes: #212402
599 - add information about mia-database. Closes: #213961
600 - add link to debian-mentors FAQ.
601 - add verbose information about the package description. Closes: #214792
602 - add hint about -v<version> to experimental. Closes: #232930
603 - update information about yada. Closes: #217956
604 - urgency is sticky. Closes: #261914
605 - updated information about testing distribution. Closes: #266649.
606 - rewrote the NMU section, and
607 + made the possible severities of "target bugs" clearer. Closes: #233088.
608 + mention QA uploads. Closes: #202416.
609 + add -B for binNMUs, and local debsign usage. Closes: #208839.
610 + warning about breaking all-packages by binNMU. Closes: #213348.
611 - add information about gpg usage. Closes: #175815.
612 - make key replacement instructions more details. Closes: #275921
613 - typo and language fixes. Thanks, Era Eriksson. Closes: #277576
614 - add hints about debconf templates from Christian Perrier.
616 - Security uploads get urgency=high
617 - Be even more explicit about not uploading security updates
619 - French translation updated to version 3.3.5
621 -- Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:07:26 +0100
623 developers-reference (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
626 - fixed language in the PTS section, prompted by a patch from
627 Romain FRANCOISE, thank you; closes: #197741
628 - updated the mailing lists section (again)
629 - documented Alioth, somewhat
631 - French translation updated to version 3.3.3 (more or less)
632 - proofread by Patrice Karatchentzeff
634 - Don't upload security updates directly to stable
635 - Always include an external reference in security changelog entries
636 - Be careful not to re-use a version number in security uploads
637 - More explicit instructions about what is appropriate for a security
641 - replace <!entity...> with <!ENTITY...> and other SGML hygenics
643 - Release this package as is to flush changes between June and now.
644 Yes, its been an age between releases here, for which I apologize.
645 Since CVS upstream for this package is back, I'm working on closing
646 bugs in this package now, I just wanted to get it out as is before I
649 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:09:48 -0500
651 developers-reference (3.3.3) unstable; urgency=low
654 - corrections by Michel Grentzinger
656 - updated documentation concerning the PTS
657 - added a paragraph about the PTS web interface
658 - documented how to add custom news item in the PTS
660 - updates and clarifications to instructions for security bugs
661 - deprecate uploads to stable for security fixes, reference
662 section on security bugs; closes: #196516
663 - use dpkg-buildpackage -B to test binary-arch, not -b;
666 - Sec "Managing sponsored packages": remove unnecessary 'debsign' cmd;
668 - fix debconf-devel(7) man page section; closes: #189512
669 - Sec "Responding to bugs": mention what FTBFS means; closes: #186605
670 - Sec "Distribution directories" renamed "Distributions"
671 - Sec "The testing distribution" moved under Sec "Distribution
672 directories" and renamed "More information about the testing
674 - Secs "Uploads to {stable,testing-proposed-updates}" retitled to make
675 it clear these are special cases
676 - Sec "Uploading to ftp-master": xref to "Delayed incoming";
678 - check compliance with Policy version 3.5.10
680 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Jun 2003 04:08:29 -0400
682 developers-reference (3.3.2) unstable; urgency=low
685 - French translation updated to version 3.3.1
686 - proofread by Philippe Batailler and Patrice Karatchentzeff
688 - French translation requires debiandoc-sgml 1.1.76 or better
690 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0400
692 developers-reference (3.3.1) unstable; urgency=low
695 - package description said it contained French and Japanese, fixed,
697 - Sec "Experimental": sources.list entries
698 - Sec "Basic rules for [mailing list] use": cosmetic, link to this sec
699 - Sec "Handling bugs": retitle and expand section
701 - more improvements to package synopsis and description
702 - the synopsis formula changed to either
703 <package-name> is a <synopsis>
705 <package-name> is <synopsis>
707 <package-name> are <synopsis>
709 - the synopsis itself should not start with an article
710 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control": expand intro
711 - fix doc-check URL; closes: #187144
712 - Sec "Multiple binary packages": fix awkward wording about vim source
713 package; closes: #187143
715 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 4 Apr 2003 14:26:52 -0500
717 developers-reference (3.3) unstable; urgency=low
720 - French translation updated to version 3.2.2 (more or less)
721 - proofread by Philippe Batailler
723 - added "ddtp" keyword in the PTS documentation
725 - split out the doc-files per language, closes: #177448
726 - shuffled stuff around in the packages chapter
727 - added a section describing how to handle large amounts of
728 architecture-independent data bundled with programs
729 - added best practices on debian/changelog files, based on a patch
730 kindly provided by Daniel Kobras, closes: #166388
731 - described debdiff and dpkg-depcheck, and linked to them from the
732 right places in the document, closes: #172897
733 - describe the current practice in writing synopsis lines,
737 - convert to debhelper (compat mode 4); maintainer scripts no longer
739 - split -ja and -fr versions out into separate packages
740 - top-level makefile deletes targets on error; clean is cleaner
741 - replace the manual debian/control processing to show the document's
742 table of contents (TOC) with a new script 'debian/tocsubstvars';
743 note that the TOC displayed in the developers-reference-{fr,ja}
744 package descriptions are in English until UTF8 control files are
745 allowed; proper escaping of single quotes here requires newest
747 - editorial changes on material added in this version
748 - reorder "Best Packaging Practices" a bit
749 - rework "Best practices for debian/control" based on contributions
750 from Colin Walters, Branden Robinson, Sebastian Rittau and others;
751 closes: #139957, #108416
752 - primary author is developers-reference@packages.debian.org; remove
753 emails from other authors to prevent spam and confusion
755 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 24 Feb 2003 13:29:07 -0500
757 developers-reference (3.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
760 - slightly rewrote and updated links in the mirrors section
762 - Policy compliance checked and updated to 3.5.8, no changes needed
763 - TODO: remove some tasks which are done
764 - ship README-contrib and TODO in the doc dir
765 - Sec "Upstream home page": some revisions based on discussion on
767 - Sec "Documentation" added under Sec "Common packaging situations"
768 for best practices for documentation
769 - Add tools entries for autotools-dev, dpkg-repack, alien, debsums;
770 new Sec "Documentation and information", add entries there for
771 debview, debiandoc-sgml, debian-keyring; we believe this manual now
772 covers all of the established, general Debian maintainer tool
774 - spell-checking pass
776 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:45:23 -0500
778 developers-reference (3.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
781 - Sec "Best practices for debian/control" added, Sec "Writing useful
782 descriptions" moved under there
783 - Sec "Upstream home page" added in debian/control section
784 - Sec "Miscellaneous advice" empty, removed
785 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": tools now categorized into
786 subgroups; do cross-linking from this section into other parts of
787 the document where these tools are discussed
788 - Sec "Overview of maintainer tools": add entries for sbuild,
789 build-essential, linda; improved entries for pbuilder, devscripts
790 - Sec "Tools for porters" renamed and readapted to "Porting
791 infrastructure and automation"; move tool discussion down to the
792 appendix; improve Sec "buildd" a bit
793 - README-contrib added giving information for authors, contributors,
795 - eliminate the ByHand stuff, I'm pretty sure it's not needed now
796 with the DDP builder process, or if it is needed, it's a probably
797 that can be fixed by DDP folks
798 - stop shipping SGML source -- use 'apt-get source developers-reference'
799 after all, this is supposed to be a binary package, right?
800 - simply PS and PDF building rules
802 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 9 Dec 2002 03:04:19 -0500
804 developers-reference (3.2) unstable; urgency=low
807 - merged a bit misplaced lintian-reports section within the lintian
808 section and adjusted links
809 - added the missing description of dh-make and adjusted links
811 - ChangeLog attribution updates
812 - fix typos, closes: #171781
813 - expand the doc-base abstract and authors
814 - Ch "Packaging Practices" rewritten intro
815 - Sec "Packaging tools and common cases" renamed to "Best Practices
816 for debian/rules", and write an intro
817 - Sec "Helper scripts" in practices section rewritten, giving
818 arguments for and against debhelper, mostly for :)
819 - Sec "Package with multiple patches" renamed to "Patching source
820 versus patching at build time" and rewritten
821 - Sec "Multiple binary packages" rewritten
822 - Sec "Handling debconf translations" moved under an
823 "Internationalization" section, and some edits
824 - Sec "Internationalized Documentation" added under Sec
825 "Internationalization"
826 - Sec "Specific packaging practices" renamed to "Common packaging situations"
827 - Sec "Packages using autoconf/automake" rewritten
828 - Sec "Configuration management" moved forward in practices chapter
829 - Sec "Other specific packages" renamed to "Specific types of
830 packages", add info for SGML/XML and Lisp packages
831 - Sec "Writing useful descriptions" heavily edited
832 - Sec "Best practices for maintainer scripts" added, special credit
833 here to Charles Briscoe-Smith for work dating back to 1998; include
834 a POSIX shell snippet showing how to check if a command is the PATH,
836 - Apdx "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove debget, it's
837 rather useless and broken
838 - normalize up-casing on sections, which should only up-case proper
839 names and the first word
840 - new 'translation-status' script to check status of translations,
841 adapted from doc-check in boot-floppies, source pkg only --
842 oh my, French translation is 54 CVS revisions behind, and Japanese
844 - postinst: don't set /usr/doc symlink, aesthetics
845 - prerm: don't use 'command -v', it's not POSIX
846 - rules: produce md5sums file; break out a 'test' target
848 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 7 Dec 2002 02:28:06 -0500
850 developers-reference (3.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
853 - DDP publishing update
855 - doc-base file includes French and Japanese files
856 - debsign invocation was slightly wrong, closes: #170523
857 - Sec "Handling debconf translations", updates from Martin Quinson
858 for po-debconf with minimal editorial changes, closes: #169007
860 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 27 Nov 2002 21:16:30 -0500
862 developers-reference (3.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
865 - updated IRC stuff, thanks to Ben Armstrong, closes: #161403
866 - fixed/updated/extended stuff about bugs, hoping to address the
867 issue of people abusing the changelog bug closing feature
869 - added myself as co-author
870 - fix a typo in Sec "Collaborative maintenance", closes: #161488
872 - updated security information, merging in Joey's stuff from the
873 Security Team FAQ and various updates and clarifications
875 - fix some bad URLs, closes: #168357
876 - fix a grammar typo, closes: #166098
878 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:15:03 -0500
880 developers-reference (3.1) unstable; urgency=low
883 - Corrected several errors with —
884 - Applied patch from Peter Palfrader, correcting
885 the URL for the Debian Voting Information page. closes: #150427
886 - Applied patch from Matej Vela, dpkg-buildpackage does no more
887 require -sa for version -0.1. closes: #150861
888 - Applied the reformulations proposed by David Kimdon. closes: #150572
889 - Applied the patch of Matt Zimmerman. Thanks Matt! closes: #145287
890 - Added the explanation about how to replace an .orig.tar.gz.
892 - Mostly deleted the paragraph about security upload in the
893 section explaining source NMU. Just added a link to point to
894 "Handling security-related bugs". closes: #159935
895 - Added a link to the Technical Committee web page (in the "Bug
896 housekeeping" section). closes: #151365
897 - Explain uploads to testing-proposed-updates, mentions briefly
898 stable-security and testing-security. closes: #149666
899 Removed the comment about uploads to frozen.
900 - Documented the "Developer's packages overview" web portal.
902 - Added a reference to debian-l10n-english in "Writing useful
903 descriptions". closes: #158609
904 - Added a Best Packaging Practice section for "Packages using
905 autoconf/automake". closes: #158045
906 - Documented associated features to db.debian.org like SSH key
907 replication and *.debian.net DNS entry. closes: #155389
908 - Added a section about "Bug Squashing Parties".
910 - removed obsolete, needless dupload variables
911 - applied linguistic fixes from David Kimdon, closes: #150572
912 - random proofreading, mostly changing he -> they
913 - added people.d.o and non-us.d.o to the Debian servers section, and
914 mostly rewrote it to exclude real machine names and be better organized
915 - updated the mailing lists section
917 - debian/changelog: remove obsolete Emacs variables
918 - editorial review of the changes above, minor tagging changes,
921 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:57:41 -0400
923 developers-reference (3.0) unstable; urgency=low
926 - welcome Manoj Srivastava as a co-maintainer
927 - welcome Raphael Hertzog as a co-maintainer
929 - new Chapter "Resource for Debian Developers", incorporating
931 Ch "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines"
932 Ch "The Debian Archive"
934 - new Chapter "Managing Packages", incorporating former chapters
936 Ch "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)"
937 Ch "Porting and Being Ported"
938 Ch "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning Packages"
939 Ch "Handling Bugs" (retitled "Handling package bugs")
940 Sec "Bug housekeeping" (new section, some parts stubbed out)
942 - new Chapter "Beyond Packaging" recommends ways to contribute
943 to Debian beyond issues of package maintenance; incoporates
944 Ch "Interaction with Prospective Developers", retitled to
945 Sec "Interacting with Prospective Debian Developers"
946 Sec "Submitting Bugs", renamed to "Reporting Bugs"
947 Sec "QA" moved here from old Sec "Quality Assurance effort"
948 Sec "Dealing with unreachable maintainers"
950 - Sec "The Developers Database" added under Resources
951 - new Sec "Collaborative Maintenance" concerning multiple maintainers
954 - Sec "Getting started": add link to New Maintainers' Guide
955 - Sec "Debian Mentors" renamed to "Debian Mentors and Sponsors",
956 we add some info on sponsoring; also in Sec "Sponsoring packages"
957 - Section's first word capitalized, rest are normal case
958 - purge a reference to the Packaging Manual; closes: #145039
959 - misc. cross-referencing with new or moved sections
960 - change some literal quotes to ‘, ”, etc.
961 - tagging improvements: replace <tt> with <file> for files and
962 directories; since <tt><var> and <example><var> doesn't look right,
963 work-around with <...>
964 - entity'ize master.debian.org, us-upload-dir, non-us-upload-dir
965 - update copyright date
966 - some simplifications on the TeX suffix rule
967 - spell check and grammar corrections
971 - changed -e by -m in the dpkg-buildpackage command line example;
973 - clarify wording between "porter upload", "binary-only NMU", "simple
974 recompile"; closes: #102626
975 - extended "removing a package"; closes: #135560
976 - Ch "Best Packaging Practices": new chapter, including new
977 Sec "Writing useful descriptions" as a first entry in that
978 chapter; closes: #53109, #129848
979 - indicate that the list of subsections is defined in the policy;
981 - removed some cruft in `Announcing package uploads'
982 - document the testing scripts; closes: #129445
983 - explain how to reassign/close bugs of removed packages;
985 - updates the note about software subject to US patents;
987 - new Section "Contacting other maintainers" under "Beyond packaging"
988 Document the package@packages.debian.org alias; closes: #114553
989 - new Section "Package's information" under Resources
990 Document http://packages.debian.org/<package>,
991 http://bugs.debian.org/<package> and the madison utility
992 - Sec "Reporting bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/from:email@isp.com
993 - Sec "Handling bugs": added http://bugs.debian.org/login@debian.org
994 - Sec "The Incoming system" in "Resources", describe how it works and
995 also speak of the DELAYED directory; closes: #135562, #136774
997 - Sec "Developer Database": added a sentence about finger
999 - update the total number of packages and the example directory tree
1001 - updated the list of available architectures.
1002 - commented out the "Subsections" section since it will RSN have nothing
1003 to with the Debian archive. It's just a generic information field
1004 of the package and nothing more.
1005 - added more incentive to use experimental since it doesn't cause
1006 any pain to the ftpmasters.
1007 - Sec "When to do a source NMU": updated the NMU "protocol" and suggest
1008 the use of the delayed queue.
1009 - new Section "Acknowledging the NMUs" to explain the need to integrate
1010 the changes introduced by NMUs. Insists on the fact that one shouldn't
1012 - stubbed in new Section "Collaborative maintenance"
1013 - stubbed in new Section "The Package Tracking System"
1014 - Sec "The Package Tracking System": filled with content from
1015 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, heavily updated by myself
1016 - new Section "Managing sponsored packages" contributed by
1017 Francesco Paolo Lovergine, slightly updated by myself
1018 - new Sec "Bug housekeeping"; closes: #39519
1020 - new Sec "Documentation"
1021 - added Sec "IRC channels" in the Resources chapter
1022 - added Sec "pbuilder" in the appendix. Mention it in the section
1023 "Being kind to porter" too
1024 - extended Sec "devscripts" with info about "bts" and "uscan"
1025 - completed Sec "Helper scripts"
1026 - completed Sec "Package with multiple patches",
1027 "Multiple binary packages", "Libraries", "Other specific packages",
1028 "The wise use of debconf" -- all those are quite simplistic, they
1030 - integrated Sec "Handling debconf translations" contributed by
1031 Denis Barbier -- thanks, Denis!
1034 - update French translation
1036 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 14 Jun 2002 01:18:19 -0400
1038 developers-reference (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
1041 - some grammar corrections
1042 - update French translation
1044 - changes in upload situation, not possible to remove from Incoming
1045 anymore; closes: #135559
1046 - also talk about dput a tiny bit
1048 - Ch "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools":
1050 - Charles Briscoe-Smith deprecates yada (I think new maintainers of
1051 that would be welcome)
1052 - debconf-doc mentioned for debconf
1053 - debhelper: don't talk about debmake; mention how to get info on the dh-* pkgs
1054 - dput: new section, closes: #129378
1055 - debootstrap: new section, closes: #129377
1056 - dpkg-dev-el: new section
1057 - other minor wording changes
1058 - Sec "Mailing Lists": where to find private archives, closes: #96780
1059 - Ch "Package uploads":
1060 - new Sec "Adding an entry to debian/changelog"
1061 - rename Sec "Announcing new packages" to "New packages"
1062 - crypto is in main, non-US is for patent restrictions, so:
1063 - excise some text from "Registering as a Debian developer"
1064 - changes in Sec "Uploading to ftp-master"
1065 - changes in Sec "Uploading to non-US"
1066 * old bugs closed out, closes: #110573
1068 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 7 Apr 2002 23:34:08 -0700
1070 developers-reference (2.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1072 * from Martin Michlmayr
1073 - update the "Applying to Become a New Maintainer" section, with
1074 review by Raphael Hertzog, closes: #133965
1075 - bugs closed in NMUs should uses 'closes' changelog entries,
1077 - developers are not required to subscribe to debian-private
1079 - some suggestions on places to use the proper term, Debian GNU/Linux,
1081 - fix some typos, closes: #133956
1083 - frozen doesn't exist anymore, just testing; note, however, that
1084 there is a way to upload to 'woody-proposed-updates' -- if I can
1085 find some description of that, I'll document it; closes: #133948
1086 - minor build tweaks
1088 - isolate a few more language-independent bits
1089 * from Chris Tillman
1090 - change /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc, and typo in debian/copyright,
1093 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:46:46 -0500
1095 developers-reference (2.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1098 - created a new subsection about uploading to stable, and elaborated
1100 - removed a stray sentence about stable from the paragraph about
1101 security uploads (which apply to all distributions equally)
1102 - replaced the nonexistent term "Security Manager" with "security officer"
1103 - uploading to stable and unstable is deprecated; updated the section
1104 about the experimental distribution; other fixes in the section
1105 talking about uploading to distributions
1106 - better organize some subsections in the section about package uploads
1107 - replaced some bogus <ftppath>s with <tt>s
1108 - noted how there is an upload queue on pandora, too
1110 - French translation updated
1112 - normalize '--' as — for prettier output
1113 - integrate changes from James Troup, part of #102626
1114 - typo fix thanks to Mark Hodge
1116 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Oct 2001 01:03:01 -0400
1118 developers-reference (2.8.8) unstable; urgency=low
1121 - a few more strong words about sponsoring
1122 - started a new chapter about the relationship between old and new
1125 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Jul 2001 17:53:47 -0400
1127 developers-reference (2.8.7) unstable; urgency=low
1130 * fix a typo in a link
1131 * dpkg-buildpackage -m<addr> flag was changed for -e<addr> when NMU'ing;
1132 update documentation accordingly
1134 * Matt Zimmerman fixes up some wording in the section talking about
1135 forwarding bugs upstream
1137 * provide proper l10n for SGML date entities; now we have &date-<LANG>
1138 entities which should be used
1139 * debian/rules: fixes for new debiandoc-sgml
1140 * debian/control: depend on debiandoc-sgml 1.1.48 or better
1142 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 21 Jun 2001 14:43:42 -0400
1144 developers-reference (2.8.6) unstable; urgency=low
1146 * fix a typo, thanks to Antoine Hulin
1147 * French version: completely up-to-date now
1148 * Makefile: add a 'validate' target
1149 * prepare and ship "upstream" ChangeLog; move the debian changelog to
1151 * all versions: change the email address to use when orphaning
1154 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2001 03:32:08 -0400
1156 developers-reference (2.8.5) unstable; urgency=low
1158 * expunge references to the Debian Packaging Manual, which is now in the
1160 * Japanese version: also comment out some references packaging manual;
1161 this translation needs updating
1162 * deny request to shut down non-maintainer bug maintenance bug closure
1163 practices (closes: Bug#88623)
1164 * add some advice about U.S. citizens uploading to non-US
1166 * debian/control: Build-Depends should have been Build-Depends-Indep
1167 * French version: First complete translation of the Debian developer's
1168 reference guide. Much work done by Antoine Hulin. Reviewed by Nicolas
1170 * Portuguese version: work is started by Carlos Laviola, nothing
1171 included yet, however
1173 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 8 Apr 2001 01:25:51 -0400
1175 developers-reference (2.8.4) unstable; urgency=low
1177 * debian/control: remove reference to obsolete packaging-manual package
1179 * debian/control: fill in the description a bit more
1180 * doc-base: index.html corrected to be index.en.html
1182 * Makefile: clean is cleaner
1184 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 25 Feb 2001 12:47:06 -0500
1186 developers-reference (2.8.3) unstable; urgency=low
1188 * build and provide French and Japanese versions
1189 * devolve build logic from debian/rules to top-level Makefile
1190 * developers-reference.jp.sgml: minor changes so it will build (is out
1192 * debian/rules: stop making useless /usr/share/developers-reference dir
1194 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:02 -0500
1196 developers-reference (2.8.2) unstable; urgency=low
1199 - fix typographic errors reported by David Martinez (closes: Bug#80740)
1200 - common.ent: upped the numbers a little bit, updated lintian reports URL
1201 - updated regarding va->klecker move, and www->people move, changed
1202 most mentions of dinstall to a generic term "archive maintenance
1203 software", removed full path to it because it is in PATH now,
1204 mentioned "dak" and "katie" (somewhat vaguely), changed week to
1205 month regarding FTP archive waiting time since that\'s more often
1206 the case, and changed weeks to hours regarding Maintainers file
1207 updates since that\'s also more often the case now, updated some
1208 URLs to entities, s/debian-doc/doc-debian/
1209 - replaced evil latin1-only quotation marks, replaced mentions of
1210 important severity (in RCB context) with serious severity, some
1212 - common.ent (1.10): fixed email-debian-user alias; updated
1213 sample-dist-dirtree (with more to come)
1214 - described testing; described package pools (this particular part
1215 required quite a bit of changes, and it might be a bit rough, but
1216 it's a start); described the frozen test cycles et al; some other
1218 - another update WRT sid/unstable/testing, from Colin Watson
1220 * debian/control: add Recommends for debian-policy, packaging-manual
1221 * update copyright notice for 2001
1222 * fix for WNPP bug filing severities from David Schleef
1223 * clarify the status of the Developers's reference as "normative"
1224 * add a reference to debconf (closes: Bug#82413)
1226 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 21 Jan 2001 18:10:21 -0500
1228 developers-reference (2.8.1) unstable; urgency=low
1230 * update WNPP instructions, based on patch from Marcelo E. Magallon
1232 * spelling corrections, awkward grammar suggestions from Andreas Krueger
1234 * debian/rules: remove some obsolete source-depends stuff
1236 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 4 Nov 2000 13:22:21 -0500
1238 developers-reference (2.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1240 * Almost all changes for this release are from Josip Rodin
1241 <joy@debian.org>. Thanks, Josip!
1243 * debian/control, postinst, prerm, rules: Policy 3.2.1 (closes:
1244 Bug#68929, Bug#70384)
1245 * fixed bug closing example (closes: Bug#71198)
1246 * update the perl regexp from current /usr/lib/dpkg/parsechangelog/debian
1247 * updated keyring/keyserver information (closes: Bug#67783)
1248 * updated new-maintainer stuff (closes: Bug#67841)
1249 * updated for master -> ftp-master move (closes: Bug#68369)
1250 * noted www.d.o is the right host for web pages, but all other machines
1251 could be used if necessary
1252 * reorder mentions of scp to come before FTP, as it is more secure;
1253 mention the rsync dupload method
1254 * reorder mentions of pandora <-> non-us, canonical name non-us is
1256 * other small corrections
1257 * fixed orphaning/adopting instructions with regard to the new WNPP
1258 * common.ent: fix urls for cvs.d.o, wnpp, Debian machines page,
1259 lists-archives, www.d.o BTS
1260 * common.ent: changed link for machines from devel/maintainer_contacts
1262 * Makefile: remove unnecessary subshell
1264 * Adam's change: update debian/copyright for new Policy, and put my name
1265 in there a bit with updated years; update doc-base file for FHS
1267 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:25:21 -0400
1269 developers-reference (2.7.2) frozen unstable; urgency=medium
1271 * I believe this should go into frozen because (a) it's only
1272 documentation, so it can't introduce RC bugs, and (b) it fixes an
1273 error which prevented it from building properly; however, whatever
1274 ftpmaster feels is best is fine
1276 * include common.ent as well as version.ent
1277 (closes: Bug#52582, Bug#48926)
1278 * debian/rules: fix build error caused by newer debiandoc-sgml; remove
1279 constitution.en.html, since that is now located in the doc-debian
1280 package (closes: Bug#54778, Bug#42014); don't compress .pdf file
1282 * All changes below from Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
1284 * Sec. "Uploading to master" and "Uploading to pandora":
1285 explained dinstall -n (closes: Bug#45079)
1286 * Sec. "Picking a distribution": added reference to the debian-release
1287 team (closes: Bug#52906)
1288 * Sec. "Announcing package uploads": rewrote it to take care of the fact
1289 that dinstall is doing it automatically (closes: Bug#43877)
1290 * Sec. "Mailing lists": added a paragraph about debian-email
1292 * Changed the "Maintaining Your Debian Information" into "Debian
1293 Developer's Duties" (closes: Bug#28908)
1294 - added a section about the LDAP database
1295 - added a section about the "on vacation" message
1296 - added a section about the coordination with upstream developers
1298 - added a section about managing Release Critical bugs
1299 - added a section about Quality Assurance effort
1301 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:24:33 -0400
1303 developers-reference (2.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1305 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": we are transitioning away
1306 from non-free PGP -- remove allusions to non-free software such as
1307 PGPv2 or v5 insofar as possible; recommend use of DSS keys rather than
1309 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": remove PGP-centric stuff
1310 * Sec. "When bugs are closed by new uploads": describe how to close bugs
1311 via a magic changelog entry (closes: Bug#43690)
1312 * Sec. "Generating the changes file": refer to Sec. "When bugs are
1313 closed by new uploads" for closing bugs via a changelog entry
1314 * developers-reference.sgml: re-enable RCS variables in CVS sources
1315 * debian/control,rules: dynamically generate the TOC in the package
1316 description from developers-reference.sgml
1318 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:15:59 -0400
1320 developers-reference (2.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1322 * developers-reference.sgml: separated out language-independant elements
1323 into common.ent (not content changes); misc minor grammar changes
1325 * doc-base: change section for *constitution* to Debian (not 'debian')
1327 * Sec. "Stable, unstable, and sometimes frozen": mention how old stable
1328 releases are available at archive.debian.org
1329 * Sec. "Uploading to pandora (non-us)" added, remove stale
1330 information about the old anonymous ftp area (closes Bug#39541);
1331 Sec. "Other Upload Queues" added about that upload queues, added
1332 samosa and master.debian.org.jp (closes Bug#37804)
1333 * Sec. "Yada": mention that yada might not be as robust as other package
1334 producing systems, at request of the author; Sec. "equivs" added
1335 * Sec. "Moving packages": at the request of Guy Maor, clarify that this
1336 procedure is for moving packages in sections (i.e., free, contrib)
1338 * Sec. "Registering as a Debian developer": talk about RSA keys rather
1339 than PGP keys, since I think GPG can create/handle them now; mention
1340 that the official pkg maintainer address much match an ID on your key;
1341 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key": beef up the warnings a bit; point
1343 * Sec. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": clean up and
1344 clarify section; mention that all developers are expected to be
1345 subscribed to debian-private and debian-devel-announce
1346 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": remove list of machines; point to
1347 http://www.debian.org/devel/machines instead
1348 * Sec. "Release code names": potato is 2.2
1349 * Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads": talk about recompile only
1350 uploads and version numbers for this (i.e., foo_2.4-1.0.1), from a
1351 suggestion from James Troup
1352 * Sec. "buildd": mention andrea, and buildd.debian.org
1353 * Sec. "Removing packages": correct apt-cache usage
1354 * debain/rules: update standards to 3.0.1 -- since I'm not moving
1355 /usr/doc to /usr/share/doc yet, no changes were required except in the
1358 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:29:45 -0400
1360 developers-reference (2.6.8) unstable; urgency=low
1362 * when applying as a new user, the login name can be *eight* characters,
1363 not seven (thanks to Rafael Caetano dos Santos)
1365 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 21:50:04 -0400
1367 developers-reference (2.6.7) unstable; urgency=low
1369 * SGML'ish: normalize SGML elements, refill paragraphs (closes Bug#37987)
1370 * doc-base: change section to Debian -- hmm, this looks like a doc-base
1371 bug, really, but hey, who am I to refile bugs to another one of my own
1372 packages? (closes Bug#37392)
1373 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": new section for yada (um,
1374 someone who uses this should check my description), correct build ->
1375 debuild in the devscripts section (closes Bug#38053)
1377 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 21 May 1999 01:41:45 -0400
1379 developers-reference (2.6.6) unstable; urgency=low
1381 * Sec. "The master server": note that problems on Debian ftp can be sent
1382 to ftpmaster@debian.org also
1383 * Secs. "Uploads via chiark" and "Uploads via erlangen": remove
1384 'cron-driven' (thanks Roman Hodek)
1385 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": typos corrected, note that binary-arch
1386 and binary-indep targets should work independantly (thanks Roman
1388 * Sec. "buildd": remove erroneous reference to debbuild, reorganize the
1389 section and correct typos (thank again Roman -- boy, this is the all
1391 * debian/rules: re-enable letter-sized PDFs
1393 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 9 May 1999 01:17:29 -0400
1395 developers-reference (2.6.5) unstable; urgency=low
1397 * Sec. "Architectures": correction on supported architecture in Linux
1399 * Sec. "Experimental": other reasons to use or not use the experiment
1400 archive "section", from comments by Guy Maor
1401 * Sec. "Being Kind to Porters": replace x86 with i386 (closes Bug#36485)
1402 * debian/rules: date printing protected from local l10n (closes Bug#36891)
1403 * Ch. "Mailing Lists, Servers, and Other Machines": renamed chapter; add
1405 * Sec. "Debian Servers": new, for talking about the standard servers,
1406 with intro; demoted server sections under that
1407 * Sec. "The FTP servers": was empty, removed
1408 * Sec. "The master server": fill in more info and cross-refs on how to
1410 * Sec. "The CVS server": add some more detail which should be included
1411 when requesting cvs areas; mention the cvsweb URL
1412 * Sec. "Other Debian Machines": new section, list the machines for which
1413 a normal developer may have access.
1415 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 4 May 1999 03:32:21 -0400
1417 developers-reference (2.6.4) unstable; urgency=low
1419 * debian/rules: hack 'byhand' file entries to include debian version
1420 number in it, so subsequent uploads of the package into Incoming don't
1421 step all over each other
1423 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 9 Apr 1999 20:04:04 -0400
1425 developers-reference (2.6.3) unstable; urgency=low
1427 * correction from James Troup -- <keyring-maint> is indeed the correct
1428 address for PGP key updates
1430 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 13:28:58 -0400
1432 developers-reference (2.6.2) unstable; urgency=low
1434 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is not replacing anything after all
1435 * developers-reference.sgml: use public declaration
1436 * BTW, if any maintainers of translated versions of this document would
1437 like to talk to me about folding your version into the
1438 developers-reference CVS area, please get in touch with me
1440 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sun, 4 Apr 1999 04:42:29 -0400
1442 developers-reference (2.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1444 * include Debian constitution (closes Bug#30694)
1445 * Sec. "fakeroot": libtricks is replacing fakeroot, not libtool
1446 * Sec. "Maintaining Your Public Key" -- give email addresses as
1447 {pgp,gpg}-update@debian.org, at James Troup's request (note to Jameas,
1448 if you see this: /usr/doc/debian-keyring/README.gz talks about
1449 <keyring-maint> instead)
1450 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools" -- add Sec. "debget"
1451 * developers-reference.sgml: minor typo correction from Tril
1453 * doc-base stuff: add abstract to developers-reference, new file for
1455 * debian/rules: minor cleanup and consistency; build PDF, not PS file;
1456 ship PDF file;.text file now has .txt extension
1457 * debian/control: set priority to optional, matching archive
1459 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:17:06 -0500
1461 developers-reference (2.6.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1463 * would be nice to sneak this into slink; it's just documentation!
1464 * Ch. "Porting and Being Ported": porter information broken out into it's
1465 own chapter, Sec. "Guidelines for Porter Uploads" and "When to do a
1466 source NMU if you are a porter" moved to this chapter; porter tool
1467 descriptions such as 'quinn-diff' moved to this section. Sec. "Being
1468 Kind to Porters" added, with tips for how to avoid making problems for
1470 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs)": update for the new chapter, and
1471 tighten up the language a bit
1472 * Sec. "Monitoring bugs": add a little cron job to get an 'index maint'
1473 of outstanding bugs (closes Bug#31259), loosen language a tiny bit
1474 w.r.t. non-maintainers or submitters closing bugs (closes Bug#30394)
1475 * Sec. "Scope of This Document": point out that this file is not
1477 * Ch. "Handling Bugs": renamed from "Handling Bug Reports", incorporate
1478 some suggestions from James Troup, namely, don't mail from your root
1479 account, don't close bugs via control@bugs.debian.org; break out new
1480 sections, "Submitting Bugs" and "Responding to Bugs"
1481 * Ch. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": remove attribution for
1482 package maintainers, since I can't keep up; add entries for fakeroot
1484 * Ch. "Maintaining Your Debian Information": new chapter, quite small
1485 right now; it mentions keyring-maint@debian.org for key modification,
1486 warns against putting private keys on multi-user machines, and talks
1487 about how to depart Debian gracefully
1488 * typo correction from Christian Hudon (closes Bug#32052)
1489 * menu file removed, obsoleted by doc-base file
1490 * parameterize some often-changing values with SGML entities, update
1491 number of available packages
1492 * use new way of notating multiple copyrights
1493 * change <tt> elements to <file> where appropriate
1495 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Thu, 11 Feb 1999 02:53:55 -0500
1497 developers-reference (2.5.0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1499 * add version.ent to docdir, needed to reconstruct from SGML
1502 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Tue, 29 Dec 1998 02:42:50 -0500
1504 developers-reference (2.5.0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1506 * not officially released
1507 * more spelling corrections
1508 * s/ppc/powerpc/ (thanks, James Troup)
1510 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:07:40 -0500
1512 developers-reference (2.5.0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1514 * not officially released
1515 * Sec. "Removing a package from Incoming": tiny section added
1516 * some PGP-centricity removed
1517 * Sec. "Adopting a package": point out that hijacking packages is not ok
1518 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": change 'NMU' to
1519 'source NMU', 'port' to 'binary NMU', shorten the window for porters a
1520 tad; fix spelling; stress that non-maintainer patches must be
1521 non-disruptive and that aesthetic issues are not suitable for fixing
1522 by non-maintainers; other fixes as suggested by interested parties
1524 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:01:27 -0500
1526 developers-reference (2.5.0.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1528 * not officially released
1529 * maintainer name change (but it's still me)
1530 * Ch. "Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters": new chapter
1531 discussing NMUs and porters; Section "Interim Releases" integrated out
1532 of existance. New TOC for this section is:
1533 * 6 Non-Maintainer Uploads (NMUs) and Porters
1534 + 6.1 Who can do a port or an NMU
1535 + 6.2 When to do a port or an NMU
1536 o 6.2.1 When to do an NMU if you are a porter
1537 + 6.3 How to do an NMU
1538 o 6.3.1 NMU version numbering
1539 o 6.3.2 NMUs must create a changelog entry
1540 o 6.3.3 NMUs must send patches, if any, to the BTS
1541 o 6.3.4 Building the NMU
1542 + 6.4 Guidelines for Porters
1544 * Sec. "Maintainer changes": renamed to "Adopting a package" and moved
1545 to Chapter "Moving, Removing, Renaming, Adopting, and Orphaning
1547 * Sec. "Reporting lots of bugs at once": more forcefully deprecate this
1549 * Sec. "Adopting a package": mention that the BTS maintainer update can
1550 take a couple of weeks
1551 * Sec. "Overview of Debian Maintainer Tools": give credit where credit
1552 is due and attribute current maintainers; add `apt'; add `quinn-diff';
1553 add mention of as yet unreleased 'buildd' package, since I'm so
1554 excited about it and can't wait
1555 * Sec. "Removing packages": talk about how apt-cache can be used to look
1556 at reverse depends, a good step to take prior to removing a package
1558 * show *full* TOC, including sect2
1559 * of course the obligatory typo, grammar, and spelling corrections
1561 * Makefile: small changes to accomodate DDP autobuild
1562 * debian/dirs: obsolete, removed
1563 * debian/rules: use changelog date for SGML timestamping, not current date
1565 -- Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 1998 12:27:53 -0500
1567 developers-reference (2.5.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1569 * move to 3-level version number:
1570 top-level version number probably won't change for a while, it is the
1571 "major", the second-level number means significant content changes,
1572 and the third-level change means corrections and minor improvements.
1573 Since this version has significant content changes, we are now 2.5.0.
1574 Since I'm going to put porter instructions in the next major rev, that
1577 * use new <package> tag where appropriate (Ardo, you rock)
1578 * replace 'm86k' with 'm68k'
1579 * rename 'Whirlwind Tour of ...' section to 'Overview of ...' (suggested
1581 * typos and "red-pen" corrections, fix cosmetic problems in PostScript
1583 * remove the one case I use an URL fragment identifier, since
1584 debiandoc-sgml doesn't like it (bug filed against debiandoc-sgml)
1585 * debian/rules: cosmetic cleanups, loosen check for root
1586 * debian/rules: build PostScript version during build, since it's nice
1587 to have all my debiandoc2* scripts together
1588 * debian/control: policy compliant to 2.5.0
1590 * advise against uploading when a package has lintian problems of
1592 * "Mailing Lists and Servers":
1593 - "The master server": mention how master is the home of the BTS;
1594 mention how users need to take care with their accounts on master
1595 - "The WWW servers": fill in www.debian.org, first pass, and discuss
1596 how to put up your own web pages on va or master
1597 - "The CVS server": new section added
1598 - "Mirrors of Debian servers": new section added; point to info about
1600 * "Applying to Become a Maintainer": do not advise resending initial
1601 application; instead, simply mail a followup asking new maintainers
1602 whether they go the initial application (closes Bug #28739); mention
1603 that calls usually come in the evening; mention that if you use PGP
1604 v5, you need to generate an RSA key (right?); clarify our intentions
1605 with respect to GPG.
1606 * "Release code names": Debian 2.2 is 'potato'
1607 * "Distribution directories": give concrete examples, hopefully making
1608 it clearer where to look in Debian archives for specific stuff;
1609 mention that old distributions are moved to archive servers (is there
1610 a canonical location?)
1611 * "The override file": new section, added under "Notification that a new
1612 package has been installed"; fill it out quite a bit
1613 * "Uploading to *": reiterate thrice not to upload export
1614 controlled-software to master, or the European queues on erlangen and
1616 * "Picking a distribution": section broken out from "Generating the
1618 * "Uploading to frozen": new section, almost straight from Brian White
1619 (hope you don't mind!) -- isn't that topical?
1620 * "Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run
1621 'dpkg-buildpackage -sa'
1623 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:03:43 -0500
1625 developers-reference (2.4.1.5) unstable; urgency=low
1627 * Fix instructions for new maintainers, incorporating the actual text
1628 sent to prospective new maintainers. Improve this text a bit for
1629 readability, coverage, and organization. Significant changes were
1630 patched back to the new-maintainers group, if they care to use
1631 them. (closes Bug#26948)
1632 * Add an introductory "Scope" chapter which helps delineate what should
1633 and should not be included in this Reference.
1634 * Add a new chapter, "Whirlwind Tour of Debian Maintainer Tools". Let
1635 me know what useful tools I forgot -- remember, Debian-specific
1636 maintainer tools only!
1637 * Add discussion of the "experimental" distribution, culled from an email
1638 from Guy Maor on debian-devel.
1639 * Incorporated suggestions from Branden Robinson (closes Bug#27211).
1640 * Point to doc-debian's mailing list instructions where relevant.
1641 * Made references to online documentation into URLs where possible.
1642 * Little corrections here and there.
1643 * add a Makefile for use in the DDP manual hierarchy
1644 * debian/rules: comment out my 'source-depends' hack; it's just slowing
1647 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 1 Oct 1998 03:42:43 -0400
1649 developers-reference (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1651 * fill in Section "The master server" a bit; other servers to follow
1652 * in Section "Distribution directories", mention that distributions
1653 are always in 'dists' subdir of the Debian archive; talk about
1655 * in Section "Release code names", talk about 'sid' a bit
1656 * in Section "Interim releases", talk about how non-maintainers should
1657 use the BTS, and bug severity "fixed" (closes Bug#17524)
1658 * in Section "Generating the changes file", talk about how to set the
1659 distribution in the debian/changelog file (i.e., "frozen unstable")
1660 * add a new Section "Checking the package prior to upload" to Section
1661 "Uploading a package", mentioning lintian and other tests one should
1662 do prior to uploading
1663 * add new Section "Notification that a new package has been installed"
1664 in Section "Uploading a package", talking about dinstall and the
1666 * add new Sections "Moving packages", "Removing packages", "Replacing or
1667 renaming packages", and "Orphaning a package" (closes Bug#26650)
1668 * add new Section "Bugs in your packages", talking about maintainer
1669 duties with respect to bugs
1670 * add new Section "Lintian reports" under "Handling bugs reports",
1671 talking about how maintainers should check their packages with lintian
1672 every now and then, alternatively pointing them to the lintian web
1674 * clarify, a bit, the use of "section" and "subsection", bringing it
1675 into line with the usage in the Policy Manual and Packaging Manual
1676 * grammar and markup changes throughout
1677 * debian/rules: added a crude source-depends rule, which renders more
1678 explicit what is used to build this package
1680 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:51:46 -0400
1682 developers-reference (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1685 * version number and date are automatically populated now
1686 * changed doc-base section to "debian"
1687 * debian/rules: better abstraction and organization
1688 * reformat SGML like I happen to like it
1689 * utilize the new URL tag
1690 * build PostScript on letter size, I hear thats better for A4 and US
1693 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:52:35 -0400
1695 developers-reference (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1697 * non-maintainer release
1698 * rebuilt since HTML versions of Chapters 1 and 2 were truncated
1699 (important bug, no number yet, bugs.debian.org isn't working;
1700 regardless, this should go in hamm because a broken developers
1701 reference won't win us many friends in hamm, and after all, it's just
1702 text, it can't hurt you.)
1703 * no content changes, except that the version number in the SGML file
1704 reflect this packages version number
1705 * debian/rule: clean is cleaner now
1707 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 01:35:39 -0400
1709 developers-reference (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1713 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:56:36 +0200
1715 developers-reference (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1717 * New version numbering scheme:
1719 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1720 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1721 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1724 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1725 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1726 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1727 differ between the manuals.
1729 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1730 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1731 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1732 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1734 * Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1735 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1737 * No changes to the Developer's Reference
1739 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:54:43 +0200
1741 developers-reference (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
1743 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1745 - Changed section 1.2 Registering as a Debian developer:
1746 + signatures from formal certification service are _NOT_ accepted
1748 + images of ID documents have to be PGP or RSA signed
1749 (as requested by James Troup)
1751 - Use current date instead of <date> in manual
1753 * Updated FSF's address (reported by Lintian)
1755 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 7 Mar 1998 13:52:15 +0100
1757 developers-reference (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
1759 * Changes to the Developer's Reference:
1761 - Renamed chapter 4 into `Package uploads'
1763 - New section 4.2.5 Uploading to the non-us server
1765 - Changed section 4.4 Interim releases:
1766 + non-maintainer releases should not close bugs
1767 + normal maintainer must at least read the patch provided with
1768 the non-maintainer release
1770 - New chapter 5 Handling bug reports:
1771 + when reporting more then 10 bugs on the same topic, a message
1772 has to be sent to debian-devel and the `maintonly' address
1775 - Lots of typos fixed
1777 * Compressed SGML source code
1779 * Added support for doc-base to register the Developer's Reference
1780 to the online documentation systems dwww and dhelp
1782 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1784 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:34 +0100
1786 developers-reference (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
1788 * Put lost sections from Policy Manual 2.1.3.3 back in:
1789 - Generating the changes file (for uploads)
1790 - Announcing package uploads
1791 * New section about Debian Mentors
1792 * debian/rules: Don't use debstd anymore
1793 * debian/rules: Compress changelog file (fixes:#15441)
1794 * Fixed link to WNPP list (fixes:#16201)
1795 * Added menu entry (fixes:#15708)
1797 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 24 Dec 1997 13:54:33 +0100
1799 developers-reference (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
1801 * New chapter about `The Debian Archive' describing the structure
1802 of our FTP server and the development process
1803 * Added note that new maintainers have to read the Social Contract
1804 and have to know where to find the Policy and Packaging Manuals
1805 * PGP key ring is not distributed via dpkg but in doc/ of the FTP
1807 * Added note that cross posting between Debian lists is depreciated
1808 * New list of advantages why new packages should be discussed on
1809 debian-devel before they are uploaded
1810 * Added section about how packages are uploaded
1811 * Added note that the Security Managers may do interim releases without
1812 contacting the maintainer
1813 * Removed chapter about bug tracking system (will be included in
1814 a new manual released soon)
1815 * Some minor changes
1816 * Include SGML source in package
1817 * Don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version
1818 * Upgraded to Standards 2.3.0.1
1820 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:53:26 +0100
1822 developers-reference (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1826 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:19:49 +0200
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